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~wicked winter WAKE-UP!!~
 
Woke up to see how much snow fell last Sunday and this is what I saw...
 
This was parked right at front parkade entry/exit with the dreaded yellow police tape tied to railings...
 
Whole block was taped off on both ends and there were TWO vehicles bashed in and 2 folks seriously hurt - apparently happened at 1:30 a.m. and I started shooting at 8 a.m...
 
One tow truck and a flurry of activity. this car was a stolen vehicle I learned later...
 
I'd say this is a 'write-off' - you'll see bits and pieces of bumpers and sundry later...
 
This vehicle was parked just behind another that was clipped as drivers collided and then the stolen one must have spun out and backwards all the way to back to right in front of this condo building...
 
A little 'lawn/snow' debris left behind...
 
They'd been out there for at least 7.5 hrs measuring and assessing before i got up...
 
The young lady in this pic had her rear bumper/taillights taken out while parked overnight....it was quite a distance BACKWARDS from where collision occured ahead! past next set of traffic lights!?...
 
This is front underground parkate entry/exit way intothe condo building..
 
Tha's my Jeep Cherokee Sport parked VERY CLOSE to where it happened. 'got lucky'...
 
He obviously landed up on front property of the adjacent building to us after clipping the corner of the damaged rear part of the woman's vehicle, that's her bumper or lack thereof in shot..
 
This is the other side of block that was cordoned off to oncoming traffic - my Jeep.

As mentioned, this was a week ago last Sunday...It snowed again today.

 

Hope Spring comes sooner rather than later.

 

Hope the owners of all vehicles stolen and not 'recoup' their damages and that the 2 seriously hurt young men 'recuperate'...

 

Stealing cars and fast driving can cause way more tragedy - so they all, in a sense, were lucky.

 

What a photo op I awoke to huh? This is one I hope not to see again...pmc
COMMENTS
Wildthing said at 2:46 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
Nice piece of photo-journalism, Patty. Shame you weren't awake a few hours earlier to catch more of the action.
Ira said at 3:22 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
I hope winter will leave us and the troubles will leave far:)
HtD said at 4:08 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
I see Patty it's still winter in Alberta. In the Netherlands we have next week a wonderful Spring weather.
But a verry long time ago I had a car accident by snow in Germany. But I drive always Toyota.
I was lucky. Not big damage on mine car.
I hope spring wil be come soon in Alberta.
Sd14 said at 4:08 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
hey good reportage here with good collection of images to help describe incident,
u must be deep sleeper to sleep through all that noise.
well done with afters
Pattymaryclare said at 5:08 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
Thanks Mike Ira Henk and Joe! ACTUALLY Joe, I'M A VERY LIGHT SLEEPER therefore I run a fan for white noise at night AND wear ear plugs!! lol Besides, I don't think I'd wanna' schleppe down there in middle of night Mike with ambulances and such anyway - don't think police allow you around unless involved anyway. Sleeping in especially in winter is a MUST DO on weekends! haha But....they had the other car on tow truck (thru the trees could just see orange lights) - by the time I decided to go down and not shoot thru upper window, it was gone!
Debdog said at 7:28 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
yes PMC live on Channel Tabblo with the breaking news! glad all are OK,,,,,, crazy people ! great photojournalism!
Loes said at 8:13 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
Oh my, that's very exciting PMC!! Great shots!
Pattymaryclare said at 8:40 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
haha Debs ! good thing I WASN'T REALLY 'SHOOTING' too huh?!? NOW THAT would be breaking news! (sorry couldn't help myself as i re-read my captions, it just seemed so hilarious a 'pretend headline crime scene...subtitle 'Wicked woman driven mad by winter long white starts shooting after serious car accident!' LOL) Thanks too Louise it was 'exciting' in the 'YIKES' sense but also it was COLD out there! ;-) luv from pmc xo
Pattymaryclare said at 8:47 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
sorry meant re-read 'comments' .........pmc OUT!
Welshchick said at 10:21 p.m. on Mar 27, 2009:
I'm glad your jeep is okay Patty~~~I'm sorry about the snow again!
Moabjeeper said at 7:40 a.m. on Mar 28, 2009:
excellent work.
Swedfinn said at 8:05 a.m. on Mar 28, 2009:
That kind of news are every day stuff even here. Happy your jeep survived : ))
Appropos said at 11:18 a.m. on Mar 28, 2009:
great reporting and some great photos .. love the shot of the toyota being covered in snow ..
Candlepower said at 2:56 p.m. on Mar 31, 2009:
Wow! Glad your car OK. What a thing to have happen right outside your window. Really Exciting. Great Job!
ConnieL said at 3:09 p.m. on Mar 31, 2009:
Patty, hope your snow will soon be gone. I'm glad your Jeep managed to stay out of the way...would not have been fun to wake up to 'that' if it hadn't.
Pattymaryclare said at 1:16 p.m. on Apr 3, 2009:
Wow thanks again everyone and thank YOU William for featuring in your GREAT GROUP ...pictures you enjoy taking - an honor indeed! Patty
Shenresi said at 1:44 p.m. on Apr 7, 2009:
brhhhh, winter! I`m so happy, that it`s really over now, here by us!!!
Chaitiamma said at 10:32 a.m. on Apr 11, 2009:
Great reportage !!! Exciting morning huh !
Siagian said at 1:54 p.m. on Apr 16, 2009:
a familiar sight here as well! drive safe!
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