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01/21/11 - Highway 401 Closed at Guelph Line

Post #23383 01-21-2011 04:00 PM Urbanomicon Senior Moderator	I normally wouldn't post a traffic accident, but the video of this one is absolutely amazing. A transport truck jack-kniffed across the highway and went over the center median. This video was filmed with a dash cam from a driver on the opposite side of the highway. Five cars and 2 transport trucks were involved. Full report here: http://www.therecord.com/news/local/...parate-crashes Note: The first 12 seconds of the video are damaged, but the video repeats properly after the 12 second mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZuKC-NnnQ8
Post #23385 01-21-2011 04:27 PM IEFBR14 City Member H2OWC Joined Mar 2010 942 posts	Yikes! Imagine driving on the 4-oh-1 when you see a truck jumping the concrete divider and coming right at you Fortunately in that one there were no serious injuries. That wasn't the case north of Barrie where a white-out resulted in a 40-car pileup and at least one fatality. Woman dead as multi-vehicle crash closes Hwy. 11 21Jan11 \| Carys Mills \| TorStar \| Link
Post #23393 01-21-2011 04:50 PM KLM Town Member Kitchener Joined May 2010 187 posts	Originally Posted by Urbanomicon I normally wouldn't post a traffic accident, but the video of this one is absolutely amazing. A transport truck jack-kniffed across the highway and went over the center median. This video was filmed with a dash cam from a driver on the opposite side of the highway. Five cars and 2 transport trucks were involved. Full report here: http://www.therecord.com/news/local/...parate-crashes Note: The first 12 seconds of the video are damaged, but the video repeats properly after the 12 second mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZuKC-NnnQ8 OMG!! this is insane, just crazy. wow!
Post #23395 01-21-2011 04:59 PM jerryhung Hamlet Member Joined Nov 2010 9 posts	That video is shocking.. I cannot imagine how I would've felt like.. sitting duck and nothing you can do Although... this reminds me of Transformer..weird
Post #23399 01-21-2011 07:15 PM Optimus Prime Hamlet Member Joined Dec 2010 14 posts	Originally Posted by jerryhung That video is shocking.. I cannot imagine how I would've felt like.. sitting duck and nothing you can do Although... this reminds me of Transformer..weird Hmmm......must have been a Decepticon. No Autobot I know of would make a mess like this.
Post #23406 01-21-2011 10:38 PM Urban_Enthusiast86 Town Member Joined Mar 2010 333 posts	Originally Posted by Optimus Prime Hmmm......must have been a Decepticon. No Autobot I know of would make a mess like this.