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AM Scanner Traffic — 10.26.09

Posted by DFO

Oct. 26, 2009 11:45 a.m. • 9 comments

11:59 a.m. Borah Elementary has evacuated building for an unknown reason.
11:53 a.m. Water flooding roadway is creating a hazard @ H95 & Ohio Match.
11:27 a.m. A fallen tree is blocking n/b lane of H97, near Boy Scout camp.
10:49 a.m. Jan @ Dodd & Boot Hill/Hayden reports finding a bullet in deck Friday.
10:36 a.m. A tree is across the n/b lane of H95 @ M/P 399 (near Conkling Park Road).
10:22 a.m. Ricky’s worried about welfare of neighbor who’s house windows are open.
10:09 a.m. A North Dakota fugitive left all his belongings and left w/o paying the Wallace Inn.
10:02 a.m. H&W wants officer help b/c a Worley woman won’t allow case worker into her home to check welfare of 4YO boy.
9:21 a.m. Father in Post Falls wants 15YO daughter out of the house after she broke a sink in the morning during a fight w/her sister and then he had to pick her up from school when she claimed to be sick.
9:17 a.m. Barbara reports that a saddle was stolen off of her porch.
8:50 a.m. Michael @ Hyundai Findlay reports a stolen vehicle.
8:42 a.m. A woman on Wilbu/Dalton Gardens wants medical attention after being punched 10 times in the face during a domestic dispute.
8:36 a.m. A 3-vehicle accident has blocked the i/s @ 4th & Poplar. A Highlander is on its top.
8:17 a.m. R/P reports that a man held a rifle on him after he posted his section of Latour Creek Road/Cataldo for 5 mph.

Nine comments on this post so far. Add yours!

hereinidaho on October 26 at 10:16 a.m.
I see another parent bites the dust and I’m sure he wishes he had dogs instead of kids.
Sisyphus on October 26 at 10:19 a.m.
“A Highlander is on its top.”—bet he wishes he wore something under that kilt.
JohnA on October 26 at 10:59 a.m.
“A Highlander is on its top” You beat me to it, Sis, I was going to post that I’m glad no one was ‘kilt’ in the accident.
Sisyphus on October 26 at 11:02 a.m.
Hi praise indeed but since mine wasn’t a pun you are still the master.
Nick_Adams on October 26 at 11:09 a.m.
9:17 a.m.— What’s Barbara doing riding her porch? If it’s a Victorian-style house, do you have to use an English saddle. If it’s a ranch-style house, is Western style required?
Charlie on October 26 at 11:39 a.m.
8:42 am. Who keeps count of how many times you get punched in the face, after one I stop counting.
Liz on October 26 at 5:12 p.m.
Checking in here after a long absence. Hi all!!
I’m the driver of that Highlander. It is a miracle we are alive. Just a little sore.
And ironically enough, my husband wears kilts, Sisyphus.
Cindy_H on October 26 at 5:28 p.m.
((Liz)) I’m so glad you’re okay. I’ve wondered where you’ve been!
Liz on October 26 at 9:48 p.m.
Thanks Cindy. I’ve just been slacking off in here. No reason other than laziness and being OVERLY busy with facebook.

Yes, I am glad we are OK too. My son was in the car with me and that is the most horrible part. I keep thinking about what could have happened and mentally reliving the whole thing over and over. Thing is neither car was going that fast. I was late getting my son to school and failed to look both ways before proceeding at the intersection. Next thing I know I feel the impact and the car is flipping over. Nate and I were hanging upside down in the seatbelts and couldn’t get out. The car slid half a block upside down and I think it hit a parked vehicle. The owner of the vehicle and the house it was parked in front of thought it was going to keep going into his house apparently. I am still very, very shaken up. I have been in accidents before but never a rollover and never one where I was at fault. (one I was a passenger and the other was totally the other driver. In fact in that one my quick thinking prevented it from being much worse.) Not so this one. Totally my fault.

So here I am with my neck on an ice bag, hyped up on enough ibuprofin to bore a hole in my stomach and learning what it is like to have PTSD just a little bit. I feel incredibly guilty because it was totally my fault. The fact the car flipped was just a fluke. I was told it is very rare in these types of intersection accidents where nobody is going too fast. The other cars hood was shaped like a wedge and just flipped mine over like a pancake turner. Maybe the rain had something to do with it too; I don’t know.

I keep going over the “what if” scenarios in my mind; especially since my kid was in the car with me.

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