A runaway boat skidded hundreds of feet on Interstate 25 today in “moderate to heavy” traffic before coming to a stop near the Longmont exit around noon, authorities said.
The boat was on a trailer attached to a car when it became unhinged and fell off, said Trooper Gilbert Mares, spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol.
Additional details of the accident were not available because there was no crash and no injuries, Mares said.
“It’s just a sight you don’t expect,” said Steve Davis, a retired Lochbuie police chief and Denver police officer who was driving behind the boat this afternoon.
Davis said noticed cars in front of him braking and swerving to avoid the trifecta of northbound contraptions – the car continuing straight, the trailer careening left and smashing into the median, the boat sliding to a rest on the right of the road.
“I can’t believe it didn’t hit any other vehicles,” Davis said.
