# Frightening sight on the road **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-sight-on-the-road/693437 "2014-07-18T10:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 56
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-sight-on-the-road/693437/56 "2014-07-21T14:40:14Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Saturday night, about 10 PM, I was driving along the northern edge of Chicago. The street’s 4 lanes with a planted median, speed limit 30. The section I was on goes through a residential area I know that’s fairly quiet, and I’ve driven this route frequently over the years. I heard some really loud BANG, which scared me a bit because I’ve NEVER heard anything like that in this area. I continue for 1/2 mile and encounter the source of the BANG: an accident that had just occurred at a side street intersection. I didn’t get a good look at the damage, but there was one car in the middle of the intersection and one just off the street I was on. Reminds me of this: > [@Things you almost but didn't quite witness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-almost-but-didnt-quite-witness/659193/24): > > I was waiting for a Metrobus one night and had a car accident happen right in front of me. Another Metrobus was blocking my view; hearing the crash then seeing various car parts and debris fly under and around the bus was rather surreal. Had the presence of mind to pull out my phone to call 911 but it was busy and they already had the report when I finally got through. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-sight-on-the-road/693437)._