Accident On East Bidwell
#16 (MaxineR)
Posted 28 January 2010 - 01:26 AM
Those poor kids will have many nightmares from here on...I hope they get some counseling and the woman is held for child endangerment. She sounds like she was stoned or drunk. No body in their right mind drives like that! I mean 70 miles an hour on a residential street???? We'll probably find out on the news tomorrow.
Dave, good of you to stop to help. Shows what a good person you are and I have the upmost respect for you because of it.
Take good care of yourself. I lost some hair when I was much younger, just witnessing a car accident. It had a delayed effect on me.
I started shaking about an hour after the incident and then noticed a couple of dime sized bare spots on my head the next day. It was really weird.
Glad you are OK and had the wisdom to steer clear of the crazy driver. I'd be a mess if I had been you....the smell of blood literally makes me puke.
Rest, and take it easy tomorrow. This has probably effected you more than you know.
#17
Posted 28 January 2010 - 04:46 AM
#18
Posted 28 January 2010 - 06:32 AM
#19
Posted 28 January 2010 - 07:46 AM
Your a hero. As well as the others who stepped up to help those people.
#20
Posted 28 January 2010 - 08:10 AM
Hey there! was that you I gave my info to? Wish we could've met under better circumstances but my hats off you to you officers for doing a really great job getting there so fast and getting help on the way and the getting the scene contained. You guys and gals have my utmost respect.
Is there any way to find out how the kids and the driver of the durango are doing?
Is the driver of the Mercedes going to be arrested for driving under the influence, reckless driving and child endangerment? There was something seriously wrong with that woman.... I think thats why she was looking for her purse ... maybe trying to hide something?
Take care and thank you for your service, our city is much better off with folks like you out there helping us
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#21
Posted 28 January 2010 - 08:14 AM
Your a hero. As well as the others who stepped up to help those people.
Thanks everyone, I appreciate the kind words, but I'm no hero...the PD and the Medical crew that got there within minutes and took care of everyone are the true heros.. I'm just some guy doing the right thing and helping where I could, it was so incredible to see all the people who pulled over to help, we truly live in a great town, my faith in mankind has been renewed.
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#22
Posted 28 January 2010 - 08:29 AM
I hope and pray those kids are ok.
#23
Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:08 AM
#24
Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:13 AM
It was from the Jewlery store down to the Raley's parking lot.
Anywhoo--had the kid with me and kid says he saw a copper come out of a "portable metal shed loooking mad and sad".
One) My kids perceptions on people are pretty close to accurate. Two) Portable metal shed? Was the accident that bad? Three) Did anyone else hear about it? Four) Is it possible it was not an accident, maybe a checkpoint?
#25
Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:14 AM
Let's not get carried away. The article said the kids were found in the trunk. Wierd stuff can happen in major vehicle wrecks.
#26
Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:23 AM
Seriously, let's not jump to conclusions. The first thing I thought of when reading that she was driving that fast and erratically was that perhaps she was trying to get herself and her kids away from an abusive spouse / father. I know of no mother that would intentionally put her kids in danger like that (sure there are scarce instances) so I would rather give her the benefit of the doubt.
If in fact, she was DUI, or something along those lines, by all means throw the book at her.
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Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:26 AM
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#28
Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:28 AM
If in fact, she was DUI, or something along those lines, by all means throw the book at her.
It's not yet clear if these children were all hers. There were three between the ages of 7 and 8. Maybe there were twins in that group, maybe she had a blended family, maybe some or all of them weren't hers. None of the articles have clarified that yet.
At any rate, the first thing she did when she got out of the car was to look for the contents of her purse, scattered on the street. Is that what a mother does when her children are screaming and bloody? Very odd behavior, which seems to indicate she was looking for something she didn't want the police to see.
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#29
Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:36 AM
#30
Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:39 AM
At any rate, the first thing she did when she got out of the car was to look for the contents of her purse, scattered on the street. Is that what a mother does when her children are screaming and bloody? Very odd behavior, which seems to indicate she was looking for something she didn't want the police to see.
Ok. "Seems to indicate". I did not say that if she was in fact doing something wrong that it was no big deal. All I said was let's afford her the benefit of the doubt. I do not know how I would react in a horrific crash like that. The minor accidents I have been in were enough to put me in a daze. Everyone wants her drawn and quartered before we even know what the hell happened.
So many people assume the worst. I would rather assume the best (not that there is anything good here) about people. As I said earlier...If in fact she was DUI or something along those lines, throw the book at her.
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