Injury lawyer Doug Landau, for the second time since moving his office to Herndon, witnesses a distracted driver smash into a light pole !
Posted by: Doug in Auto Accidents, Negligence Cases
Reviewing pictures of car crashes, severe injuries and wreckage every day, I do not expect to be an eyewitness or first responder to an accident. Yet, Wednesday afternoon, for the second time on a main street in Herndon, I witnessed a distracted driver smash into an aluminum light pole, causing it to crash to the ground. And once again, this happened only a mile from the ABRAMS LANDAU office ! Previously, I had written about the dangers of distracted driving, especially with regard to text messaging and using a cell phone.
Midday Wednesday I saw a small car coming down Worldgate Drive from Eldon Street towards Monroe. As I stood in front of the Worldgate Shopping Center, I saw this car smash right into the light, which teetered for a moment, and then came crashing down onto the East bound side of Worldgate drive, occluding most of the travel lanes. I ran over to the driver to see if she was OK, and she said she was and her air bag had not deployed and she had no outward signs of injury.
When I went to my car about one hundred yards away to get my camera, and came back to take some pictures, she was gone ! Since I did not have my cell phone with me, I asked onlookers at the Starbucks to call in the emergency so no one would crash into the pole that lay across the street or get electrified (or electrocuted) by the broken wires. I ran inside the shopping center and used a land line to call for the Police Department. The Police arrived shortly thereafter, posting police cruisers, flares and officers, so no one would get hurt. The top picture shows the pole, smashed glass and wires in the road, with the Eldon Street Sunoco, where I got my car’s oil change, gas and wheel rotation, in the background. The bottom picture shows the street after the police secured the scene. One of the reasons I carry my digital camera is because I seem to be present for a lot of crashes, smashes and other unusual events !
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