914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/1/12 1:42 p.m.

Just got an email from on high; somewhere 1/2 mile south of here someone hit a transformer.

I'm thinking trash can on a pole, not this thing.

This area is well off the road, the guy hopped a curb, took out a wrought iron fence and then landed here.

Musta been booking.

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade Dork
5/1/12 1:44 p.m.

Half-measures? HA!

DrBoost
DrBoost UberDork
5/1/12 2:02 p.m.

Yeah, folks might be without power for a minute or two.

pilotbraden
pilotbraden Dork
5/1/12 2:09 p.m.

Maybe he was trying to steal copper?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/1/12 2:11 p.m.

shocking....

Strizzo
Strizzo UltraDork
5/1/12 2:31 p.m.

what was that before it tried its best imitation of a bug on a bug-zapper? the (missing) roof looks like the panoramic maxima roof to me.

Cole_Trickle
Cole_Trickle Reader
5/1/12 2:40 p.m.
Strizzo wrote: what was that before it tried its best imitation of a bug on a bug-zapper? the (missing) roof looks like the panoramic maxima roof to me.

It looked more like a crossover to me, but one thing we can all agree on is that he stuck the landing.

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury UltimaDork
5/1/12 2:51 p.m.

please see the darwin award welder video...elektrisitee aint danjerus

Strizzo
Strizzo UltraDork
5/1/12 2:54 p.m.
Cole_Trickle wrote:
Strizzo wrote: what was that before it tried its best imitation of a bug on a bug-zapper? the (missing) roof looks like the panoramic maxima roof to me.
It looked more like a crossover to me, but one thing we can all agree on is that he stuck the landing.

aha! i thought that was because the picture had been squished, but it does look crossover-like, and just so happens theres one with a pano-glass roof

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 SuperDork
5/1/12 2:54 p.m.

Ooooopsies!

J308
J308 Reader
5/1/12 4:28 p.m.

See what had happened was.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/1/12 4:39 p.m.

Holy crap, is that the transformer station on Broadway in Menands next to the old Montgomery Ward's building? If so, the guy might have flown up the exit from 787, blown through the light and crashed through the fence.

I'm going to have to see if anybody I know responded.

This is where I'm talking about.

(protip: there is some great smallmouth fishing on the greenway on the northbound entrance ramp to 787)

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
5/1/12 4:42 p.m.

I see another 'unintended acceleration' lawsuit coming.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/1/12 6:39 p.m.

You're right Brett. Evidently the guy/girl peeled off the ramp, T-Boned the nose of a van, went though a wrought iron fence, went over two small transformers and then bit the big one.

Yes Officer, I was well within the posted speed limits.....

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/1/12 6:54 p.m.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/1/12 8:08 p.m.

I totally had my first car accident on the same ramp. Nowhere near as catastrophic, though.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/1/12 8:22 p.m.

Asked somebody on Facebook who is still living in Menands what happened. She said they lost power in the Empire State Plaza because of that crash.

This is the other car, apparently:

N Sperlo
N Sperlo UberDork
5/1/12 8:23 p.m.

Is that a hybrid?

szeis4cookie
szeis4cookie Reader
5/1/12 8:26 p.m.

I can't believe that other car looks so terrible. What on earth was that first car doing to do THAT to the poor Caravan?

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/1/12 8:26 p.m.
N Sperlo wrote: Is that a hybrid?

Not any more.

Appleseed
Appleseed PowerDork
5/2/12 12:25 p.m.

How funny would it be if that car was a Chevy Volt?

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 SuperDork
5/2/12 12:51 p.m.
RealMiniDriver
RealMiniDriver SuperDork
5/2/12 12:51 p.m.
Appleseed wrote: How funny would it be if that car was a Chevy Volt?

berkeleying high-larious! :D

snap_understeer
snap_understeer New Reader
5/2/12 12:58 p.m.

It's a KIA Sorento! Image for comparo:

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