I was headed east on Franklin Farm Road about 6:45 and saw several fire vehicles headed west, lights&sirens. Thought it was just a car accident, then saw a baby-blue midside sedan (might have been a Chrysler 200, didn't quite take it in) with lights in the grille, a black SUV with lights in the grille, and then a police chopper (that last one was in the air, not on the road!).

Considered turning around to gawk, but that seemed like a bad idea.

Anyone see what was going on?

Obama was heading over to Bon Chon for some take out.

Cute,but no, it was all going PAST Franklin Farm Village Center (not that I think you were serious, but just to clarify).

Its Eric Holder on his way to General Aviation at Dulles to welcome a plane load full of those poor children who crossed the border last month. Wonder if the kids will be staying at the Ritz in the West End or the Four Seasons in Georgetown?

It was a bad car crash. Not sure the outcome but they had to cut people out of the car. There was a big crowd watching the scene

Passed by and saw a BMW 550 crumpled into tinfoil without a roof or any pillars, several downed trees of 1-2ft diameter, and a helicopter with rotors running ready to take off.

Ouch. I guess that's better than an IAD-related incident, but still ... thanks.

asg Wrote:
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> Passed by and saw a BMW 550 crumpled into tinfoil
> without a roof or any pillars, several downed
> trees of 1-2ft diameter, and a helicopter with
> rotors running ready to take off.


Sweet!! Another asshole BMW driver off the road.

The car ramped up into a tree and was caught there. From what I could see, the lumber wus being used to make the car stable enough to cut the driver out. only 1 person was pulled out of the car, and was medivaced to the hospital.

Obviously going the speed limit and paying full attention to the task of driving!

Where exactly was this? Thanks for the pictures!

I scrolled to the bottom of the page to see what was new and the last shot at first looked like a cheesy futuristic car from a bad SF movie--you can hardly see the rotors. Then I looked more closely, realized it was a chopper with the doors open.

franklin farm road and stonecroft, most people in the crowd watching were taking pictures, but I couldn't find any others.

franklinfarms Wrote:
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> franklin farm road and stonecroft, most people in
> the crowd watching were taking pictures, but I
> couldn't find any others.

Franklin Farm and what? Stonecroft is pretty far from Franklin Farm. Centreville Rd., maybe?

Stoneheather, my mistake.

Fuckin sweet!!!

The road was closed between the inital roadblock at old dairy and franklin farm, and the entrance to the giant shopping center.

franklinfarms Wrote:
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> Stoneheather, my mistake.

Ah, thanks. I thought it was farther away--I was leaving the plaza at the light when all the vehicles went by me, and couldn't see anything going on off to the right. Must have just been out of view.

Word is (from my old court we just moved from) is that it's the pervert creepy neighbor.
All I have to say is Karma's a bitch. I have no sorrow for this person.

Kilton._ Wrote:
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> asg Wrote:
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> > Passed by and saw a BMW 550 crumpled into
> tinfoil
> > without a roof or any pillars, several downed
> > trees of 1-2ft diameter, and a helicopter with
> > rotors running ready to take off.
>
>
> Sweet!! Another asshole BMW driver off the road.

yup.

Driver of the BMW had a medical emergency causing him to lose consciousness and leave the roadway. Based on the damage and results, it's believed that when he passed out, his foot pressed on the accelerator. No alcohol is believed to be involved. The patient was initially triaged in the vehicle with basic life saving measures taken prior to extrication. The roof of the vehicle was removed for easier/safer removal of the patient while taking full spinal precautions. The patient was flown to a trauma center based on mechanism of injury and altered mental status. Aeromedical transport was chosen because they were already on scene, and the prolonged extrication. I hope this helps quell some of the speculation and rumors.

As his prior neighbor for 11 years, and multiple people telling him to slow down-especially around kid-I don't believe his story. Just my hunch.

nigga talking on the phone.

Fuck him. Death would be too good.

Tammy Wrote:
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> As his prior neighbor for 11 years, and multiple
> people telling him to slow down-especially around
> kid-I don't believe his story. Just my hunch.

For the record, the two aren't mutually exclusive...

Tammy Wrote:
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> As his prior neighbor for 11 years, and multiple
> people telling him to slow down-especially around
> kid-I don't believe his story. Just my hunch.


Tammy

We now know who you are and where you live, karma is a bitch - wishing someone dead could result in your own death