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Injury crash overturns car in Waverly Park

Original post made on May 2, 2018

A two-vehicle crash in the prompted a major emergency response in the quiet Waverly Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after the collision flipped one of the vehicles upside-down, forcing emergency crews to extract one of the passengers, according to one witness.


Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 12:55 PM

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Posted by Daneel
a resident of Gemello
on May 2, 2018 at 2:23 pm

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From the article: "Los Altos Hills resident Scott Wills, who was at the scene, told the Voice that emergency crews had to extract one woman trapped in the vehicle using the Jaws of Life, and was later transported to Stanford Hospital."

Why was Scott Wills transported to the hospital? Or did you mean to write something different? ;-)


Posted by Wow
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on May 2, 2018 at 2:28 pm

I'm guessing that the Ford does not get flipped like that unless someone was way over the posted speed limit.


Posted by David K
a resident of North Whisman
on May 2, 2018 at 3:35 pm

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@Daneel - great grammatical comment! "Eats, shoots, and leaves" vs "Eats shoots and leaves"...

@Wow - depending on whether or not the top-heavy SUV was struck by another vehicle or not, your "guess" may be inaccurate....


Posted by Professional experience.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on May 2, 2018 at 4:01 pm

No way. No way both were going 25. Uh-uh. It didn't happen that way.


Posted by David K
a resident of North Whisman
on May 2, 2018 at 4:21 pm

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@Professional experience,
As F=MA (Force = Mass x Acceleration), a 2-3 ton vehicle traveling at 25 mph can generate a pretty good "punch". Sufficient to knock over a brick wall, punch thru the wall of a house, or potentially tip over a top-heavy SUV. I have no idea how fast these two vehicles were going, but see no reason to discount the reported 25 mph. Just sayin'.....


Posted by Professional experience.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on May 2, 2018 at 4:39 pm

Nope. 100% sure. We'll just have to disagree. The driver knows.
Oh sure, anything can be argued, as we see here, but I'm already right so it's a moot point.


Posted by I heard....
a resident of Waverly Park
on May 2, 2018 at 5:49 pm

I heard that the Suburban was driving down Levin. The other car ran the stop sign going from Sun Mor onto Doverton.
Suburban did not have too much time to even hit the brakes, as they were so close to the intersection.
Suburban driver was sent to hospital with broken arm. Hope the other person is OK.


Posted by Stop sign running a dope
a resident of Stierlin Estates
on May 2, 2018 at 8:50 pm

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