Hum Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 MEADVILLE, Pa. - A 1,500-pound wrecking ball broke loose from a crane cable and raced downhill, smashing into several cars and injuring three people before coming to rest in the trunk of a car at an intersection Monday. The wrecking ball, about 3 feet across, was being used to demolish part of a library at Allegheny College when the cable snapped, police said. The crane operator tried to stop it, but it rolled nearly three-quarters of a mile downhill, damaging more than a dozen vehicles as it bounced from curb to curb, police said. Most of the damaged vehicles were parked, but the ball slammed into the rear of Alex Habay?s car stopped at an intersection, causing a chain reaction accident with two other cars at the traffic light, police said. ?All of a sudden, the back windshield exploded and I hit the car in front of me,? said Habay, 20, a junior at Allegheny College. The ball lodged in the trunk of a car, pushing the vehicle about 20 feet. ?I got out of my car and couldn?t believe it when I walked back and saw this giant wrecking ball sitting in the trunk of the last car,? said Meadville police Officer Brian Joseph. Meadville is about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 The crane operator tried to stop a 1,500-pound wrecking ball What did he do? Yell for it to come back? That would've been a site to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 What did he do? Yell for it to come back? That's what I was wondering. That'd be one of those doubletake moments for me, if I saw a wrecking ball rolling down the road :laugh: -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 That'd be one of those doubletake moments for me, if I saw a wrecking ball rolling down the road It would definitely be a WTF moment. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted July 10, 2007 Veteran Share Posted July 10, 2007 does car insurance cover "car getting smashed by a wreaking ball" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 does car insurance cover "car getting smashed by a wreaking ball" ? I would think it would be the contracting company paying for the damages since it was their fault. But no, I don't think that would be covered ... LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) does car insurance cover "car getting smashed by a wreaking ball" ? I don't know, but the company that was using the crane is gonna have to pay for it. Glad nobody was badly hurt, because then there wouldn't be ANY humor in this story. Edited July 10, 2007 by CrashGordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 How does a 1,500 pound ball of steel and concrete "injure" you? Did it graze them gently as it rolled by? I can only see this thing killing and crushing a person, not injuring them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7un7 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Glad nobody was hurt, because then there wouldn't be ANY humor in this story. After seeing the headline, it's hard not to want to go and see the video. I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "Meedvil" not "Medvil". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40420_1437839287 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 smashing into several cars and injuring three people before coming to rest Glad nobody was hurt, because then there wouldn't be ANY humor in this story. Not sure which part of three people getting injured is no one getting hurt!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Saw the video earlier: http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&a...689640/&fg= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Not sure which part of three people getting injured is no one getting hurt!! post edited after i read the whole article again, I was still thinking about how the guy was trying to stop the 1500 pound ball bouncing down the street. With a giant baseball glove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 big balls hurts :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 In a stern voice.... "Wrecking ball, you get back over here right now!!" It might help if he stamped his foot as he said it. I think the claim he 'tried to stop it' was a cya moment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 What did he do? Yell for it to come back?That would've been a site to see. How does a 1,500 pound ball of steel and concrete "injure" you? Did it graze them gently as it rolled by? I can only see this thing killing and crushing a person, not injuring them. In a stern voice.... "Wrecking ball, you get back over here right now!!"It might help if he stamped his foot as he said it. LMAO! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 ..., damaging more than a dozen vehicles as it bounced from curb to curb, police said.source It's a new game... called "Bowing with wrecking balls" ... the guy got a perfect strike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 The crane operator tried to stop a 1,500-pound wrecking ball I guess he failed to do that eh :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyehac Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I guess they were missing 10 pins for the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted July 11, 2007 Administrators Share Posted July 11, 2007 Not sure which part of three people getting injured is no one getting hurt!! Maybe it was the people in the cars that were hit? Note,the ball hit the trunk of the first car causing a chain reaction> of smashes = injured people. (Whiplash etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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