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imanamerican63

(13,812 posts)
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 02:31 PM Jan 2022

In my 37 years of driving a truck.....

I have seen many good things, bad accidents & many idiotic things, but this morning takes the cake frosting right off the whole cake!

I was headed south on I380 just north of Cedar Rapids Iowa. As I came into the edge of town, traffic came to complete stop. There a bad accident involving 2 semis and 2 cars. As I was on the phone with 911, there was man coming towards me and other vehicles, he was stripping his close off and walk up the interstate. This is no joke. He was stark naked and running between traffic. He was cause of the accident after he clipped a truck and a car, causing the truck to flip on it side trapping the driver in truck. Then he hit another car and semi. The streaker was take to a hospital for observation. Here is the kicker, the temperature was 6 and wind chill was well below-20! You find the story on the internet. One more thing, the 2 trucks both passed me back up the road about 20 miles!

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In my 37 years of driving a truck..... (Original Post) imanamerican63 Jan 2022 OP
Glad you are safe! Hope everyone is ok! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #1
meth? MissB Jan 2022 #2
I once had a patient pulled out of the Platte River in December, naked Maru Kitteh Jan 2022 #3
Bath salts (MDPV). A drug that causes the user to overheat and strip off their clothes. FSogol Jan 2022 #4

Maru Kitteh

(28,342 posts)
3. I once had a patient pulled out of the Platte River in December, naked
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 02:56 PM
Jan 2022

Because she was “hot.” She floated by under a bridge, singing, and someone just happened to see her. She was in the most acute state of mania I’ve ever seen.

FSogol

(45,525 posts)
4. Bath salts (MDPV). A drug that causes the user to overheat and strip off their clothes.
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 03:03 PM
Jan 2022

They frequently turn violent too.

Glad you are safe.

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