MAN DRIVES OFF OVERPASS DRIVER
The vehicle was traveling south on the L Street overpass when, for some unknown reason, the driver took a hard right, broke through the guardrail and plummeted onto the freeway, the Tacoma police said. TACOMA - An SUV plunged off the L Street overpass onto southbound Interstate 5 near the Tacoma Dome during the afternoon rush hour Friday, killing the driver and forcing the closure of most southbound lanes for about 90 minutes, police said. 14 for a probable cause conference, WHMI reported.SUV plunges off overpass, lands on I-5 in Tacoma Garcia was taken into custody after footprints from the overpass matched his shoes, state police said.Ī judge set Garcia’s bond at $50,000, which he posted, and he was released Wednesday. Garcia told the driver what had just occurred, prompting the motorist to contact Michigan State Police and give investigators his location, authorities said. I’m crazy lucky.”Īfter tossing the sandbag, state police said, Garcia fled and was later picked up by an unsuspecting passerby who drove him back to his home in Brighton. “I don’t know how I walked away from this. “It felt like I was sandblasted,” Eckley told the outlet. Michigan State Policeĭoctors later flushed sand and glass out of Eckley’s eyes, but she managed to escape the incident with no broken bones, several stitches to her right eyelid and small cuts to her face. She then found her cellphone and called 911, she said.
But it was big.”Įckley said the impact left her “totally blind” while driving 73 mph before she slammed on the brakes. “I’m thinking that wasn’t a body he threw.
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“A split second later, I’m like my mouth is full of dirt,” Eckley recalled. She told she saw Garcia on the overpass as she drove to her Livonia home. The woman, identified Friday as Cindy Eckley, was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries. Garcia then found several 40-pound sandbags and “began throwing them” from the overpass in an effort to hit passing vehicles, state police said. Don’t do it!”Īn investigation revealed that Garcia crashed his truck on Interstate 96 near Old Plank Road before leaving his vehicle and walking up to the nearby Old Plank Road overpass, which was under construction, state police said. “Throwing anything on to the freeway from an overpass or the embankment can cause serious damage, injuries or death. “The victim was very lucky she wasn’t more seriously hurt or killed,” state police tweeted. 'No recollection': Michigan woman unaware of bullet lodged in head for weekĪ Michigan man is facing up to 10 years in prison for hurling a 40-pound sandbag off an overpass that struck a woman’s car, seriously injuring her, state police said.ĭavid Garcia, 47, of Brighton, was arraigned Wednesday on one count of throwing objects at trains/cars causing serious impairment in the late Sunday incident on Interstate 96 in Lyon Township, where state police said a woman was fortunate to survive after one sandbag smashed through her windshield. Nearly one-third of baby formula brands out of stockįormer Cold War Air Force base up for auction 'as-is, where-is,' Professor settles for $95,000 with university after profane rant video
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