Supervising the use of a large Vermeer Rock Wheel yesterday, heard a noise from the street, looked over and saw a minivan airborne. Rotating in all possible axes (axes is the proper plural of axis, I actually looked it up). Watching for people to come flying out of the vehicle, I was dialing 911 while trying to cross a very busy street. Van came to a rest on its side. A man and his daughter came climbing out the back window.
Superficial scratches. Shaken up, but largely unharmed. They had mounted the curb and hit a fire hydrant. The hydrant came to rest half way from where it was originally and where the car came to rest. Quite a scene normally seen in movies. End over end, spinning and rolling. It must have been 6’ off the ground when I first saw it. I feared the worst. For a time I was an EMT when I was young. Glad to have had the training, did not like being an EMT. I would say seat belts saved them from certain critical injury and most likely death. Hope everyone always wears their seat belts. My wife is still with me due to wearing hers.
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