The strangest thing is happening right now -
If you've read my blog with any regularity in the past, you'll have heard about the 'high crash location' corner that my office window looks straight out at...
Well, just now, a minivan stopped in the middle of the intersection. No accident, it just stopped. Within 3 minutes, there were two fire trucks, 2 ambulances, and 5 police cars completely surrounding it, and blocking off all traffic around this major thoroughfare. Then at least 4 police officers piled into the van and with the exception of one who's standing at the drivers door, they haven't come out it at least 5 or 6 minutes... I don't know if someone's having a baby, or maybe is a hostage situation with a carjacker, who knows!
Oh wait, they're slowly bringing out a stretcher - maybe the driver had a heart attack? Firemen swarming around now ... geez, this is really up to the minute news here! Am I eligible for a Pulitzer?
Okay, so the stretcher's in the ambulance now - and a fireman just popped the hood of the van - that's strange...
Well, I'm going to post this entry now, and if anything new happens, I'll update it.
what's happening now? how did this turn out? it sounds totally wacky!!!
Posted by: sage at October 10, 2003 09:51 AMI think the driver must've had a heart attack or something, 'cause after all that time they came out of the van (through the driver side door) with a stretcher, and there was a blanket completely covering whoever was on it. I don't know if that's just an 'in the movies' thing, but I figure if they're covering the face, the person must be dead. They put the stretcher in the ambulance, mosey'd off, and after a while a tow truck came and took the van away. When I mentioned the incident to a guy that came to work at noon, he said 'yeah, I heard on the radio that the intersection was tied up with a police incident, but they didn't say what the incident was'...so, who knows...
Posted by: Calvin at October 12, 2003 07:42 PM