All images © 2008 by Robert E. Pence
On Saturday morning (March 22, 2008) I noticed police cars around the east end of the St. Marys River Bridge on West Jefferson. I wasn't inclined to go out in the unpleasant weather to check it out. They were there quite a while.
Some time later I saw the flasher atop a tow truck, near the underpass that connects the tennis courts with East Swinney Park. Curiosity got the better of me.
Temporary paper plate taped inside rear window:
Went in here:
Came out here:
Missing trim pieces
About 2:30 a.m. (Mar 23, 2008) I was at my computer when I heard an awful racket outside. I live beside the beginning of a curve on a major arterial heading out of town, where most drivers exceed the speed limit by at least 10mph, and it's Sunday 2:30 a.m., so it's a safe bet alcohol is involved,
Cell phone in hand, I went out on my front stoop and saw a pickup truck straddling the guard rail and a couple of guys walking around. One of them got in and started it up and tried to drive it off the rail, making some real interesting sounds. I called the cops.
Field sobriety test for the driver. He didn't pass.
Driver in cuffs, escorted to the back seat of a police car.
The scene in daylight. Loose gravel finished him off, but if he had been in control he wouldn't have gotten into the gravel in the first place.