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Wrecking ball snaps loose, bounces down street
1,500-pound ball damages vehicles before causing car crash in Pa.; 3 hurt
Updated: 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
MEADVILLE, Pa. - A 1,500-pound wrecking ball broke loose from a crane cable and raced downhill, smashing into several cars and injuring three people before coming to rest in the trunk of a car at an intersection Monday.
The wrecking ball, about 3 feet across, was being used to demolish part of a library at Allegheny College when the cable snapped, police said. The crane operator tried to stop it, but it rolled nearly three-quarters of a mile downhill, damaging more than a dozen vehicles as it bounced from curb to curb, police said.
Most of the damaged vehicles were parked, but the ball slammed into the rear of Alex Habay’s car stopped at an intersection, causing a chain reaction accident with two other cars at the traffic light, police said.
“All of a sudden, the back windshield exploded and I hit the car in front of me,” said Habay, 20, a junior at Allegheny College.
The ball lodged in the trunk of a car, pushing the vehicle about 20 feet.
“I got out of my car and couldn’t believe it when I walked back and saw this giant wrecking ball sitting in the trunk of the last car,” said Meadville police Officer Brian Joseph.
Meadville is about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh.
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So there I was sitting at a stop light..........
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Click on the link DaSharkie provided and notice the decal in the window of the car where the "pinball" ended up!
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Originally Posted by DFurtman
Ooops! my bad!
"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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Was it the new one I see on the top of this screen with the silhouette of a naked female and the saying, "What happens at the firehouse stays at the firehouse." Originally Posted by DFurtman
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Tough gettin' old ain't it Dep? Originally Posted by CaptainGonzo
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"Honest,Officer.I was stopped at the light when this wrecking ball came and did all this.Really."
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