7/13/2009

215W - How Did That Happen?

Funny thing, most accidents you can more or less guess what happened. But sometimes the aftermath offers so many possibilities.

On the way home today, traffic suddenly slammed to a stop and everyone started leaving the highway. Since eye level for me is about 48" off the roadway, I've got no idea what's happening.

Once we got around I saw the cause. There's a Ford F250 four door long bed pickup perpendicular across three lanes. Clever. What's even better is that the front driver's side corner has a Prius stuck in it. The rear driver's side corner has a Cox van stuck in it.

There are two possibilities I could see. Somehow he spun out, and the two cars in the adjoining lanes each caught a corner. This would be surprising, since I would think the pickup would roll - he was fairly tall.

The other thing I could see is the van catching the back corner, the truck slamming on the brakes, that forcing it around a bit, then the Prius popping into the front corner. Still seems unlikely.

Either way, the incident will be screwing up tonight's commute.

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