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Driver rescued after driving off I-40 in NC
WSPA News7 ^ | November 11, 2024 | Nikolette Miller

Posted on 11/11/2024 8:00:31 AM PST by buckalfa

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – A driver was rescued Saturday night after their vehicle ran off the road of Interstate 40 in Haywood County.

According to the Junaluska Community Volunteer Fire Department, shortly after 8 p.m., officials received a notification that a vehicle had traveled off Interstate 40 Eastbound near mile marker 3.5 and then down an embankment.

Several North Carolina emergency agencies responded to the scene.

Crews found the vehicle lying on its passenger side almost 100 feet from the roadway according to firefighters.

The driver was found inside the car.

Troopers with the NC Highway Patrol were able to extricate the driver from the vehicle.

Investigators believe that the car went off the roadway when the driver attempted to drive around a blockade and a large hole in the interstate. “Road closed” signage and concrete barriers have been placed in areas of the roadway due to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Officials did not share if the driver suffered from any injuries or their condition at this time.

The crash remains under investigation by the NC Highway Patrol.


TOPICS: Local News; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: driverrescued; northcarolina; roadclosed
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Finalist for 2024 Darwin Award?
1 posted on 11/11/2024 8:00:31 AM PST by buckalfa
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To: buckalfa

He was probably drunk and that’s what saved him since his muscles were loose.


2 posted on 11/11/2024 8:03:26 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: buckalfa

“Finalist for 2024 Darwin Award?”

Not even a nominee


3 posted on 11/11/2024 8:04:58 AM PST by TexasGator (I l I l l I. I . I I I " l l)
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To: buckalfa

SR-56 x[MEADOW POINTE BLVD] [WESLEY CHAPEL]
DispatchTime: 10:14
ArriveTime: 10:41
Notes: NO ROADBLOCK

https://www.flhsmv.gov/fhp/traffic/live_traffic_feed.html


4 posted on 11/11/2024 8:07:04 AM PST by TexasGator (I l I l l I. I . I I I " l l)
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To: buckalfa

“””A driver was rescued Saturday night after their vehicle”””


More pronoun BS from the media.


5 posted on 11/11/2024 8:11:53 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Larry Lucido

My buddy the NH state cop told me about a guy who crashed his motorcycle doing over 100 mph.
He was not wearing a helmet. His girlfriend on the back was. She ended up with some road rash. He had a couple broken bones but really not bad. He was drunk. Witness said he rolled several times.


6 posted on 11/11/2024 8:13:36 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: buckalfa

A driver was rescued Saturday night after their

Stopped reading right “their”.


7 posted on 11/11/2024 8:19:15 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

“More pronoun BS from the media.”

Maybe the writer didn’t know. Police gave no details.


8 posted on 11/11/2024 8:20:00 AM PST by TexasGator (I l I l l I. I . I I I " l l)
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To: buckalfa

The driver? One? They?

There’s NO info on anything about this person, no sex, immigration status, demographic.

What are they hiding?


9 posted on 11/11/2024 8:23:40 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

The Fun Games with Pronouns always makes me believe that there was more than one person involved.


10 posted on 11/11/2024 8:24:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We're taking our country back! You RATS can keep your "Democrazy" and take it when you go.)
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To: buckalfa

I don’t know, the one we saw the other day might beat it. Guy in a U-haul truck stopped at a very low underpass with all kinds of warning signs long before you get to it. The underpass has a huge heavy metal beam across the entrance so that over height trucks will it before they hit the bridge because it has happened so many times. He stopped just short of hitting the beam.

Traffic backed up. So someone got out and told the guy he is not going to get under that and he has to turn around. The guy yelled back “My GPS said I can go this way!” and proceeded to try anyhow wedging the truck under the rail and then he could not get it back out. It was stuck there for two hours before a tow truck winched him out.

We live in a world where tech tells us our own eyes and common sense are not smarter than the tech. And some are stupid enough to completely trust it.


11 posted on 11/11/2024 8:35:46 AM PST by Openurmind
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GPS has made worse errors.

They sent a young family with a very young baby across the N Nevada desert in winter—heading to Sale Lake City.

The FOOL DRIVER asked for ‘the shortest route”.

They would have died out there if a rancher had not gone out to check water tanks for his cattle. They were already out of food & had no blankets, etc.

NOT much cell service out there, either.


12 posted on 11/11/2024 8:44:11 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: woodbutcher1963

I’ve seen several wrecks where the vehicles were disintegrated and the people walked away from it. Yes I think being drunk was a common denominator.


13 posted on 11/11/2024 8:49:07 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Oh I had one where the motorcyclist had to be hauled away by ambulance because he was really banged up but his dog named Bear survived. I took Bear over to the brother’s house and Bear got all excited when I pulled down the street. Never found out where Bear was riding on the bike.


14 posted on 11/11/2024 8:53:34 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: buckalfa

“A Driver”


15 posted on 11/11/2024 8:55:26 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: ridesthemiles

Oh I know, like you I lived in the remote desert where that happens all the time. We lost a quite a few out in our area.


16 posted on 11/11/2024 8:56:02 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: buckalfa

I remember a case about 22 years ago in Oklahoma in which a barge rammed a bridge causing the bridge on I-40 to collapse. Several cars and trucks ran off into the water killing 14.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-40_bridge_disaster


17 posted on 11/11/2024 9:06:45 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I should mention I would have been on that bridge at that time except I cut north on I-44 and missed it.


18 posted on 11/11/2024 9:08:56 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: buckalfa

Woman driver?


19 posted on 11/11/2024 9:15:41 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: buckalfa

I suspect heavy intoxication is to blame. A couple of years ago there was a lady that blew through all the road closer signs for an overpass that was being replaced over an interstate. There was no overpass at the time of the accident. Fortunately, nobody was killed but there were some very serious injuries. If my memory serves me correctly she got some serious jail time..


20 posted on 11/11/2024 9:23:46 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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