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Dunno, I heard a ton of sirens and assumed all hell had broken loose, but never heard an accident report. :idontno:

barefootguy

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When I drove by the little white pickup was hanging upside down. Not sure how they could get airborne driving down a straight road. While repairing the power line, power was out for several hours all up Mack Bayou including Driftwood Estates. There was another nasty accident right after that one by Silver Sands.

Matt J

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It's usually caused by someone going off the road and over correcting.  That can cause the vehicle to roll.

It&#039;s usually caused by someone going off the road and over correcting.  That can cause the vehicle to roll.

Miss Critter

[quote] 
MIRAMAR BEACH - A 21-year-old man suffered a seizure and lost control of the vehicle that collided with a utility pole near Mack Bayou Drive Monday afternoon.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Gary Walden lost control of his 2006 Chevrolet truck after the seizure and traveled onto the west shoulder of County Road 457. The truck collided with the utility pole and rotated clockwise before rolling onto the roof.
Walden was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola for minor injuries. He was wearing his seatbelt and alcohol was not a factor in the crash, the report said.
[/quote]
 
[url=http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/accident-17855-traffic-mack.html]Accident snarls traffic on Mack Bayou Road | accident, traffic, mack - News - Northwest Florida Daily News[/url]

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="">MIRAMAR BEACH - A 21-year-old man suffered a seizure and lost control of the vehicle that collided with a utility pole near Mack Bayou Drive Monday afternoon. 
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Gary Walden lost control of his 2006 Chevrolet truck after the seizure and traveled onto the west shoulder of County Road 457. The truck collided with the utility pole and rotated clockwise before rolling onto the roof. 
Walden was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola for minor injuries. He was wearing his seatbelt and alcohol was not a factor in the crash, the report said.</blockquote> 
<a href="http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/accident-17855-traffic-mack.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Accident snarls traffic on Mack Bayou Road | accident, traffic, mack - News - Northwest Florida Daily News</a>

NotDeadYet

He was right around the corner from the hospital and had minor injuries.....so why was he taken to Sacred Heart in Pensacola??:confused:

jodiFL

Sacred heart will tell you it is due to lack of a Trauma unit, but its more than likely really due to lack of insurance.

beachcrab

Beach Comber

[quote="jodiFL, post: 572010"]Sacred heart will tell you it is due to lack of a Trauma unit, but its more than likely really due to lack of insurance.[/quote]
 Being a manager at Sacred Heart I can assure you that it has nothing to do with insurance! Shame on you for even making such a comment without knowing your facts.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="jodiFL">Sacred heart will tell you it is due to lack of a Trauma unit, but its more than likely really due to lack of insurance.</blockquote> Being a manager at Sacred Heart I can assure you that it has nothing to do with insurance! Shame on you for even making such a comment without knowing your facts.

[quote="sunfun, post: 572194"]Being a manager at Sacred Heart I can assure you that it has nothing to do with insurance! Shame on you for even making such a comment without knowing your facts.[/quote]
 Wow.. sorry my [I]past personal experience[/I] offended you... maybe it was before you became employed by them.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="sunfun">Being a manager at Sacred Heart I can assure you that it has nothing to do with insurance! Shame on you for even making such a comment without knowing your facts.</blockquote> Wow.. sorry my past personal experience offended you... maybe it was before you became employed by them.

Arkiehawg

[quote="NotDeadYet, post: 571944"]He was right around the corner from the hospital and had minor injuries.....so why was he taken to Sacred Heart in Pensacola??:confused:[/quote]
 
The newspaper isn't always right, believe it or not...
 
Based on the mechanism of injury and the condition/symptoms of the patient, he was trauma alerted and airlifted to SHHP.  
 
JodiFL, I can assure you that the decision to transport to SHHP had nothing to do with insurance.  SWFD doesn't do "wallet biopsies".  Nor does SHEC.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="NotDeadYet">He was right around the corner from the hospital and had minor injuries.....so why was he taken to Sacred Heart in Pensacola??:confused:</blockquote> 
The newspaper isn&#039;t always right, believe it or not... 
 
Based on the mechanism of injury and the condition/symptoms of the patient, he was trauma alerted and airlifted to SHHP. 
 
JodiFL, I can assure you that the decision to transport to SHHP had nothing to do with insurance. SWFD doesn&#039;t do &quot;wallet biopsies&quot;. Nor does SHEC.

RobbynB

Beach Crab

[b]Daily news article help[/b]

Hi all,
I am writing a follow-up article today about Chris and his family. If there are friends or relatives who'd like to share memories or thoughts of him and his family, please call my desk phone at 315-4445. We'd like to be able to share with Daily News readers just how tragic this is for their family. If you have photos, that would be nice, too.
~Robbyn Brooks
Northwest Florida Daily News

Daily news article help 
 
Hi all, 
I am writing a follow-up article today about Chris and his family. If there are friends or relatives who&#039;d like to share memories or thoughts of him and his family, please call my desk phone at 315-4445. We&#039;d like to be able to share with Daily News readers just how tragic this is for their family. If you have photos, that would be nice, too. 
~Robbyn Brooks 
Northwest Florida Daily News

Does anyone know the details about the accident yesterday on Mack Bayou Road?  There's a short blurb about it in the Daily News, but it doesn't say much.  [url=http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/accident-17855-traffic-mack.html]Accident snarls traffic on Mack Bayou Road | accident, traffic, mack - News - Northwest Florida Daily News[/url]  My husband saw the truck upside down, slammed into the pole, and thought that the driver would be in bad shape.  Our power was out for about 4 hours last night.

Does anyone know the details about the accident yesterday on Mack Bayou Road? There&#039;s a short blurb about it in the Daily News, but it doesn&#039;t say much. <a href="http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/accident-17855-traffic-mack.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Accident snarls traffic on Mack Bayou Road | accident, traffic, mack - News - Northwest Florida Daily News</a> My husband saw the truck upside down, slammed into the pole, and thought that the driver would be in bad shape. Our power was out for about 4 hours last night.

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