Krade

Did he get his car upthere?

answer



On June 13, 2004, at approximately 8:30 AM, Community Volunteer Fire Department's Engine 2 and Ambulance 2 were dispatched to the intersection of Alief-Clodine Road and Metro Boulevard in Southwest Harris County, Texas for the report of a car versus telephone pole.

Upon arrival, the engine company found a vehicle still running, hanging on the telephone wires by its right front tire.

Witnesses reported that the car had been traveling westbound on Alief-Clodine when the driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed the median, and made contact with the guide wire from the ground to the telephone pole, propelling the vehicle upward onto the wires.

Witnesses also reported that the driver jumped down from the vehicle and ran to catch a bus prior to the arrival of Engine 2 and the Harris County Sheriff's Department.

The vehicle ran for over an hour until the oil had completely drained from the motor and it seized.

Several wreckers and a Southwestern Bell crew removed the vehicle from its perch.

OllyK

Do I hear photoshop??

Krade

Source

And some diff angles

OllyK

Hmm guess they make telephone cable a damn sight tougher in the US. That last pic still looks well suss - no cables coming out to the right of the car.

Brendan Hughes

Perhaps as the photo was taken from the exact direction the cables run in? So they actually go "up" the pole in the last pic.

SJ_Skyline

Two Words:


Keith Moon!

Diablo

Olly, you can (just) see the cables running parallel to and slightly right of the telegraph pole.

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OllyK

First part still holds true though