2 [Edited on June 11, 2012 at 5:58 PM. Reason : thats lame]
6/11/2012 5:58:11 PM
ABC reporting 147 pwnt now.
6/11/2012 6:07:40 PM
Good thing I planned on working overtime tonight.
6/11/2012 6:08:54 PM
Damn and now they're saying some idiot stopped on the train tracks in Morrisville and got hit by a train No one is getting home from RTP tonight
6/11/2012 6:12:17 PM
Sucks.
6/11/2012 6:22:25 PM
^^Listening to the train incident near old Morrisville FD Sta 1 as we speak.Someone needs to train (pun intended) some first responder folkson what to say over the radio. "we need Bio bags and body bag" is one way to let everyone in the media knowwhat you got going on. Annnnd the media is now on scene per command.
6/11/2012 6:28:49 PM
That's a bad (albeit quick) way to go.
6/11/2012 6:35:41 PM
If I ever get stuck in a crossing Im fucking stomping it and hitting or running over whatever I need to to get the fuck out of the way.
6/11/2012 6:47:49 PM
Or if traffic is heavy come to a complete stop before crossing the tracks to make sure you can clear the crossing. I'm always amazed when I watch people mindlessly follow traffic over the tracks without making sure they won't get stuck.
6/11/2012 6:57:31 PM
anyone got a link to the train accident
6/11/2012 6:58:29 PM
http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/11195158/
6/11/2012 7:16:59 PM
6/11/2012 7:19:20 PM
Damn that couldn't have been pretty.
6/11/2012 7:35:28 PM
6/11/2012 7:37:52 PM
damn thats why it was so backed up. i pulled a u-turn just before the ambulances were rushing down the street. shits cray
6/11/2012 9:28:35 PM
Yeah 40 was a mess. I got off at the Page Road exit and tried to take 54, which worked for about a mile then became equally bad. Trying to get to 15-501 so I detoured up NC 55 and promptly got rear-ended. (Thankfully the car was still drivable afterwards) Ended up taking me almost 2 hours for a trip that should have taken 30 minutes.I hate rain.[Edited on June 11, 2012 at 11:43 PM. Reason : s]
6/11/2012 11:42:47 PM
6/12/2012 8:16:00 AM
I don't like seeing this thread bumped.
6/12/2012 8:26:41 AM
lots of action yesterday
6/12/2012 8:55:13 AM
I hope we don't get an encore today
6/12/2012 9:15:55 AM
Glad i flew home @ 3... btw LOVE my conti DWS.... Bestest rain tires ever.
6/12/2012 9:16:56 AM
I had hit 40 East just as the first rainstorm started at about 3:30pm. It would have been fine since most people had slowed down to an acceptable speed and kept driving, but then you'd have the occasional dipshit who would either basically stop in the middle of the highway or would be flying down the road going 70 and swerving to avoid people. I'm guessing it was one of those two that caused the pileup yesterday.
6/12/2012 9:29:17 AM
people were stopped in the middle of capital during that hailstorm a couple of weeks ago with basically zero visibility
6/12/2012 9:30:40 AM
so no one is talking about this?:
6/12/2012 11:14:55 AM
lol. swing and a miss
6/12/2012 1:10:46 PM
6/12/2012 1:16:09 PM
6/12/2012 1:59:55 PM
6/12/2012 3:10:11 PM
Inner 440 closed near jones Franklin. Outer Pwnt by rubber necking. Stay home
6/12/2012 4:09:35 PM
6/20/2012 1:27:01 PM
Where on 40 is that?
6/20/2012 1:29:01 PM
40 westbound from 440 (293 i think?) back to south saunders.
6/20/2012 1:31:15 PM
Damn glad I won't be going that way this afternoon. Hopefully they have it cleared by rush hour.
6/20/2012 1:33:29 PM
yeah go home wade if you work downtown and go west.
6/20/2012 1:35:06 PM
This just in from FB
6/22/2012 10:10:14 AM
traffic maps show everything clear now.
6/22/2012 11:36:05 AM
Good. Was worried I'd have to deal with nonsense on my way to the airport.
6/22/2012 12:27:53 PM
Holy shit if someone isn't dead in that accident at Harrison I'll be shocked. 40 East backed up to Davis
6/28/2012 8:39:32 AM
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6/28/2012 8:44:29 AM
Need pics. 40 is fuxord
6/28/2012 8:45:23 AM
they shut it down completely for a few mins:[Edited on June 28, 2012 at 8:59 AM. Reason : .]
6/28/2012 8:58:29 AM
I saw the traffic up ahead this morning when heading west on 40 (fucking rubbernecker delays). Was able to get off at the exit for 54 then hop over to Harrison and get back on I-40 just past the wreck
6/28/2012 9:08:36 AM
Yeah I think the wreck must have happened the same time I got on 40. When I got to Wade I thought it was the usual unexplained morning slowdown between Wade and Harrison but then I quickly realized that was not the case Looks like a truck slammed into a car while trying to change lanes. The driver's side of the car was obliterated. I really have no idea how the driver could have survived. The truck flew up onto the guardrail and was suspended in the median. Ended up getting to work late even though I left early today
6/28/2012 9:42:26 AM
From the initial dispatch:
6/28/2012 12:10:56 PM
so this wreck involved my coworker's neighbor. she died.
6/28/2012 7:35:57 PM
Damn. She must have been the one in the Saturn
6/28/2012 8:03:41 PM
damn.I saw that car this morning on the way into work and figured it was not going to turn out well... sorry to hear she didn't make it.
6/28/2012 8:20:33 PM
I saw the Saturn...didn't look good at all. Was thinking about them all day...
6/28/2012 8:31:18 PM
I'm surprised there hasn't been any sort of story about it on WRAL.
6/29/2012 9:37:12 AM
Occasionally they wait until family is notified to post the story.
6/29/2012 9:39:50 AM