ON FRIDAY, MAY 26TH, 2017, AT 7:02 PM, THE PALO ALTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECIEVED A REPORT REFERENCE TO A ONE VEHICLE ROLL OVER IN THE 3700 BLOCK OF 450TH AVENUE. FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE REPORT, THE PALO ALTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DETERMINED THAT SHANE ERICKSON (42), OF EMMETSBURG, WAS DRIVING HIS 2006 GMC SIERRA SOUTHBOUND IN THE 3700 BLOCK OF 450TH AVENUE. ERICKSON WAS PULLING A TRAILER LOADED WITH A SKIDLOADER. ERICKSON FELT SOMETHING SHIFT IN THE TRAILER AND IT BEGAN TO FISHTAIL BEHIND ERICKSON’S VEHICLE. ERICKSON ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SWAY OF THE TRAILER AS IT PULLED HIM TO THE WEST SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. ONCE REACHING THE WEST SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY, THE TRAILER BEGAN TO SLIDE DOWN THE STEEP BANK, CAUSING THE SKIDLOADER TO SHIFT AND OVERTURN THE TRAILER. AS THE TRAILER OVERTURNED, ERICKSON’S VEHICLE ALSO OVERTURNED AND CAME REST ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY.
THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED IN THE ACCIDENT. THERE IS AN ESTIMATED $6,000.00 IN DAMAGE TO ERICKSON’S VEHICLE, AN ESTIMATED $1,000.00 DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER, AND AN ESTIMATED $5,000.00 DAMAGE TO THE SKIDLOADER.