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puzzle_meI missed being at the scene of a horrible traffic accident today by about 5 minutes. The Snelling Ave exit is the closest exit off of I-94 to where I'm currently living. I spent the afternoon browsing in furniture, appliance, and tile stores. (Didn't buy anything, just getting ideas.) I was going to write an entry tonight about how after visiting the Tile Shop I want to tile *everything* now. But, I'm really not up to being funny.
I headed home around 4:30, I was probably sitting at the light from the exit ramp onto Snelling at about 4:35. A little after 6 I left again to go see a movie, and I couldn't even get to the on-ramp. Snelling was blocked off at Marshall and by the off-ramp was a sea of flashing lights and ambulances. I got home from the movie and checked the local news sources.
The accident happened at about 4:40. Someone exited and rear ended the car waiting at that same light I'd been at ~5 minutes earlier. They were going 60-65, and the impact pushed the car that was hit into oncoming traffic where it was hit 2 or 3 more times. Two of the passengers in that car died.
So much of being alive is luck.
I headed home around 4:30, I was probably sitting at the light from the exit ramp onto Snelling at about 4:35. A little after 6 I left again to go see a movie, and I couldn't even get to the on-ramp. Snelling was blocked off at Marshall and by the off-ramp was a sea of flashing lights and ambulances. I got home from the movie and checked the local news sources.
The accident happened at about 4:40. Someone exited and rear ended the car waiting at that same light I'd been at ~5 minutes earlier. They were going 60-65, and the impact pushed the car that was hit into oncoming traffic where it was hit 2 or 3 more times. Two of the passengers in that car died.
So much of being alive is luck.
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Date: 2006-06-11 04:34 am (UTC)