[DeTomaso] NPC - Guardrail vs. SUV

[Asa Jay Laughton]

  That's what I would call "God making a wake up call."

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 9/16/2010 19:07, LarryFinch wrote:
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> Be careful out there, okay?
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> A motorist from Washington state had quite a scare north of DeerLodge last week
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> when a guardrail turned his SUV into a virtualshish kabob.
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> The driver of a Chevy Suburban fell asleep while driving in theeastbound lane
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> of Interstate 90 on Sept. 2. His vehicle drifted offthe road and collided head on
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> with the guardrail, according toMontana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Hildenstab.
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> The guardrailliterally impaled the vehicle by penetrating through the engineblock
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> and exiting the rear window, just missing the driver.
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> "He didn't even have a scratch on him," Hildenstab said aboutthe 21-year-old driver.
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> The trooper said it was lucky the motorist was driving solo,because the guardrail
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> went through the passenger seat.
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> "If he had a passenger with him, it would have killed him,"Hildenstab said.
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> The driver, Andy Dangerfield of Pullman, Wash., told the trooperhe had left Washington
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> early that morning on his way to Idaho.About 11:30 a.m., he started to get tired and
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> must have fallenasleep as he was approaching Deer Lodge.
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> Dangerfield was cited with careless driving.
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> The crash left the driver badly shaken, according toHildenstab.
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> "He was walking around like a ghost when I got to the scene,"the trooper said.
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> In all his years with the highway patrol, Hildenstab said he'snever seen an accident
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> ike that. He said guardrails are designedto crumple on impact. The trooper estimated
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> that about 30 yards ofguardrail traveled through the vehicle before it came to rest.
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> Photos here:
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> http://i.imgur.com/B2QSR.jpg
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