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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Back up north, I knew two brothers that owned a very successful business. They were driving home on a highway when a small airplane crash landed on their car. Maybe we should stop driving cars and ban airplanes.
Incidentally, a man who was running along this same path was also struck and injured. Maybe we should never leave our houses.
Did you hear about the eighteen wheel tractor trailer that crashed into a house in California killing the couple who were asleep in their bedroom? Maybe we just need to ban all sorts of motorized transportation.
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Lots of people on this and other traffic related threads seem to be looking for a risk free world. But there are 6.4 million traffic accidents with 33,000 deaths each year in the US.
I am still amazed at the odds of an accident like this happening, I don't even have and idea of how to calculate it or how to get some data. We would need to know the accident rate for cars passing a certain point, how many were caused by a medical event, how many jumped the curb, how many had a parallel MMP just for starters. Then add the very limited time window involved and I'll guess you have a better chance of winning the lottery.
The DS reported one fatality from this accident, condolences to the family and wishes for a speedy recovery to the other victims.