A dad rushing to get his children to school on time on Monday morning
ended up with his car on a concrete post in Brampton, Southern Ontario,
Canada, Peel Regional Police say.
“The driver ... didn’t want to wait for the traffic light,” Constable Lilly Fitzpatrick said.
“So he decided to take a shortcut through the parking lot of a strip
plaza that was there.”
The Nissan SUV appears to have collided with two bright yellow concrete
poles, planted there to demarcate a sidewalk exit ramp, at around
8:30am.
“They are not in the travel portion of the roadway going through that
mall,” Fitzpatrick said.
“Obviously he wasn’t paying enough attention.” Speed must have been a factor, she added, because the vehicle, with two children inside, ended up balanced precariously a pole. “He actually bent the first concrete pole and then the vehicle got hung up on the second one,” she said.
No one was injured but the vehicle’s undercarriage was significantly damaged.
“We had to have a special tow truck that was able to lift it up from the pole and get it down,” the constable said.
Now the driver might be facing charges.
“If you’re going to be late, don’t panic, don’t rush, calm down, get there safely,” Fitzpatrick added.
“Obviously he wasn’t paying enough attention.” Speed must have been a factor, she added, because the vehicle, with two children inside, ended up balanced precariously a pole. “He actually bent the first concrete pole and then the vehicle got hung up on the second one,” she said.
No one was injured but the vehicle’s undercarriage was significantly damaged.
“We had to have a special tow truck that was able to lift it up from the pole and get it down,” the constable said.
Now the driver might be facing charges.
“If you’re going to be late, don’t panic, don’t rush, calm down, get there safely,” Fitzpatrick added.
No comments:
Post a Comment