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Just sitting here reading the NY Times online, since my paper copy came late, when there was a loud crash.
A Toyota on 27th, filled with smoke, I thought -- or fumes from the radiator -- sat a few feet from a pickup coming south on Garfield. I called 911, and they asked if anyone was injured, which I did not know. I went down, the woman driver of the Toyota was walking around, blood seeping from a scalp wound. She was cursing the driver of the pickup. He'd come through a street with a stop sign into the intersection. He said he'd stopped. (Half the people on Garfield don't stop, the other half think that 27th street has stop signs as well -- it does not. And, half the people on 27th Street stop just to confuse the issue and train the drivers on Garfield that they don't have to stop.)
A firetruck, police car and ambulance arrived. (It's not been this busy on this corner since the American Indians left -- it used to be a weekly occurrence.) They put the woman on a stretcher (after attaching a neck brace) and put her in the ambulance. It's still sitting outside. I think the firetruck has wandered off back up to 28th & Blaisdell.
I used to complain about the intersection to the local councilman, who quite clearly didn't give a damn. Somewhere in the flurry of e-mails, I decided it just was not worth it. It's probably only about one accident a year, and heck, the body shops need the business. And, it supports the local medical establishment as well, and trains EMTs. Even the tow truck drivers make a bundle.
A Toyota on 27th, filled with smoke, I thought -- or fumes from the radiator -- sat a few feet from a pickup coming south on Garfield. I called 911, and they asked if anyone was injured, which I did not know. I went down, the woman driver of the Toyota was walking around, blood seeping from a scalp wound. She was cursing the driver of the pickup. He'd come through a street with a stop sign into the intersection. He said he'd stopped. (Half the people on Garfield don't stop, the other half think that 27th street has stop signs as well -- it does not. And, half the people on 27th Street stop just to confuse the issue and train the drivers on Garfield that they don't have to stop.)
A firetruck, police car and ambulance arrived. (It's not been this busy on this corner since the American Indians left -- it used to be a weekly occurrence.) They put the woman on a stretcher (after attaching a neck brace) and put her in the ambulance. It's still sitting outside. I think the firetruck has wandered off back up to 28th & Blaisdell.
I used to complain about the intersection to the local councilman, who quite clearly didn't give a damn. Somewhere in the flurry of e-mails, I decided it just was not worth it. It's probably only about one accident a year, and heck, the body shops need the business. And, it supports the local medical establishment as well, and trains EMTs. Even the tow truck drivers make a bundle.
