Posted on 04/14/2005 9:36:43 AM PDT by kellynla
Two men were killed this morning on the Golden State Freeway in Los Angeles when metal road debris of unknown origin crashed through the windshield of a minivan in which they were riding to work, the California Highway Patrol said.
Investigators believe the grapefruit-size object is road debris and no foul play is suspected, said CHP Officer Alex Delgadillo. The object crashed through the passenger side of the windshield about 5:45 a.m. near Los Feliz Boulevard.
"The whole situation is kind of odd," Delgadillo said. The four other occupants of the van, including the driver, told officers they did not see where the object came from. But the angle indicated it was not thrown from an overpass and there was nothing to suggest it flew off another vehicle, according to investigators. How it became airborne and where it came from was a mystery, they said.
The object instantly killed the two passengers, whose names were not immediately available, and landed in the rear of the van. Delgadillo said investigators were trying to determine what the object is and where it might have come from. "It is not readily identifiable," he said.
"There's a lot of debris on the freeway," Delgadillo said. "People run over pipes that go through the floorboard. Things fall off trucks or other vehicles."
While investigators pored over the scene, all southbound lanes of the freeway were closed, snarling commute traffic for more than an hour as motorists were detoured onto surface streets.
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A car accident is breaking news?
A few years ago, just before dawn, something flipped up from somewhere ahead of me and skittered across the hood, cracked my Camry's windshield, and left a scraping dent on the roof.
It cost a few hundred bucks worth of deductible to repair, but at least I wasn't one of the many bike riders in the Sepulveda Pass....instant death fershur.
"A car accident is breaking news?"
noooo but an object coming through the windshield is...
let us know when you catch up
Very punny.
I quit commuting a long time ago...
But, they must've thought it was one heck of a big bug for a split second anyway......
Yeah when it's going to shut down a major freeway for who knows how long.
Inidentified frying object
Wife served me one of those fo dinner last night.
I saw this on FOX before I left for work.
"Grapefruit sized" is just about right to get hung up between a truck's dual wheels and get thrown out the back at speed.
Ditto....my drive from Newhall to Brentwood and back (beginning at 0530) was a major factor in chucking it all and moving out to La Quinta.
Maybe detruitus throwing detruitus.
Please read this and let us know when you catch up. Thanks.
my, my, my...
try to insert a little humor and people get huffy...
shine your badge and chill...LOL
life's too short!
if ya don't like the way I posted the thread pull it!
gezzzzzzzzz
I think you are right. To go through a windshield and kill two people I imagine there would have to be more velocity than just the speed of the vehicle.
btw I met with some of the returning Marines last week from the 5th Marines and some chopper pilots from the Airwing who just got back from Iraq. Great bunch of guys.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
a Memphian
A question and answer in one sentence.
Could this object be extra-terrestial in origin? These objects usually have a surplus of kinetic energy.
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