466a & MicroRaceTrack Road accident?

[ceejay]

Has anyone seen or heard anything about an accident at the intersection of these two roads?

On my way to work yesterday, around 9:15 am, there was obviously an accident with a smashed up car. However, helicopters were circling above and numerous sheriffs were parked along the roadside. There was even a bloodhound looking like he was about to search the woods.

I've googled everything I can think of and have come up empty.

Any answers? Curious minds want to know!

[Taltarzac]

Sumter-- http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=375

Lake-- http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=350

[ceejay]

I know...I looked there too. It seemed like a pretty big deal...that's why I'm surprised that I can't find anything! Thanks for looking, though!

[spk7951]

The Sheriffs office helicopter was flying circles in the area for close to 2hrs. One of our neighbors went by that intersection early in the afternoon and the Sheriffs office had a young man in handcuffs. Not sure what transpired to lead up to that.

[Taltarzac]

Coleman Federal Prison is just down the road-- US301. http://www.bop.gov/locations/maps/SER.jsp Perhaps, the sheriff's office was assisting to catch a Federal fugitive from a low security level area?? Think I watch too many CSI type TV shows.

[golf2140]

Coleman Federal Prison is just down the road-- US301. http://www.bop.gov/locations/maps/SER.jsp Perhaps, the sheriff's office was assisting to catch a Federal fugitive from a low security level area?? Think I watch too many CSI type TV shows.

Tal,

Coleman prison is many miles south of TV off I-75.

[Taltarzac]

Tal,

Coleman prison is many miles south of TV off I-75.



Sure about that. The Federal Bureau of Prisons gives this description--

"FCI Coleman is located in central Florida, approximately 50 miles northwest of Orlando, 60 miles northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles south of Ocala. The FCC is located south of the town of Coleman, off Highway 301.

Judicial District: Middle Florida"

The Coleman Prison turnoff from US301 did not seem very far south from Wildwood. About a mile or so south of Wildwood??

[spk7951]

Sure about that. The Federal Bureau of Prisons gives this description--

"FCI Coleman is located in central Florida, approximately 50 miles northwest of Orlando, 60 miles northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles south of Ocala. The FCC is located south of the town of Coleman, off Highway 301.

Judicial District: Middle Florida"

The Coleman Prison turnoff from US301 did not seem very far south from Wildwood. About a mile or so south of Wildwood??

The turnoff from 301 to the Coleman correctional complex is much further south than one mile from Wildwood. When I did a mapquest check of it the distance from Colony Cottage to the prison turnoff came back as 22 miles.

[downeaster]

The turnoff from 301 to the Coleman correctional complex is much further south than one mile from Wildwood. When I did a mapquest check of it the distance from Colony Cottage to the prison turnoff came back as 22 miles.

I checked it out on Google Earth and it is just over 10 miles from LSL as the proverbial crow flies. That tallies with your findings, spk7951

Before anyone responds with an obvious question let me say I asked it of myself. The answer is: I just have too much time on my hands and the TV lineup tonight is dismal.

[Pturner]

I checked it out on Google Earth and it is just over 10 miles from LSL as the proverbial crow flies. That tallies with your findings, spk7951

Before anyone responds with an obvious question let me say I asked it of myself. The answer is: I just have too much time on my hands and the TV lineup tonight is dismal.

Speaking of too much time on my hands, your post got me thinking about how many proverbial crows there are. Let's see:

You can eat crow
Measure distance as the crow flies
Protect your corn fields with a scare crow.

I wonder how crows got to be so proverbial.

Hey, what just happened? I'm suddenly hungry for Toojays.

[Taltarzac]

How far is the actual Coleman Federal Prison though? The website says at least three of the facilities are 35 south of Ocala.

I tried using Mapquest with the physical address of the prison and nothing came up except Coleman. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/com/index.jsp


FCI COLEMAN MEDIUM
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
846 NE 54TH TERRACE
COLEMAN, FL 33521

[spk7951]

How far is the actual Coleman Federal Prison though? The website says at least three of the facilities are 35 south of Ocala.

I tried using Mapquest with the physical address of the prison and nothing came up except Coleman. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/com/index.jsp


FCI COLEMAN MEDIUM
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
846 NE 54TH TERRACE
COLEMAN, FL 33521

I tried a different approach today to finding the distance. On mapquest I went to satellite view and "marked" my house. Then I panned south on the map until I found the correctional complex. I then "marked" the facility closest to CR 501 and the distance from that facility to my house in Hadley comes back as 15.5 miles. Much closer than the results I got last night.

[KathieI]

Tal, the accident was right near Colony Plaza just outside of TV. Coleman Prison is no where near there, its way down off the 75 heading south towards Bushnell. But, I passed by the accident around 9:30am and I saw the helicopter overhead, saw the smashed up car being loaded onto a trailer truck, and some people standing on the corner of 466A and MicroRaceTrack Road. Didn't look like anyone was injured but there were a bunch of cop cars deep into the wooded area on the south side of 466A and it looked like they were searching for someone. So I assumed that whoever was in the car jumped out and tried to get away - could have been a criminal or someone without a license. Happens all the time in Los Angeles, so I was used to this kinda event. I just continued on my merry way but there were a lot of cop cars along the road.

This is just my report cause I have nothing else to do this morning so I'm passing the time acting like an amateur reporter, LOL... :blahblahblah:

[Taltarzac]

Tal, the accident was right near Colony Plaza just outside of TV. Coleman Prison is no where near there, its way down off the 75 heading south towards Bushnell. But, I passed by the accident around 9:30am and I saw the helicopter overhead, saw the smashed up car being loaded onto a trailer truck, and some people standing on the corner of 466A and MicroRaceTrack Road. Didn't look like anyone was injured but there were a bunch of cop cars deep into the wooded area on the south side of 466A and it looked like they were searching for someone. So I assumed that whoever was in the car jumped out and tried to get away - could have been a criminal or someone without a license. Happens all the time in Los Angeles, so I was used to this kinda event. I just continued on my merry way but there were a lot of cop cars along the road.

This is just my report cause I have nothing else to do this morning so I'm passing the time acting like an amateur reporter, LOL... :blahblahblah:

Actually, KathieI the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI)-- Coleman is near Adamsville (Sumter County) which would probably be about 7-14 miles as a crow flies from where this accident took place. It is just south of CR468 and west of CR501 on NE 54th Terrace.

It is about 20 miles from the Sumter County Correctional Facility in Bushnell. That county jail is about 35 miles from the Villages.

The FCI-Coleman does not show up on a Google Earth search of prisons in Central Florida nor does anything show up when you put in the address for the Federal Prison in Mapquest.

It is a good sized complex too as far as I could tell. Perhaps about the size of the Villages High School and its surrounding schools.

[GatorFan]

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5307308

[Taltarzac]

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5307308

That is where I thought it was.

[Bogie Shooter]

What difference does it really make where and how far the Coleman prison complex is? To assume a car accident is related to the Coleman prison is a real stretch of ones imagination.

[golf2140]

What difference does it really make where and how far the Coleman prison complex is? To assume a car accident is related to the Coleman prison is a real stretch of ones imagination.


Amen

[BogeyBoy]

What difference does it really make where and how far the Coleman prison complex is? To assume a car accident is related to the Coleman prison is a real stretch of ones imagination.

Maybe the car he was driving was a Crowvette.

[Taltarzac]

What difference does it really make where and how far the Coleman prison complex is? To assume a car accident is related to the Coleman prison is a real stretch of ones imagination.

It has to do with the lack of any kind of emergency report about that accident as is described at the start of the thread.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=375

[BogeyBoy]

It has to do with the lack of any kind of emergency report about that accident as is described at the start of the thread.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=375

So maybe it was a top secret prison break?

[Taltarzac]

So maybe it was a top secret prison break?

Maybe, they do not put Federal emergency responses on this type of reference. Perhaps, there is some other one.

[Pturner]

Maybe the car he was driving was a Crowvette.

and drinking a Crowcola.

[Taltarzac]

and drinking a Crowcola.

I must be eating crow tonight. :mornincoffee:

[ceejay]

Oh...just crow up! :wave:

[Pturner]

Darn, I left out a proverbial crow. :oops: The golf cart parade is something to crow about!

Hmmm... that's weird. If you have something you're proud of, you "crow," and if you have something you're not proud of, you eat crow.

[downeaster]

Darn, I left out a proverbial crow. :oops: The golf cart parade is something to crow about!

Hmmm... that's weird. If you have something you're proud of, you "crow," and if you have something you're not proud of, you eat crow.


Since this thread is hopelessly hi jacked I thought I might mention "crows nest". No apostrophe as it refers to a lookout position way up the mast of a ship, not the home of Heckle and Jeckel.

[Pturner]

Since this thread is hopelessly hi jacked I thought I might mention "crows nest". No apostrophe as it refers to a lookout position way up the mast of a ship, not the home of Heckle and Jeckel.

I didn't know that, but now I'm reminded of yet another. Those, um, shall we say .... wisdom lines-- yes, that's it! wisdom lines!-- around our eyes are commonly called crows feet.

Yes, Tony. I know. We've been very bad. But on whole it seems hijackings have been down lately. So to speak. So maybe you can forgive us this thread our daily hijack as we forgive those who hijack against us. Or some such nonsense. Ya know, there ought to be a proverbial crow for this sort of thing...

[ceejay]

Since this thread is hopelessly hi jacked I thought I might mention "crows nest". No apostrophe as it refers to a lookout position way up the mast of a ship, not the home of Heckle and Jeckel.

I'm crowing old waiting for an answer to my hijacked thread!

Guess this inquiring mind will never know what happened, but I've sure learned alot about a prison and mapquest and google and crows! :undecided:

[Taltarzac]

I'm crowing old waiting for an answer to my hijacked thread!

Guess this inquiring mind will never know what happened, but I've sure learned alot about a prison and mapquest and google and crows! :undecided:

Check this week's police blotter in the Villages Daily Sun for the day in question. You will have to wait until next week's Monday Villages Daily Sun. Today's only went up through the 11th of November for Sumter County. It should show any arrests for driving without a license and the like.

[Bogie Shooter]

Check this week's police blotter in the Villages Daily Sun for the day in question. You will have to wait until next week's Monday Villages Daily Sun. Today's only went up through the 11th of November for Sumter County. It should show any arrests for driving without a license and the like.

And once I find out this critical information.......what am I to do with it?

[ceejay]

And once I find out this critical information.......what am I to do with it?

Taltarzac was responding to my question, which was this thread's original question.

Thank you for your advice, Taltarzac. I will check next Monday's paper.

It just seems that this was a pretty big deal and there's no information anywhere...I just wanted to know if there were criminals running around my backyard!

[Bogie Shooter]

OMG another thing to worry about.....criminals in my back yard.

[Forestfire]

There was a pursuit (most likely drug related) and the runner crashed here and ran some more on foot. Last I heard, they were still at large.

[K9-Lovers]

Yes, Tony. I know. We've been very bad. But on whole it seems hijackings have been down lately. So to speak. So maybe you can forgive us this thread our daily hijack as we forgive those who hijack against us. Or some such nonsense. Ya know, there ought to be a proverbial crow for this sort of thing...

Okay, now I'm having idiom envy. :bowdown:

[ceejay]

OMG another thing to worry about.....criminals in my back yard.

Geeze, Bogie Shooter...lighten up! Something happened that I was curious about; that's all.

No need to belittle other people's posts...I think there was a thread on here already about that...have you read it? :undecided: