Last updated 14 years ago by Matthew Hunt
We’ve all been in that traffic where you’re moving slowly then suddenly everyone speeds up only to slam on their brakes again. Picture that situation. Two lanes, me in the right one. Traffic went from 10mph to about 45mph. I watched the left lane traffic come to a stop ahead of me, one by one. The Volvo S80 which was almost next to me at my 11 o’clock kept accelerating, clearly not paying attention. Without so much as tapping the brakes, he slammed into a stopped Jeep. The chain reaction was about 5 cars.
What was amazing is that I felt the impact, like a shockwave. Glass and plastic shrapnel just exploded everywhere. I didn’t see what the driver was doing but I did see the airbags go off and the whole front end cave in like a piece of paper. Guy had to be going 40mph.
I’m keeping my eye on the local news outlets. I hope there were no serious injuries.
