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Second Multi-Vehicle Pile-Up in 2 Weeks, Involving 3 Trailers, on Palm Coast Part of I-95

August 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

One of the trucks involved in the four-vehicle wreck this morning on I-95, leaked fuel as it sprawled, overturned, requiring the area of the wreck to be turned into a hazardous material scene. (FHP)

Trailers, cars and I-95 are not mixing well in the few miles between Palm Coast Parkway and State Road 100. Last Saturday night it was a five-vehicle wreck involving 14 people, two miles south of the parkway exit, in the northbound lanes. Early this morning, it was a four-vehicle wreck, also in the northbound lanes, a couple of miles further south, this time involving three trailers and one sedan, and involving at least six people.

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The uncertainty about the people involved is due to the fact that the car that started the chain reaction hit a trailer from the back. But the combination trailer kept driving, likely unaware that it had been struck. So the trailer’s identity or its occupants are unknown to the Florida Highway Patrol, which investigated the wreck. No one was seriously hurt, but by the time the chain reaction was over, another trailer had overturned in a ditch, and I-95 northbound was closed for a time, and two of its three lanes remained closed until past 9 this morning.

It all began at 2:25 a.m. Kelly Frazier, 20, of Palm Coast, was at the wheel of a 2009 Ford Focus, driving north. She was in the center lane. At one point, around mile marker 283, Frazier found herself directly behind the unknown tractor trailer combination, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. She may have fallen asleep, causing her to crash into the rear of the trailer. That’s the very same way that last Saturday’s wreck began. When she crashed, Frazier’s car was disabled in the highway. Frazier left the car, went to the shoulder, and called 911. But the Ford’s lights were no longer functioning.

Martin Seneosacarlos, 48, of North Miami Beach, was at the wheel of a 2009 International truck. Gregory Wright, 39, of Boynton Beach, was a passenger. Seneosacarlos saw the disabled Ford too late. He swerved left to avoid it at the last moment. Tooo late, The truck struck the car, and the truck then headed for the center guard rail. Seneosacarlos over-corrected, and the truck overturned opn its driver’s side, according to the FHP report, and slid across the northbound lanes all the way into the grassy ditch on the east side of the road.

Both Seneosacarlos and Wright suffered minor injuries and were taken to Florida Hospital Flagler, as was Frazier. The trailer sustained $50,000 in damages. The Ford Focus, $10,000 in damages.


It wasn’t over. Furman Craft, 44, of Miami, was driving another International truck, also a 2009 model. With him was Christopher Deselms, 51, of Lake Worth, Fla. They were driving north. They struck debris on the road, causing disabling damage to the truck’s steering system, some $5,000 worth. Neither truck occupant was injured.

Meanwhile, the truck that had overturned was leaking fuel in the grass, triggering a hazardous material situation and requiring the scene to be secured and treated as such. Crews from the Departm,ent of Environmental Protection were dispatched, and the highway’s center and outside lanes were closed.

The Ford Focus, post mortem. Click on the image for larger view. (FHP)

John’s Towing used massive air bags to lift a fully loaded tractor trailer and enable its towing.

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  1. Justin says

    August 11, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    Not another one, not good!!!

    Reply
  2. Mike Finnigan says

    August 11, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    Someone did a study on all the wrecks in Palm Coast. It was something about all the Southbounders from New Englad driving straight through to sout florida. Flagle County and Northeast Florida was at about the 16 to 17 hour mark and everyone falls asleep in this section on 95. Anyone have a data on that.?

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    • agnese says

      August 12, 2012 at 9:10 am

      Both of these wrecks happen in the northbound lanes, can’t pin this on the “Northerners” If you read the article all involved were Floridians.

      Reply
    • Anonymous says

      August 12, 2012 at 10:21 am

      The 20 year old woman who was the initial cause of this massive accident fell asleep at the wheel. She lives in the immediate area of Palm Coast. Your theory does not hold any water.

      To smash into the rear of a semi truck trailer takes colossal stupidity or the driver must be unconscious.

      Fortunately, no one was killed in this dangerous stretch of I-95.

      Reply
  3. Shelane Taskonis Cox says

    August 12, 2012 at 1:12 am

    There have been an awful lot of wrecks in that area. Whats goin on?

    Reply
  4. question says

    August 12, 2012 at 7:59 am

    New Palm Coast Ordinance:

    Until the City’s accident rate improves, all Palm Coast vehicles must be improved thusly:

    http://media.merchantcircle.com/18743170/car-insurance-bubble-wrap-small-84841_medium.jpeg

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  5. Sand in My Shoes says

    August 12, 2012 at 10:57 am

    I’m a 60 year FC native and a story has been told over the years that the stretch of 95 from south St. Johns County all the way south to Old Dixie was built on an Indian Burial Ground and that’s why there has been so many unexplained tragic accidents for decades.

    Reply
    • cindy chambers says

      August 13, 2012 at 9:30 am

      That makes alot of sense.

      Reply
  6. I'm glad I left PC says

    August 12, 2012 at 12:13 pm

    Hey Mike Finnigan where did you come up with that? Southbounders from New England? what about New York and New Jeresy , Ohio, that is crap!!!! these accidents over the last 2 weeks were caused by locals who fell asleep at the wheel!!! Lets be grateful no one has died YET!!! people have to know their limitations and they don’t. Again people have to be RESPONSIBLE for their actions.

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