Thursday, September 19, 2024
AZLE — More than two dozen vehicles were stuck on a portion of Southeast Parkway last week for as long as an hour. On the morning of Sept. 11, one of two semi-trucks, each hauling one half of a double-wide trailer, got stuck at the entrance to Spur 344, locally called the “Ski Jump,” leading to East Main Street. The truck got stuck at approximately 9:30 a.m. according to onlookers and was freed at around 10:30 a.m. after another semi was able to haul one of the halves across the bridge.
Police officers and later a fire truck eventually blocked off the exit from State Highway 199 onto Southeast Parkway.
“It was a truck hauling a mobile home and when it attempted to turn, a part failed on the trailer, stranding the trailer across all lanes,” Azle Police Chief Ben Hall said.
