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That's not good. Nothing in the local papers as of yet. 
Nothing on the Highway patrol site for Walton except the fender bender at 393/98 this afternoon.
 
Had a drowning yesterday due to rip tide.

That&#039;s not good. Nothing in the local papers as of yet. 
Nothing on the Highway patrol site for Walton except the fender bender at 393/98 this afternoon. 
 
Had a drowning yesterday due to rip tide.

Lake View Too

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I saw the car soon after it happened (about 3PM- just west of Wheelhouse). It was a black BMW and it was very smashed up. It looked like it had to be going a lot more than 35MPH. It was in the bike path when I saw it, and there was another blue car( slightly damaged ) on the other side of the road.The state troopers were there, but I didn't see any of the people.

I saw the car soon after it happened (about 3PM- just west of Wheelhouse). It was a black BMW and it was very smashed up. It looked like it had to be going a lot more than 35MPH. It was in the bike path when I saw it, and there was another blue car( slightly damaged ) on the other side of the road.The state troopers were there, but I didn&#039;t see any of the people.

Tillerjeff

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i had a customer come into the market while i was at work, said the bimmer was doing 80+mph, while i doubt the vehicle was going that fast on 30-a, seeing the amount of damage when i left work at 2:30, he had to have been flying

pk305

we came upon the wreck just after firetruck and EMS arrived....there was a man on a stretcher & they were putting neck brace on him....don't know if he was from car or pedestrian....the bmw was pretty smashed up....air bags & all....hope that everyone is ok....it was sickening to see:cry:

we came upon the wreck just after firetruck and EMS arrived....there was a man on a stretcher &amp; they were putting neck brace on him....don&#039;t know if he was from car or pedestrian....the bmw was pretty smashed up....air bags &amp; all....hope that everyone is ok....it was sickening to see:cry:

enfuego

OMG! Sounds like it must have been a wreck...

30A Skunkape

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[quote="Tillerjeff, post: 582660"]i had a customer come into the market while i was at work, said the bimmer was doing 80+mph, while i doubt the vehicle was going that fast on 30-a, seeing the amount of damage when i left work at 2:30, he had to have been flying[/quote]

I don't know about 85mph, but the front end was seriously crumpled;guy looked like he had to been going well over 35 mph.  I couldn't figure out how he/she accomplished the feat.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Tillerjeff">i had a customer come into the market while i was at work, said the bimmer was doing 80+mph, while i doubt the vehicle was going that fast on 30-a, seeing the amount of damage when i left work at 2:30, he had to have been flying</blockquote> 
I don&#039;t know about 85mph, but the front end was seriously crumpled;guy looked like he had to been going well over 35 mph. I couldn&#039;t figure out how he/she accomplished the feat.

tsutcli

From what I heard the guy in the blue vehicle had stopped to let a bicycle/pedestrian cross.  The BMW apparently didn't see him stop and rear-ended him sending him into the bicyclist.  The BMW looked totaled to me so he must have been traveling significantly greater than the speed limit.

From what I heard the guy in the blue vehicle had stopped to let a bicycle/pedestrian cross.  The BMW apparently didn&#039;t see him stop and rear-ended him sending him into the bicyclist.  The BMW looked totaled to me so he must have been traveling significantly greater than the speed limit.

llsnd98

Beach Comber

[b]Driver was trying to commit suicide or something[/b]

I was kind of testing the waters to see if it had come out in the news/paper yet, but I talked to someone who was involved and she is actually the person who he rear-ended first up near the Tom Thumb.  He then pulled up beside her, rolled down his window and looked at her with a blank stare and took off into the other lane and gunned it.  He weaved in and out of traffic going really fast, hitting the guy on a bike and then he was "thankfully" stopped when he hit the blue suv with a family in it who had stopped at the cross-walk near the bike rental place.  Nobody was seriously hurt thank the Lord, but someone at the scene said he told them he had taken 50 Xanax and was trying to kill himself.  His car did end up being totaled, which sound about right because it was smashed pretty badly.  All tolled, six cars were involved and don't know about the driver.  He went off in the ambulance.
 
Unbelieveable!

Driver was trying to commit suicide or something 
 
I was kind of testing the waters to see if it had come out in the news/paper yet, but I talked to someone who was involved and she is actually the person who he rear-ended first up near the Tom Thumb. He then pulled up beside her, rolled down his window and looked at her with a blank stare and took off into the other lane and gunned it. He weaved in and out of traffic going really fast, hitting the guy on a bike and then he was &quot;thankfully&quot; stopped when he hit the blue suv with a family in it who had stopped at the cross-walk near the bike rental place. Nobody was seriously hurt thank the Lord, but someone at the scene said he told them he had taken 50 Xanax and was trying to kill himself. His car did end up being totaled, which sound about right because it was smashed pretty badly. All tolled, six cars were involved and don&#039;t know about the driver. He went off in the ambulance. 
 
Unbelieveable!

cheesehead

Very sad. Saw it riding my bike. To bad this individual was so selfish that he had to involve others.

Lynnie

Glad no one was seriously injured.  We'll have to wait for the lab and police reports for any conclusions.  Someone hit me in a similar situation once.  Driver was on OTC meds for bad cold/flu.  As it's been pointed out, in this country you are innocent until proven guilty.

Glad no one was seriously injured.  We&#039;ll have to wait for the lab and police reports for any conclusions.  Someone hit me in a similar situation once.  Driver was on OTC meds for bad cold/flu.  As it&#039;s been pointed out, in this country you are innocent until proven guilty.

Cali

I was on that stretch of road serval times yesterday and did see the wreckage. how scary what he was doing. I thank God that I did not get in his path. SCARY stuff! People driving wacked out. I'm looking forward to things getting back to normal around here.

I was on that stretch of road serval times yesterday and did see the wreckage. how scary what he was doing. I thank God that I did not get in his path. SCARY stuff! People driving wacked out. I&#039;m looking forward to things getting back to normal around here.

scooterbug44

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Wow! That's a whole lotta drama considering I never heard anything more than the usual amount of sirens (though more frequently).
 
If it is true, what kind of arse decided to kill themselves (a very dumb and selfish thing in and of itself) by putting other innocent people in danger?

Wow! That&#039;s a whole lotta drama considering I never heard anything more than the usual amount of sirens (though more frequently). 
 
If it is true, what kind of arse decided to kill themselves (a very dumb and selfish thing in and of itself) by putting other innocent people in danger?

[quote="scooterbug44, post: 582855"]Wow! That's a whole lotta drama considering I never heard anything more than the usual amount of sirens (though more frequently).
 
If it is true, what kind of arse decided to kill themselves (a very dumb and selfish thing in and of itself) by putting other innocent people in danger?[/quote]

There is a whole lot more to this story.  Most of it is public record and will be coming out in a few days, I am sure.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="scooterbug44">Wow! That&#039;s a whole lotta drama considering I never heard anything more than the usual amount of sirens (though more frequently). 
 
If it is true, what kind of arse decided to kill themselves (a very dumb and selfish thing in and of itself) by putting other innocent people in danger?</blockquote> 
There is a whole lot more to this story. Most of it is public record and will be coming out in a few days, I am sure.

ShallowsNole

[quote="scooterbug44, post: 582855"]Wow! That's a whole lotta drama considering I never heard anything more than the usual amount of sirens (though more frequently).
 
If it is true, what kind of arse decided to kill themselves (a very dumb and selfish thing in and of itself) by putting other innocent people in danger?[/quote]
 
More frequently than what normal people would think.  It's truly frightening.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="scooterbug44">Wow! That&#039;s a whole lotta drama considering I never heard anything more than the usual amount of sirens (though more frequently). 
 
If it is true, what kind of arse decided to kill themselves (a very dumb and selfish thing in and of itself) by putting other innocent people in danger?</blockquote> 
More frequently than what normal people would think. It&#039;s truly frightening.

Here4Good

[quote="30A Skunkape, post: 582894"]There is a whole lot more to this story.  Most of it is public record and will be coming out in a few days, I am sure.[/quote]

You mean, like, come out in the newspaper?

:floor:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="30A Skunkape">There is a whole lot more to this story. Most of it is public record and will be coming out in a few days, I am sure.</blockquote> 
You mean, like, come out in the newspaper? 
 
:floor:

I didn't see anything about it on the PC television stations. Did anyone else? Is SOWAL now our only source for local news?

I didn&#039;t see anything about it on the PC television stations. Did anyone else? Is SOWAL now our only source for local news?

[quote="Lake View Too, post: 583149"]Is SOWAL now our only source for local news?[/quote]

It's my source! :wave:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Lake View Too">Is SOWAL now our only source for local news?</blockquote> 
It&#039;s my source! :wave:

GoodWitch58

wouldn't it be grayt if the Sheriff posted his news releases on Sowal.....

wouldn&#039;t it be grayt if the Sheriff posted his news releases on Sowal.....

Susan Horn

Does anyone know anything about the accident on 30A today that involved both cars and pedestrians/bikers?  Some guy was under the influence of something and hit numerous cars and at least one biker.

accident on 30A today?

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