Wednesday Fiery Crash Thread - caution thump will get major buzz

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DC

Fiery Crash Backs Up Beltway, I-270 Traffic
WASHINGTON -- A car caught fire after crashing off the road on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway.The crash took place near the Interstate 270 split. Montgomery County, Md., fire responded to put out the fire.

Texas

Traffic noises from Interstate 10 generally don't even make the crew at the Orange County Appraisal District office near old U.S. 90 blink.

But Tuesday's "thunderous boom" from the roadway at about 1:30 p.m. rattled the building, employees said.
Two 18-wheelers and a pickup were involved in an accident near Burton Road that killed two motorists - just four traffic lanes away from the office's front door.

Connie Curphey said she was talking on her cell phone while walking toward the appraisal district office when she heard a "pop" similar to the sound an 18-wheeler makes when a tire blows.

Ohio Man

KINGSBURY -- An Ohio man is dead following a fiery collision between two semi trucks at the intersection of U.S. 6 and U.S. 35 Monday evening.
Donald Whitmer, 44, of Carrollton, Ohio, died immediately when his truck, traveling east on U.S. 35 and carrying steel coils, collided with another truck carrying a carnival ride, La Porte County Chief Deputy Coroner John Sullivan told The La Porte County Herald-Argus this morning.

Trifecta complete, bonus fourth!

Three EMS personnel and two patients were killed this July in one of the worst ground ambulance accidents in U.S. history, leaving the Antwerp, OH, EMS community-and their colleagues nationally-reeling from the loss. Sammy R. Smith, 64; Heidi McDougall, 31; and Kelly J. Rager, 25, volunteers with Antwerp EMS, were killed July 20 in a collision with a semi that also claimed the lives of their patients, Robert R. Wells, 64, and Armelda Wells, 60, of Hicksville, OH

Drive for Five - KY

A fiery crash on I-75 killed one man and shut down the highway for hours.
It happened just before 5:00PM in the northbound lanes of I-75 at mile marker 49, near the Laurel-Rockcastle county line.
Police say for some reason a semi ran off the road, then slid along the rock wall before it burst into flames.

FIVE stories for thump, his students might not have to do anything today....

 

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[BuckNutty]

This would be more appropriate