May 02, 2007
Crash
Single-car auto accident near the intersection 6 houses away from our house today, driver not seriously injured, but the car was destroyed in the resulting fire:
The photos here show the car after the fire was put out by the Anoka Champlin fire department. Immediately following the accident, the fire likely could have been put out with a small fire extinguisher, but nobody had one handy. In the next few moments the flames completely enveloped the car.
I did not have my mobile phone or my camera with me since I was just running to the store for milk, and after helping direct traffic away from the accident for 10 minutes, I was able to get home to get my camera. By the time the fire department arrived, the car was pretty much destroyed. I snapped a few frames and thought back on my firefighting days and the car fires we had to put out.
Luckily, the driver appeared uninjured, but he was questioned by the police, and sat quietly in the squad car as the fire crews did their work.
As the photos show, the rolled car also snapped a telephone pole. The electric company arrived with two trucks to replace the pole and a wrecker arrived to tow away the empty, twisted hulk that was this young man's car just moments before.
I'm glad he was not hurt, but I'm confident he'll never forget the experience. Three HUGE cheers to whomever it was that helped pull this young man from his car!
Posted by MEK at May 2, 2007 09:05 PM