Teen Critically Injured On Hayride

POSTED: Monday, October 19, 2009

UPDATED: 12:00 pm EDT October 20, 2009

HAMBURG TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after he fell off a Halloween hayride Saturday and was pinned by the tractor's wheels.The injured teen was with a youth group from the Trinity Free Will Baptist Church in Ypsilanti. The youth group was taking a fall tour on Cornwell Lane near West Lane in Hamburg Township when one rider noticed another rider fall off the trailer.

The Ypsilanti teen was pinned under the trailer near the axle. He was airlifted to the University of Michigan Hospital and is listed in critical condition.Police said that the teen appeared to have a major head injury and he may have been crushed by the weight of the trailer.Witnesses said five people were on the Kawasaki Mule off-road vehicle and 10 people were on the trailer that was being pulled by the ORV."Hayrides can be great fun they can also be very dangerous. Adults need to closely monitor the riders and ensure safety precautions are being taken," said Hamburg Township Police Chief Steve Luciano.

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Car Hits Hayride Trailer With No Lights

Police: Car Hits Hayride Trailer With No Lights
Last Edited: Saturday, 18 Oct 2008, 10:29 PM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – An unplanned surprise happened during a hayride Saturday on Groometown Road.

A group of about 15-20 members of Southern Guilford Middle School's cheerleading and football teams were riding on a tractor-pulled trailer without lights.

According to state police, a car topped a hill, hit the trailer then spun into the path of a pickup truck.

Five children were taken to a nearby hospital as a safety precaution, but the highway patrol tells FOX8 News no one was seriously hurt.

Hayride Investigation Has New Details 6 injured one in critical condition

Note: If North Carolina would have required these Utility Trailers to have Reflector Tape as required in Virginia (Which the Utility Trailer industry has fought) maybe the driver would have seen the trailer.

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Hayride Investigation Has New Details

Posted by: Brian Formica Posted by: Justin Quesinberry Created: 10/18/2008 11:13:45 PM Updated: 10/21/2008 10:14:16 AM

Guilford County, NC - A ten-year-old boy has broken bones and a blood clot on his brain after a crash involving a hayride, according to Highway Patrol Trooper T.G. Wilson.

The boy was one of six kids taken to local hospitals Saturday night. The injured kids range in age from 10-14, according to a firefighter. He said four were taken to Moses Cone, two went to High Point Regional.

Someone hit a trailer carrying 22 football players and cheerleaders from Southern Guilford Middle School.

It happened around 8 p.m. on Groometown Road near Highway 62.

A firefighter says someone in a Saturn hit the trailer from behind, and then a truck hit that car.

Several kids were ejected from the trailer. The ten year old most seriously injured was pinned between the trailer and car.

"He went over to that side of the road, but another truck was coming down that way, so he had to swerve back over here and he hit us in the back," said Owen Short, who was on the ride.

"There was about five people down, four of them on the side, and there's a little boy who was laying beside the car, screaming and hollering," said Zachary Deweese who was on the ride.

Highway Patrol told WFMY News 2 the tractor did have lights. The lights, however, were small and not the proper equipment needed for driving the tractor on the road. The proper equipment was on the tractor, but not hooked up.

Parents told WFMY News 2 that the lights were working as she saw the trailer leave for the hayride.

Trooper Tim Wilson said Garry Thayer, 55, the driver of the tractor will be issued a citation for not having the lights on. That citation is approximately $150.

The driver who hit the trailer will not face any charges. Wilson said the driver was going below the speed limit.

Wilson said there is no law preventing hayrides on roads. He said many hayrides spend only short periods of time on roads.

"The problem came in was there wasn't any lights, it's like pulling a regular trailor, you need to have some reflectors, some lights on it so it can be seen," said Wilson.

"I was terrified. People were yelling car, car, and I saw people just jumping off," said 12 year old Hannah Monk. She was on the hayride when someone hit the trailer from behind.

"That was the longest run of my life last night, to try and figure out if my child was hurt, or anyone else's," said Hannah's mother Denise Monk.

Hannah has a bruise from Saturday night's crash.

"We were have never put our kids on there if we thought they were in danger. They were our kids," said Denise Monk.

Douglass B. Garland of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol sent us the following statement:

"A 1980 Massey Ferguson tractor was traveling south on Groomtown Road at approximately 5 mph. The tractor was pulling a two axle low-boy type trailer with approximately 20 kids on a hay ride. A 2001 Saturn passenger car was also traveling south on Groomtown Road at approximately 55 mph. The driver was unable to see the tractor and trailer because the trailer had no reflectors on the rear. The trailer did have lights but were not hooked up and inoperable. The tractor did have lights on the rear but were not visible due to the height of the trailer and passengers. The Saturn attempted to avoid a wreck and attempted to swerve to the left. The right front of the Saturn struck the left rear of the trailer. The left front of the Saturn struck the front concentrated portion of a 2002 Chevrolet pickup which was traveling north on Groomtown Road. Six children were transported to the hospital. I am unable to confirm any report of injuries to the children. The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending. Trooper Wilson will return to work on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m."

Halloween Hayride Kills Toddler

Oklahoma hayride victim was 'little angel'
MOTHER TRIED TO SAVE HER YOUNG DAUGHTER AFTER FALL FROM TRAILER

BY MICHAEL KIMBALL

Published: October 27, 2008

Zoe Madeline Montgomery, 18 months old, was too happy to ever be sad. Sadness scared her.

When she saw someone cry, Zoe would run to her mom and dad for a hug and to be reassured everyone would be happy again soon.

"That’s why I’m trying to be strong,” Zoe’s mother, Moore resident Carrie Montgomery, said Sunday afternoon.

"I know she would not want us crying. She wanted everyone to be happy like her. She didn’t know what it was like to be sad.”

Hayride goes wrong

Friday night, Carrie Montgomery started to get off the back of a trailer on a hayride at Orr Family Farm in Oklahoma City while Zoe stayed onboard, waiting to be lifted safely into her mom’s arms.

But the trailer jerked suddenly, sending Zoe flying to the ground near the wheels, her mother said.

Carrie Montgomery, 24, threw herself at her daughter, tearing skin on her leg on the trailer as she tried to save Zoe before the wheels rolled over her. Zoe was airlifted to OU Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her dead.

But Carrie and her husband, Zoe’s father Shane, 28, made a lifetime of memories with their daughter in the year and a half they shared. Zoe’s irrepressible joy, her love of music and dancing and even her "stinky feet” endeared the toddler to everyone who knew her, they said.

‘If she were still here’

Shane, a security guard and jack-of-all-trades musician, loved to watch Zoe strum his guitar, which is decked out in stickers she liked. He’d watch her do the "Chicken Dance” while she giggled along with her audience.

Carrie and Shane also kept a special cabinet with empty boxes for Zoe, who took after her super-organized mother and liked to arrange and rearrange its contents.

Most of all, Zoe’s parents will remember her smile and her love. Described as a "little angel” to her parents and grandparents, all her family said they can do now is take that literally.

"I just hope she’s looking down on us right now,” Carrie said, "and smiling and laughing. Because that’s what she’d be doing right now if she were still here.”

Four Injured in Hay Ride Accident

Posted: 10:30 PM Sep 12, 2008
Last Updated: 1:04 PM Sep 13, 2008
Reporter: WSAZ News Staff
Email Address: news@wsaz.com

MILTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Four people were hurt Friday night after a hay ride accident in Milton, W.Va.

Firefighters tell us a tractor pulling 25 people on a hay ride lost it's trailer causing it to roll over the hill on East Mud River Road in Milton. The victims were taken to Saint Mary's Medical Center in Huntington with minor injuries.

The trailer hit a gas line causing a small leak. Mountaineer gas has been called to the scene to fix it.

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