Thursday, April 16, 2015

The Three-Accident Boar

I live a couple of miles outside of Wiesbaden.....up in the hills, and in an area where it's heavily forested.  Naturally, this includes some wild boars.

Last night, around 10PM, on the main road above the village and going toward Wiesbaden.....darkness had descended.  Folks tend to drive around 100 kph (roughly 65 mph) on this road.

Somewhere out of the woods....walked this one wild boar.  This gal driving around this stretch barely saw him at the last second, and 'bumped' him.....in a fairly severe way.  She stopped enough to just severely injure him.....not messing up her car as you might expect.  So she's kinda dazed and knows the situation.....backing up a bit to view the situation....as you might expect someone to do.

Just about this time....from her rear....another car comes up rather fast.  A BMW.  He's probably intent on passing the lady and her stopped car.  He doesn't see the boar laying in the road until the very last second. At this point, he runs off the road.....into the ditch.  I get the impression that he missed the boar entirely.

Then car number three approaches and doesn't grasp the issue with car number one, car number two, or the wounded boar in the road.  He hits the boar with some impact....disabling his vehicle.....and definitely killing the boar.

Cops get called.  I get the impression that two tow trucks were involved.  On the statistical board, it'll be listed as three separate accidents, and one dead boar.

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