Lucky crash

September 15, 2010 at 10:05 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

This goes back a ways but I missed it at the time so maybe many readers here did too. The photo below is of an accident that occurred in Utah on State route 59 near Hurricane city on 30 December, 2006 — in which the driver of 1991 GMC pickup slid off the road onto the right shoulder, overcorrected when he turned back to the left, and crossed over the opposite lane of the highway before crashing though a barrier above a drainage culvert, and coming to rest facing opposite his original direction of travel.

You can see where the driver broke through the guardrail, on the right side of the culvert, where the people are standing on the road, pointing. The pick-up was traveling about 75 mph from right to left
when it crashed through the guardrail.

It flipped end-over-end bounced off and across the culvert outlet,
and landed right side up on the left side of the culvert, facing the opposite direction from which the driver was traveling.

The 22-year-old driver and his 18-year-old passenger were unhurt except for minor cuts and bruises. But if you think that was lucky, see the picture at the end of today’s postings, a zoomed out version of the picture above.

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THE NEWS

Odd news from around the world

California doctor carves name into woman’s uterus: “A California doctor is being sued for branding his patient’s uterus with her name after removing it. Dr Red Alinsod applied an “electrocautery device to carve and burn” Ingrid Paulicivic’s first name into her removed uterus during an operation he performed at his Orange County office in 2009, The Smoking Gun said. Dr Alinsod called the unusual act a “friendly gesture,” since the patient was a “good friend”. He told the website he “did not want to get it confused with others”. Ms Paulicivic denies knowing the gynecologist prior to the hysterectomy, although, she said she was acquainted with a receptionist in the office. The medical negligence lawsuit says the labelling had “no medically necessary purpose or reason,” and called it “inexcusably bizarre behaviour”. [Sounds like he was “high” on something, which could be a real worry]

Homosexual couple pay Indian women $80k for surrogate babies: “A gay couple in Cairns are so desperate to have children they are paying two women in India $300 for every day of pregnancy to give birth to the couple’s surrogate babies. The money paid by the Cairns couple will be equivalent to more than 10 years’ wages for each of the women. The couple announced the impending arrival of their babies – due to be born in January – on Facebook. The couple said they had faced significant hurdles in organising the surrogate pregnancies. They refused to be identified or comment further.”

US farmer fined $5K for growing too many vegetables: “An American farmer was facing up to $5000 in fines after officials cited him for growing too many vegetables on his property. According to WSB-TV in Atlanta, DeKalb County officials claim Steve Miller violated local zoning laws by growing too many crops on his land. Mr Miller, of Clarkston, Georgia, said he has had his two-acre piece of property rezoned and vowed to fight the allegations, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. County officials began ticketing Mr Miller last year for the alleged violations and for having “unpermitted employees” on his property, the report said. The farmer told the station he has spent the last 15 years growing crops that he puts up for sale at local markets. “It’s a way of life, like it’s something in my blood,” Mr Miller told WSB.”

Dopey burglar caught after leaving phone at victim’s house… and then texting police to get it back: “If there were a burglar’s handbook, chapter one would warn against leaving evidence behind. It would also probably use Anthony Gawthrop as a case study for what can happen if you ignore this basic rule. The 24-year-old managed to drop his mobile phone at a house in Cambridge where he stole a laptop. Not realising his error, he later contacted police to report his phone missing – shortly before they found it at the crime scene, checked the photos it contained, and recognised him from his three previous convictions for house-breaking.”

Court approves surgery for teenage girl to have two testicles removed: “A court has approved surgery for a 14-year-old girl to remove two testicles. The parents of the girl, known in the case as “Sally”, had to apply to the Family Court for permission for the surgery after they discovered their daughter had a rare XY genotype, which meant she did not have a uterus but had two male gonads. The court heard Sally had been an apparently healthy girl until she turned 11 and discovered two lumps, one of which was in her abdomen, and had other gender issues. Family Court judge Justice Peter Murphy said he took into account Sally’s desire to have the surgery and also approved other procedures to confirm her gender.”

I’m betting the driver went to church the Sunday following. Incident confirmed by Snopes

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