[69Tom]

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Well it may have been a bad ball, the trailer is a month old as was the receiver. The ball snapped clean off have both peices, as he changed lanes to avoid some idiots stopped dead all hell broke loose throwing the truck and trailer into a jackknife and pushing the drivers side thru the guardrail backards with the car and trailer rolling over him !!!!

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Jim--glad your friend, or anyone else, for that matter, was not seriously injured or killed. That could have easily been a fatal crash. It seems like he did a great job steering the vehicle away from the rest of traffic.

I'm guessing this is being done, but have your friend make sure a thorough investigation is being done on the cause. He may have a products liability claim against the manufacturer of the ball. While I'm not a fan of unnecessary litigation, in this case, I definitely feel it's warranted--companies can't go around selling defective towing equipment. It's not only dangerous to the driver of the towing vehicle, but also everyone else on the road.