Comments on: Truck Crashes Into Tom Thumb, Propane Tanks

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:44:14 +0000

REGARDING:
“attempting to park her 2001 Chevrolet pickup truck in the parking lot ”

I’m glad she wasn’t hurt and nobody was baked.

Please don’t jump on me for asking (I’m very sensitive, you know), but even if her foot slipped off the brake, shouldn’t she have been moving slowly enough it wouldn’t climb that high and over all that?

It’s easy to imagine hitting the gas by accident. One lady in South Flomaton did it to Number One Brother way back.

(In driver’s ed once, I slammed on brakes with my left foot while stopping and threw the automatic transmission up into Park with a jerk.

Coach Powell asked, “What did you just do?!?!!!!?!?”
I thought a moment and replied, “Clutched and shifted into second gear.”
“But this is an automatic!!!”
“I know, that’s why it didn’t go all that well.”

Driver’s Ed teachers are special and tough, nerves of steel, most likely with absorbant underwear.)

David wondering at pedals pushed

By: Tootie37

Tootie37 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:15:30 +0000

I personally know this woman and spoke with her shortly after the wreck. It was not her fault, or her age. She is more intelligent and together than most people I know. She showed me the bottom of her shoe after the wreck, they were so worn out that the tread on the bottom slipped when she went to put on the brake. This could happen to anyone. Please don’t jump to conclusions if you do not know what happened.

By: BRY

BRY — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:36:49 +0000

I know this woman personally, she was born on 08/**/1933, so that makes her 76 years old, I am worried about her, now that I know this is her. She still works hard to get by.

By: horrific

horrific — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:51:27 +0000

lol v8 terror,

To the one’s who think this is so bad and suddenly old ppl should
be tested more or something, think about all that we have been
reading lately in the news here about wrecks.
I can’t recall any of them being the elderly.
I’m sorry, but while the elderly do have wrecks, it would seem
they are no comparison to our young ppl up here.

By: Chumuckla proud

Chumuckla proud — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:52:40 +0000

I am a 66 year old woman. I cannot fathom why this woman would have done this other than her brain was not receiving or sending the right signals. I would be checking with my doctor to make sure there are no signs of early Alzheimer’s or the beginnings of age-related dementia. I ask my doctor to test me yearly for this because you never know at our age what may be going on inside our bodies and our minds!

By: Angi♥

Angi♥ — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:00:28 +0000

Thank goodness no one was injured, and so glad that all of the propane didn’t explode. I am quite sure that the woman did not do this on purpose. However I only see here what the story states, but I hope there were no medical problems with the woman and hope that she is alright.
(Example:) I was driving down the road one day heading home, when I happened to look up in my rearview mirror; and I saw this vehichle coming pretty fast up behind me, the next thing I knew she had hit me from behind. Reasoning for this accident was, the elderly woman driver had passed out from not taking her medications and when she passed out, her foot proceeded to excellerate the gas pedal even more, causing her to slam right into the back end of me. This is why, I state that there could have been some kind of a medical condition here as well… Just my opinion! If not, then she and everyone else really need to be more careful.

By: saudawg

saudawg — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:10:42 +0000

William
“For a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news, with special emphasis on the speed and accuracy of the initial coverage, presented in print or online or both.”

I’ll forward your name to the Columbia School of Journalism for consideration for the Pulitzer Prize. It’s a 1 in 2,500 chance…….

By: saudawg

saudawg — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:04:46 +0000

Thank goodness no one was hurt. I am 60 years old and I think the standards for a drivers license under 18yrs and over 60 yrs should be increased.

By: William

William — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:15:03 +0000

> was (what I thought at the time) the one man operation

And it is still a one-stressed-out-man operation. But so many wonderful people like Kristi send me pictures and/or info from time to time. Got to love them!

By: AL

AL — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:09:44 +0000

Duly noted! Thank you, Kristi!
It was pretty amusing to realize the first place I thought would have information was (what I thought at the time) the one man operation vs the “main news source” with multiple “reporters” for our area. LOL