Shadow11
Senior Member
I was up there Monday to get a patient.
Met with the local family there, and a few FF Paramedics that work up there.
They were telling me they had 8 fatalities over the weekend.
A wreck where 3 were ejected and died and this one that killed 5.
The Paramedic there was on scene and said he was told by the GSP investigator that they figure the corvette was well over 150, closer to 170 mph. Based on how high and far it flew through the air. I wonder if they could find the speedometer or computer to see for sure?
I saw the wreck site, and burned area. The corvette hit the trees on the right of the road about 150 feet from the impact site (not really that far) but it damaged the trees pretty well and they were decent sized pines.
There were 3 crosses and 2 old (2016) crosses there.
The stretch of road is Hwy 365, up beyond 985 and 384 I believe was the cross street. It is a pretty straight stretch but hilly with numerous cross streets with no traffic lights.
Absolutely no reason or way it would be safe. Not like an interstate with no cross traffic.
Of course its like everywhere else in the country, city folks going to the country and doing stupid crap because there's "no traffic out here".
Sad situation for the Deputy. I heard he was on shift. His wife was on the phone with her mother and the phone went dead. They had that app that lets you track family members. It alerted him to the accident. He called the dispatch center and was told there was a bad accident but didn't know if it was her.
Don't know if he went up there while the scene was active.
This was all from the Paramedic I spoke with.
People really need to slow down! Everywhere!
Wow, 170. That is unreal! Just plain stupid! No idea about the speedometer, but both vehicles exploded into fireballs at impact from what I read. I heard that other than a couple of rims, there was nothing else that even resembled a vehicle. I don't know this, but I heard from a guy at work that the deputy was one of the 1st to arrive the scene.
Man, my heart goes out for that guy. The radio/news station WDUN has a link posted on one of its stories where people can donate.