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July 12, 2003
Crash
I'd just dropped A off in Greenbelt and was headed home on the Beltway. I went the southerly route, and was doing fine up until shortly before exit 11B.
A guy on my left and slightly ahead of me accelerated a bit and started to head for the far right lane. I thought, "There is no exit there" and immediately hit the brakes.
He crashed at a 35 degree angle into the Jersey barrier and bounced off. Spinning, out of control, he cleared four lanes of the Beltway and bounced off the other side.
The car almost flipped twice. He went across the travel lanes again and came to a rest in the high speed breakdown lane.
I'm just sweating bullets at this point, having managed to slow down enough to avoid being caught up in his wreck, but still going fast enough so the semi behind me did not go through me.
911 transferred me to Maryland State Police, where a sleepy sounding operator took the details and hopefully sent help. I really have to stop driving on the Beltway: this is the second crash to happen in my view on that blasted road.
Posted by Samer at July 12, 2003 02:26 AM
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