Freak Accident

[Thorgrim]

I had to take my son to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving per divorce decree. We were driving on I-80 E, when I heard a loud noise to the right. So I immmediately looked in my right rear view to see if I hit some debris and saw a light pole falling behind me. I had just passed a camper and two cars. The camper swerved into the left lane almost hitting the other cars....anyway if I had been back about a second or so, I might have got a 40' light pole across my windshield. The wind was blowing from the south at about 30 mph. I guess the pole or the mount bolts were fatigued.

I'm just thankful alive.

 

[redneck1861]

Wow, glad to hear you and your son are ok.

 

[Biggsly]

Glad it did not get you.

 

[338Shooter]

So the light pole just fell over? It should have had a breakaway base on it unless there was a sidewalk beside it. I wonder if someone hit it before, but not enough to completely break the base.

 

[Thorgrim]

I don't know. There was no sidewalk there, it's interstate. We heard the noise and then I saw it fall. I kept driving and called 911, because I didn't want to get in a worse situation with my son.

 

[dennishoddy]

It just wasn't your day thankfully

 

[Thorgrim]

Well, I made it up to Madison and back down through Iowa with the sleet and freezing rain safely....so maybe it was my day.

 

[Henry]

And they say there are not guardian Angels
Davine intervention was definitely in play

 

[ez bake]

 

[reddog1]

Glad you and your son are ok!