Coffee drinker runs red light

Saturday morning we were awakened when #2 son’s dog jumped in bed with us as he was leaving for work. We both had a lot to do, so after a few minutes we decided maybe we should get up. Before we could even get down stairs to start the coffee, #2 called to say that he had been T-boned on 119th. He said he was okay, but that his car was probably totaled. So we threw on some clothes as quick as we could and headed out the door.

It seems that this other driver (coffee drinker - the CD) had dropped his daughter off at a debate tournament and was returning home. He was south-bound on Nall. As he approached the intersection at 119th he decided this would be a good time to take a drink of his coffee. He didn’t notice that the light was red or that there was someone stopped in the right lane waiting for it to turn green. It might have worked out okay for him except that #2 happened to be proceeding through the intersection on a green light.

After the impact the CD ended up facing northwest. #2 was pushed across 6 lanes and the median, taking out a median caution sign on the way. He is very fortunate that the impact was on the passenger side and that no one was riding there. The Xterra held together and didn’t roll but even the floor board is buckled. It was a great little SUV; tough as nails.

We will be interested to see how the resolution of this claim goes.

Below is the debis field and the median that #2 went over before he got stopped. The CD's car can be seen in the distance.

And here is the front of the CD's car.

Good bye Xterra. You were a good ride while you lasted.