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    DRV accident

    Hi everyone, Leon here. The insurance company just finished totaling out the DRV yesterday and I am still waiting on the truck estimate. So I am going to wait until everything is resolved before I post a ton more pictures. Here is what I have said from the beginning. We were on I-10 on the west side of Houston and I had a tractor and trailer next to me on the left. When the truck passed me a small car shot between it and my front end. I applied the brakes to disable the cruise control. We heard a pop then felt something slam into the back of us and then pushed the Volvo sideways. I reached and applied the trailer brake which is a DirecLink brake controller, the RV shook violently side to side and hit the right wall on the rear end then traveled across all lanes and hit the far left wall then bounced off of it. Speed at the time was about 50 mph or so with traffic. The pin on the pin box popped up and over the hitch and got hung up on the front of the plate until I applied the brake controller. Once the trailer separated the brake away was pulled but it still took several seconds to stop the 5th wheel. Once everything is done and over with I promise to post pictures of the hitch, the pinbox and the cause although it is going to be difficult to decided what failed first. Thanks everyone for the well wishes and the thoughts and prayers for our safety. Thank you, Leon
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