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lsandersonJust 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.
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Date: 2004-08-26 01:09 pm (UTC)On the street near our building's loading dock, NO PARKING signs have been knocked down, presumably by trucks trying to back into the tight loading dock. People park in the newly created parking places, making the dock even harder to reach. Making new parking places this way seems like vigilante street maintenance. :)
WooT!
Date: 2004-08-26 02:11 pm (UTC)