Comments on: Over 400 Customers Lose Power When Truck Hits Pole On Hwy 97; Driver Cited

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:55:04 +0000

Well I am just thankful that my son walk away from this accident safe. I am sorry that you lost lights for a couple of hours, but i could have lost my son for the rest of my life. So i am praising God that my son is still among the living…..

By: Hmmm....

Hmmm.... — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:13:27 +0000

I’m glad the man in the accident made it out alright…. I had a helluva time during that ordeal myself; while running near empty on gas, as I tried to make it to the Tom Thumb gas station….. Imagine my delight, when I drive up for gas & the dear cashier lady is sitting out front; yelling to me, that they are out of power & no gas is available….what to do??…. Try to make it to Cantonment Raceway with 6 miles left showing on my tank? ….Hmmm, they really need another gas station in the Bratt, Walnut Hill & Molino area….If I won the Lotto, I think I’d build an old fashioned ice cream parlor, with a diner on the side, with just a few gas pumps…(the young folks would enjoy an ice cream parlor)…Anyway, speaking of diners, I ended up at Fran’s Diner, a lovely woman & a great place to eat….. We enjoyed some blueberry cobbler, with sweet tea & waited for the Power trucks, to get the lights & gas pumps running….It was an enjoyable little wait…Kudos to the Power line workers….

By: Walnut Hill Roy

Walnut Hill Roy — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:45:44 +0000

I think that Richard has it exactly right, it seems to be the popular (mis)conception that traffic lights will cure all evils, you don’t even have to pay attention to what you are doing.

By: mnon

mnon — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:09:42 +0000

Being twenty-one I bet my check he had his nose in the crack of a cell phone and was not paying attention…. Thanks for ruining a lot of people’s Saturday by your poor driving skills. Kudos.

By: Billy D

Billy D — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:32:50 +0000

I got Richards humor. It seems like every tine there’s a wreck somebody wants to install another traffic light. Traffic lights are like ATM’s………they fix EVERYTHING!!

By: jr

jr — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 05:11:08 +0000

He refused medical attention then, but I bet he’s feeling a little sore now. I wonder if he was using a refurbished GPS system? they always seem to come about 600 ft short of those turns.

By: Molino Native

Molino Native — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 04:09:46 +0000

Traffic Light would not have made a difference. The intersection was not even a factor in this one.

By: molino jim

molino jim — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:37:20 +0000

@Richard–I hope you are just joking around. The wreck was on 97 and was NOT that close to 29. The truck was southbound on 97 and ran off of the road on the north side of the road. There was a great deal of luck that there was not a northbound car on 97. A traffic light would have been of no value.

By: mick

mick — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:51:34 +0000

Yet another driver not in control of the vehicle. There have been 3 others this past week not paying attention to DRIVING!

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:49:20 +0000

I’d like to hear him explain this one to the boss at Aarons.