Two In Serious Condition , One After Moose Collision
By 250 News
Saturday, December 02, 2006 09:50 AM
Traffic accidents and traffic Counter Attack were the order of the night last night in this region.
Three people were taken to hospital last night after the car they were riding in hit a moose on Highway 16 near Bednesti.
The moose landed on the roof of the vehicle crushing it and trapping the three inside. Three people were taken to hospital the passenger in the front seat in serious condition.
A 31 year old Prince Goegre man is in hospital in serious condition after his car left Queensway south of 20th Ave and slammed into a telephone pole. The jaws of life were required to free the driver and lone occupant who were taken to hospital in serious condition. Traffic was disrupted for three hours while police worked on the scene.
Meantime four traffic roadside checks in the city last night resulted in four drivers having their vehicles impounded and their license to drive suspended for 24 hours as police stepped up their Drinking Driving Counter attack program. In all 3000 vehicles went through four different checks in the city. Police say this is just the beginning of the roadside checks for the season.
A police officer patrolling the area of the Pine Center Mall didn’t have to pull over his suspected drunk driver. As he left the Mall he came upon a vehicle that had slid off the ramp. The driver blew twice over the limit and in addition to facing a possible drunk driving charge he also will have a bill for about $ 5,000 dollars damage to his vehicle waiting for him.
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Posted by: bohemian on December 2 2006 10:39 AM
I was a witness to the events immediately leading up to that accident, and was one of the 911 callers.
I first encounterd the vehicle at Queensway and Patricia as we were both heading southbound.
The vehicle was running without headlights, and began passing me at around the area of the Queensway Towers.
The vehicle was slightly crossing the centre line, but the varriance from the centre line grew as the vehicle traveled toward the 17th Avenue intersection. By the time the vehicle reached the intersection, it was completely in the oncoming lane, and was travelling a good 80 to 90 km/h.
My immediate worry was the fact there were two or three vechiles travelling northbound, at about the area of Hub City Motors, and the possibility of a head-on collision.
One of the northbound vehicles flashed its brights as a warning, and thankfully the speeding vehicle abruptly moved back on the propper side of the road.
My next concern was the vehicle I had seen far ahead at the 20th Avenue intersection, and the possiblility it would be rear-ended.
I commented to my girlfriend that "there is no way he's going to make the corner;" after all, the roads were slipery and I don't think the drive had all his motor skills intact.
Upon reaching the scene, I was surprized to see the vehicle wrapped around a pole, turned 180 degrees. I figured he was going to blow the turn, but there is a lot of clear area the car could have laded with less impact.
A car had stopped, which I assume is the vehicle I feared would be rear-ended, and three ocupants were attempting to come to the aid of the driver, with one person peering through the passenger window, banging on it, presumably to determine the ocupant's status.
I believe a northbound vehicle was in the process of stopping to help.
Realizing people were on the scene and that the driver appeared to be trappend and likely needed the jaws of life, I chose to continue to my home and call 911, to make sure that happened (I don't have a cel phone, and I wasn't assuming the others did either).
Thankfully my call was not the first and emergency responders were already on their way.
Kudos to all those who immediately played a role in doing what they could for the driver, as stupid and dangerous as he was.
Thankfully there was only one person injured. Based on what I witnessed, it could have been much, much worse.