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overlandmush, because I'm not likely to get much more coherent.
Whitney says, "Holy fucking shit."
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lstone] pauses halfway out the door. "What?"
Whitney says, "We just witnessed a car accident that is only easy to explain if there was a landmine involved."
Whitney says, "And while the road maintenance on the Lynnway sucks, I don't think it's -that- bad."
Babbage says, "It blew up?"
Whitney says, "The front end did."
Whitney says, "Then it flipped."
Whitney says, ". . . conveniently, one of the stray bystanders had a fire extinguisher *on hand*. . . ."
Tesla [oneironaut] says, "... was that stray bystander Abbas, by any chance?"
Whitney says, "Possibly her east coast manifestation."
Whitney says, "And I spotted three people calling 911 on their cellphones, so I didn't get mine out."
Whitney says, "Four guys in the car. Two wriggled out into the road on their own, they pulled out the third (apparently unconscious), and the fourth seemed moving and they were getting to him when we pulled around the accident."
Whitney says, "Kevin thinks they hit the curb, which set the spark; something happened to flip the back end over the front. Somewhere in there it hit a tree, which is now half-ripped out of the ground. The explosion was *not* the tire, though the tire blew somewhere in there and joined the glass on our side of the road in shattered bits. I have a new understanding of why eyewitness reports of accidents are so fucking useless."
Babbage runs.
Babbage has partially disconnected.
GAME: Babbage has partially disconnected.
Whitney says, "All the people I saw appeared to be whole, though I didn't see #4 clearly. #3 was whole, but limper than a hot cat on a summer day."
Whitney says, "It was like an action movie shot. It still doesn't make action movie car accidents look plausible, even now that I've seen one."
Whitney says, "Also, holy fucking shit."
Tesla says, "Your hot cat simile is very compelling to me at the moment."
Whitney says, "I thought it was a good one."
Eastman [annwyd] says, "Heh. Yes."
Whitney says, "Also, I think that I'm just going to copy this blither into LJ rather than attempt to get it coherent on the way."
Whitney says, "Because holy fucking shit."
Tesla laughs.
Whitney says, "I have said 'holy fucking shit' a ludicrous quantity of times in the last ten minutes or so."
Tesla says, "It's a nice potent phrase."
Whitney says, "And honestly, there is no way I can convey the holy fucking shitness of what I saw."
Whitney says, "I hope they're okay, is all."
Whitney says, "Car's a goner. I don't know why the left front corner exploded, but that's sure what it looked like it did. There was flame licking along the bottom of the car (which was at the time the top of the car) before the terrifyingly prepared person with the fire extinguisher put it out."
Whitney says, "I hope they're okay."
Whitney murmurs a few more 'holy fucking shits' and sort of runs out of steam.
So wide-eyed prayers for some kids in a car, who are having a far more exciting night than anyone really needs. And thanks to all the people who were there and able to help, calling the emergency services (who passed us on the way home, after we came to the conclusion that there was nothing we could do that wasn't already being done by several other people), though they'll never see this.
overlandmush, because I'm not likely to get much more coherent.Whitney says, "Holy fucking shit."
Babbage [
lstone] pauses halfway out the door. "What?"Whitney says, "We just witnessed a car accident that is only easy to explain if there was a landmine involved."
Whitney says, "And while the road maintenance on the Lynnway sucks, I don't think it's -that- bad."
Babbage says, "It blew up?"
Whitney says, "The front end did."
Whitney says, "Then it flipped."
Whitney says, ". . . conveniently, one of the stray bystanders had a fire extinguisher *on hand*. . . ."
Tesla [
oneironaut] says, "... was that stray bystander Abbas, by any chance?"Whitney says, "Possibly her east coast manifestation."
Whitney says, "And I spotted three people calling 911 on their cellphones, so I didn't get mine out."
Whitney says, "Four guys in the car. Two wriggled out into the road on their own, they pulled out the third (apparently unconscious), and the fourth seemed moving and they were getting to him when we pulled around the accident."
Whitney says, "Kevin thinks they hit the curb, which set the spark; something happened to flip the back end over the front. Somewhere in there it hit a tree, which is now half-ripped out of the ground. The explosion was *not* the tire, though the tire blew somewhere in there and joined the glass on our side of the road in shattered bits. I have a new understanding of why eyewitness reports of accidents are so fucking useless."
Babbage runs.
Babbage has partially disconnected.
GAME: Babbage has partially disconnected.
Whitney says, "All the people I saw appeared to be whole, though I didn't see #4 clearly. #3 was whole, but limper than a hot cat on a summer day."
Whitney says, "It was like an action movie shot. It still doesn't make action movie car accidents look plausible, even now that I've seen one."
Whitney says, "Also, holy fucking shit."
Tesla says, "Your hot cat simile is very compelling to me at the moment."
Whitney says, "I thought it was a good one."
Eastman [
annwyd] says, "Heh. Yes."Whitney says, "Also, I think that I'm just going to copy this blither into LJ rather than attempt to get it coherent on the way."
Whitney says, "Because holy fucking shit."
Tesla laughs.
Whitney says, "I have said 'holy fucking shit' a ludicrous quantity of times in the last ten minutes or so."
Tesla says, "It's a nice potent phrase."
Whitney says, "And honestly, there is no way I can convey the holy fucking shitness of what I saw."
Whitney says, "I hope they're okay, is all."
Whitney says, "Car's a goner. I don't know why the left front corner exploded, but that's sure what it looked like it did. There was flame licking along the bottom of the car (which was at the time the top of the car) before the terrifyingly prepared person with the fire extinguisher put it out."
Whitney says, "I hope they're okay."
Whitney murmurs a few more 'holy fucking shits' and sort of runs out of steam.
So wide-eyed prayers for some kids in a car, who are having a far more exciting night than anyone really needs. And thanks to all the people who were there and able to help, calling the emergency services (who passed us on the way home, after we came to the conclusion that there was nothing we could do that wasn't already being done by several other people), though they'll never see this.
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Pothole/ leftover frost heave, maybe? Where on the Lynnway?
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We were heading north on the Lynnway, left lane, just before the Garelick plant. The car-in-question was heading south, left lane. They started flipping when we were about a stone's throw apart; as traffic stopped, there was a car right in front of us, just in front of the debris, and then us; we had perfectly clear LOS to The Event. Debris (mostly glass, some tire chunks) was strewn across the left lane on our side and about half the right lane; we went a bit into the driveway-in to the factory to avoid the most of it.
And, uh, holy fucking shit.
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I've seen one or two accidents that were nowhere near as spectacular as this one, and they were pretty 'holy fucking shit' to witness nonetheless. I can only imagine the HFS magnitude of seeing this kind of thing.
Yow.
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Glad that you weren't the ones involved in said accident, but I hope everyone is OK. It sounded like they were, but....