I was directly in front of this vehicle at the hospital about 20 mins before the elderly woman lost control and ran another lady over and pinned her benath the car. The victim is now in hospital in critical condition.
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And then on my drive home I witness and was first on-scene for a bad truck accident. Dude lost control of the vehicle, plowed through a solid concrete retainer block, continued across a driveway and slammed head-on into a huge tree. I pulled over on the highway and ran to the scene. His cab was completely filled with smoke...I thought the truck was on fire so my first thought was to get him out. But after we opened both doors the smoke dissipated - it was the discharge from the airbag.
He was shaken up pretty bad and had a bad cut on his hand, but otherwise seemed alright. I kept him talking until fire, ambulance and police arrived to take over the scene. Truck was a write-off - he told me he'd just bought it 2 months ago.
It happened right in front of me in the oncoming lanes, he just seemed to lose control and left the highway...went airborne for a short distance, blew out the tires, bent the axle, fucked up the front end rather badly.
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