8.02.2010

Car Wreck: A Close Call after BoLSCon

I'm beat. 

It's 1am and I'm off to bed.  I won Best of the Worst - and don't think I won't get mileage out of that - after the reset. 

Basically, they ran a second tournament on Sunday, which I won.  The top spots from Saturday played on for the big prizes.  Obviously I've got a million things to say.

Later.

On the way home I avoided a huge wreck.  I pulled in front of an obvious drunk and only a couple of moments later he lost control, swerving along 3 lanes of traffic before smashing into a red jeep with two teenagers.  I watched in the rear-view as the jeep rolled 5 or 6 times straight at me, launching pieces across a quarter mile.

I pulled onto the median and ran back to render aid.  The drunk waved to me as he drove off.  I didn't know what to think.

I honestly thought the passengers would be dead, but the kid had pulled his girlfriend from the wreckage before I could get there.  I did stop him wandering in traffic, but I couldn't do more than wait for the cops.

It got me thinking, for obvious reasons.  Here's hoping everyone made it home safe.

And I hope the drunk enjoys prison.  The cops found the car, so it's only a matter of time.

10 comments:

  1. First off, glad everyone was okay.

    Secondly, Congrats on being the best of the worst...
    ...odd, that almost sounds like an insult...
    ...well, congrats anyways!

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  2. Congrats on the award, I am sure there is a ton more we'll get to hear about soon enough.

    The car wreck... that's one of those defining moments in a persons life in my opinion. Good to hear both occupants were alive and kicking. Hope the drunk rots in hell.

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  3. Yikes, glad everyone was reasonably OK. I bet that the drunk was that SW player you folks were looking for. ;-)

    Congrats on the award. It's like a Rocky movie! Get pummeled early on and come back big!

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  4. Wow. Not everyone would go back like that Brent - you deserve plenty of credit for trying to help.

    Grats on the win, such as it was.

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  5. Also, I don't remember where it was, but wherever Herr Fernseher said that it should be transformed into a spectator event...I agree, though it needs to be like Tennis, Golf or Cricket - ie reserved and largely silence and polite clapping.

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  6. Congrats Brent, and I'm glad you avoided the wreck, just too bad your "Storm Raven" wasn't caught up in it! :)

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  7. Brent... in all seriousness. you are my internet hero right now.

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  8. Wow. Talk about a way to end a weekend. Thank you for going back, too many people today just drive on or marvel at the accident, not thinking of the lives involved.

    Congrats on your win! Well done!

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