Relief as no cars hit rock in road

A rock appeared on Illinois Road in Fort Wayne, Illinois last Tuesday morning. At around 12:30am Fort Wayne police were called about the rock in the eastbound lanes.

Police discovered what appeared to be drag marks for about a hundred yards behind the rock. They did not know if the boulder had been dragged, pushed or dropped.

A worker from the Fort Wayne Street Department arrived to help get the rock to safety and out of the way of drivers. The rock was pushed with the liftgate of the street worker's truck off to the side of the road.

The rock now waits to be claimed. The only signs of its previous life is dirt on the lower half - maybe a clue to a former life in a rock garden, or someone's landscaping decor. Fortunately, no cars appeared to have hit the rock before it was removed. The rock did not cause delays and was removed about twenty minutes after police were first notified.