Did anyone see this happen today?

sevesd93 · Post by **sevesd93** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:26 pm

Car plunges into 8-foot Calhoun hole

A 61-year-old Fort Wayne man found himself the unwanted center of a lot of attention late Wednesday morning after he drove his car into an 8-foot hole on a closed downtown street.

Charles Farrell turned from Washington Boulevard onto Calhoun Street, thinking the road had been reopened. Instead he drove his silver Chevrolet Lumina into the hole right as the downtown lunch crowds hit the streets.

With cell phone cameras snapping photos and passersby debating how Farrellâ€™s car would be salvaged, Farrell stood impassively on the curb in front of the Hilton Hotel as crews worked to pull the car out of the hole.

Safety officials from Brooks Construction, which is doing excavation work on the street, said they were taking statements from witnesses about how Farrell was able to turn onto the street. Barrels are placed at the Calhoun Street and Washington Boulevard intersection, but they are spaced wide enough apart to allow construction equipment to pass in between, officials said.

The car was eventually removed from the hole and a high-voltage electrical line running under the street was undamaged, officials said.

Farrell was also uninjured, with the exception of a small cut on his left hand.

For more on this story see Thursdayâ€™s print version of The Journal Gazette or visit www.journalgazette.net after 7 a.m. Thursday.

rgreen@jg.net

http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... L/71031033

lbanks · Post by **lbanks** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:01 pm

Yes! Well, I saw pics...

sevesd93 · Post by **sevesd93** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:15 pm

NICE!!

Post by **cwallace** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:26 pm

My question...was it not BLOCKED?

Does this spell the first lawsuit for the ignorance that is happening down there?

Chris

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:36 pm

I smell lawsuit

poopstains · Post by **poopstains** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:35 pm

cwallace wrote:My question...was it not BLOCKED?

Does this spell the first lawsuit for the ignorance that is happening down there?

Chris

I'm guessing it was blocked, I drive downtown all the time for work, up and down Wayn, Berry, Harisson. I see people do dumb sh*t all the time, going the wrong way, just blasting through red lights, so I'm not surprised that someone did this.

lbanks · Post by **lbanks** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:49 pm

Another pic...
http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showpo ... ostcount=4

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:11 am

Trying to recruit, or just forgot that non-members can't view those pages?

sevesd93 · Post by **sevesd93** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:26 am

cwallace wrote:My question...was it not BLOCKED?

Does this spell the first lawsuit for the ignorance that is happening down there?

Chris

I have driven by that at least 10 times in recent weeks, and it is blocked off pretty good.

Besides, you have drive about 20 feet or so before you would fall into a large gaping hole in the ground. I am pretty sure this guy was not paying attention because you can clearly see there is a hole in the ground.

It isn't like they put sticks over it and covered it in leaves...

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:45 am

sevesd93 wrote:It isn't like they put sticks over it and covered it in leaves...

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:54 am

sevesd93 · Post by **sevesd93** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:56 am

They probably should do that downtown...

lbanks · Post by **lbanks** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:14 pm

Garr wrote:Trying to recruit, or just forgot that non-members can't view those pages?

Whoops! My bad!

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:47 pm

sevesd93 wrote:
cwallace wrote:My question...was it not BLOCKED?

Does this spell the first lawsuit for the ignorance that is happening down there?

Chris
I have driven by that at least 10 times in recent weeks, and it is blocked off pretty good.

Besides, you have drive about 20 feet or so before you would fall into a large gaping hole in the ground. I am pretty sure this guy was not paying attention because you can clearly see there is a hole in the ground.

It isn't like they put sticks over it and covered it in leaves...

Since when has a lack of common sense meant someone won't file a lawsuit seeking to make someone else pay for their own stupidity? It's the new American Dream

sevesd93 · Post by **sevesd93** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:18 pm

bassjones wrote:
sevesd93 wrote:
cwallace wrote:My question...was it not BLOCKED?

Does this spell the first lawsuit for the ignorance that is happening down there?

Chris
I have driven by that at least 10 times in recent weeks, and it is blocked off pretty good.

Besides, you have drive about 20 feet or so before you would fall into a large gaping hole in the ground. I am pretty sure this guy was not paying attention because you can clearly see there is a hole in the ground.

It isn't like they put sticks over it and covered it in leaves...
Since when has a lack of common sense meant someone won't file a lawsuit seeking to make someone else pay for their own stupidity? It's the new American Dream

Yeah, you have a valid point. It happens all the time and these jack-offs actually win.