# 2012 DUTCHMEN COLEMAN — EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
> NHTSA complaint `1009496` · 2013-09-13 · Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DUTCHMEN
- **Model:** COLEMAN
- **Year:** 2012
- **Manufacturer:** Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Component:** EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
## Narrative
WE FILLED OUR WATER HOLDING TANK  FOR THE FIRST TIME SO WE COULD TRAVEL.WE WERE TOLD TO PUT A CAP FULL OF BLEACH IN IT PER CAMPWORLD AND DRIVE WITH THE BLEACH AND WATER IN IT SO IT WOULD KILL ANY GERMS IN THE TANK AND THEN TO PULL OVER A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION AND OPEN THE DRAIN .SO ABOUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION I CRAWLED UNDER THE CAMPER I  REACHED UP. MY ARM AND UPPERBODY WAS BETWEEN THE AXEL AND THE WATER HOLDING TANK WHEN I OPENED THE DRAIN TO THE TANK THE TANK COLLAPSED PINNING ME BETWEEN THE WATER HOLDING TANK AND AXEL. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO HELP ME GET OUT  BUT I GOT HURT. THIS WAS A BRANDNEW CAMPER IT WAS A 2012 COLEMAN CT265BHS  26FT .THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE WATER HOLDING TANK WAS BENT AS WELL AS THE FRAME TO THE CAMPER THE TANK  BOWED IT ALL AND IT FELL OUT.  *TR
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