DANVERS, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating after a boat and trailer broke loose from a pickup truck on Route 128 in Danvers and came to rest in the median, officials said.
Officers responding to reports of a boat and trailer in the road on Route 128 northbound at Endicott Street at 3 p.m. found the boat in the median, police said. No one was hurt but the guardrail and pavement were damaged, police said.
The boat’s owner said it came loose after he hit a bump while towing it to Maine for July 4th.
“As I’m coming down 128 I hit some type of a bump and it popped off my trailer and just fell down and it actually started passing me,” said Jim Davekos.
Davekos said he was able to keep the boat from entering the lanes and hitting cars by nudging it to the side of the highway.
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