Around 4pm yesterday we were driving along the Ohio River about to cross over to Kentucky. (This is normally where Jason breathes in deep and says "ah, Kentucky.") We turned to head over the river and there was a back-up. There was construction on the bridge, so it was down to one lane. As we waited behind several cars we saw a truck driving towards us. What was unusual about the truck was that the front end was severely bashed up with the hood up, blocking the windshield, and a cone underneath the front of the truck. I couldn't figure out how he could see! He was driving really slow with his head stuck out the window!
At first we thought he was just pulling off the bridge to get out of the way but then we realized, he was just driving off! He went down a country road like nothing had happened. Unbelievable.
We sat and waited about five minutes wondering what had happened when a long line of cars came through, following the truck. Finally it was our turn to cross the bridge. We saw where the cones had been scattered and were assuming that he went across the line of cones and hit the side of the bridge. But we could see any marks on the side of the bridge or any debris from the accident. There were several construction guys standing around and one was trying to straighten the cones and get them out of the way.
We then drove past the construction area and past the other cars waiting to go the other direction when we saw where the accident had happened. There was an older Jeep with the back end completely smashed in. Several people were standing around the Jeep with a guy holding something against the back of his head. There was debris from the collision everywhere and then skid marks after the accident.
We think what happened was that the truck wasn't paying attention and was probably going too fast and couldn't stop in time when he saw the traffic stopped. He rear-ended the Jeep, pushing it about 100 yards into the opposite lane. Thankfully it seems there was no traffic there due to the one lane being closed. The truck then tried to speed off, but with a twisted front wheel and hood blocking his view. We're thinking the skid marks were from him accelerating after the accident and trying to manuever over the bridge caused him to pick up a cone along the way.
We headed down the river on the other side and saw several emergency vehicles heading towards the accident - about 15-20 minutes after it happened. This morning I tried to google the accident to find out what happened, but as expected, nothing showed up. I'm sure whomever did it was "caught" shortly after he got home. However, as Jason has experienced personally (when he was hit by a drunk driver), he probably didn't get arrested.
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