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At least 3 dead in Fla. 50-car pileup
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| Krypton |
This is only like 10 miles from me, and I use I-4 all the time!! Thank god I didn't have to use it today...
| quote: | At least 3 dead in Fla. 50-car pileup
1 hour, 24 minutes ago
LAKELAND, Fla. - About 50 cars crashed on a highway blanketed by fog and smoke from a brush fire Wednesday, and authorities said at least three people were killed.
A stretch of nearly 15 miles of Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando was closed by several accidents, including the 50-car pileup. Aerial footage showed the soupy mix of fog and smoke covering the landscape for miles and giving the sky an eerie golden color.
The poor visibility forced rescuers to walk along the closed interstate checking individual vehicles for injured motorists, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Larry Coggins said. The conditions cleared in late morning, showing mangled, charred trucks and cars pinned underneath some tractor trailers. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_re_us/brush_fire_crash;_ylt=Aq06CGKueLD77kHSl93X0L5H2ocA |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by chach
Link? |
right under the quote... |
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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by iammesol
Only in... |
ooooooooooooour country |
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| chach |
| quote: | Originally posted by iammesol
Only in... |
America :conf:
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by iammesol
Only in... |
Florida, I know I know. We're the freak-state...:nervous: |
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| iammesol |
| quote: | Originally posted by inconspicuous
ooooooooooooour country |
| quote: | Originally posted by chach
America :conf:
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| Lira |
I'd be more also worried about what happened in Alabama (it's right under the news article Krypton posted):
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Police: Dad threw 4 children off bridge
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. - A man angered after a dispute with his wife confessed to tossing his four young children off a bridge, authorities said Wednesday as they searched murky waters for the bodies.
Lam Luong, 37, who is charged with four counts of capital murder, told authorities Tuesday night that he drove to the Dauphin Island bridge and dropped the children from a span that reaches 80 feet in places, said Detective Scott Rivera.
Luong came to coastal Alabama from Vietnam in 1984 and worked in the commercial fishing industry as a shrimper, Police Chief John Joyner and a relative said. He had argued with his wife, Ngoc Phan, before taking the children, he said.
Missing and presumed dead were 4-month-old Danny Luong; 1-year-old Lindsey Luong; 2-year-old Hannah Luong; and 3-year-old Ryan Phan. Phan is not the man's biological child, but Luong raised him from infancy, authorities said.
Authorities were searching a 100-square-mile area and waters as deep as 55 feet. The search included divers and cadaver dogs in small boats, as well as three helicopters, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said.
Joyner said he feared the search of the Intracoastal Waterway below the bridge would be hampered by bad weather and choppy waters. The bridge extends from the mainland to Dauphin Island, which lies between the waterway and the Gulf of Mexico.
The couple lived with Phan's mother at Bayou La Batre, a fishing village with a large Southeast Asian community. Phan's brother-in-law Kam Phengsisomboun, who is from Thailand, said the couple moved back to the area from Hinesville, Ga., only a couple of weeks ago.
They argued Sunday night and again Monday, he said. Luong left the home with two of the children, then later came back for the other two, he said.
The family initially feared the children had been traded to support a drug habit, Phengsisomboun said. Luong had a crack cocaine habit and had spent an insurance settlement from an automobile accident rapidly, he said, and authorities confirmed Luong had a history of drug offenses.
Luong reported the children missing Monday, and told police that a woman who had the children failed to return them, authorities said. Phengsisomboun said he was later told by investigators that a witness had seen someone throw a bundle from the bridge and then saw three children in a nearby car.
Phan, 23, was in seclusion Wednesday morning at her mother's brick home, the front porch cluttered with children's shoes.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109...JFZ64HpdI1H2ocA
Poor kids :( :sadgreen: |
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| Jackson |
| quote: | | Lam Luong, 37, who is charged with four counts of capital murder, told authorities Tuesday night that he drove to the Dauphin Island bridge and dropped the children from a span that reaches 80 feet in places, said Detective Scott Rivera. |
i read that as Lam Duong,
Heart skipped a beat lol |
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| Djsketchbag |
| this just proves that old ppl can't drive |
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