(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Police Department says no injuries were reported after a large PUP trailer became detached from a tow truck Monday night. The trailer rolled downhill and crashed into a parked SUV and a car, before hitting a light pole. It came to rest only after hitting a house, and causing a brief natural gas leak. The family safely evacuated until the gas could be shut-off. Fire crews were on the scene until about 11-p.m.

The accident happened at around 8:10-p.m. in the 500 block of Olive Street. No injuries were reported. Authorities say the Richter and Son tow truck, operated by Eric Kardell, of Atlantic was traveling north on Olive Street, when the trailer became unhitched at about 6th and Olive.

One of the vehicles that was struck Monday night, remained on the scene Tuesday morning (Photo by Lori Murphy/KJAN)

The trailer rolled downhill and hit a 2010 Dodge Journey, owned by Nichole Waterman. Her vehicle sustained about $10,000 damage. The trailer caused about $10,000 damage also, to a 2022 Nissan Sentra, owned by Carroll Area Nursing Service. Damage to the light pole was estimated at $2,500, while the house, owned by Jason Cook, sustained about $15,000 damage. There was a long scratch in the pavement along Olive Street, where the tongue of the trailer gouged the road before the trailer crashed into the aforementioned vehicles and home.

Photo courtesy Chris Parks