Head-On Collision On Riverside Shuts Down Street

[Jim O'Bryan]

The intersection by West Clifton and Riverside was closed for a short period of time today
because of a pretty bad accident.



A blue Honda crossed the center line, and hit another driver head on. Ironically just moments
earlier "a Small Blue Honda driving erratically on Detroit turned on to Riverside going south.."
was called out by the police. The driver of a white van had followed the person, and thought
they were a danger to the community, driving all erratically.

As he turned onto Riverside Drive, the driver of the blue Honda swerved back and forth
appearing to be having a serious problem. He then hit the concrete retaining wall which stopped him from going over the cliff into the Emerald Canyon. He then recovered briefly
before crossing the center-line into oncoming traffic where the other driver had ZERO
time to react.

Luckily, no serious injuries. The driver of the blue Honda was taken to the
hospital with a broken leg. The other driver was shaken up with contusions.

When you see the cars, there were both very lucky.




The driver of the white van talking with police and fire.







As always, good work, Lakewood Fire and Police Departments!

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[Stan Austin]

When you see crumpled cars that way it is actually a visual demonstration of crash design working. The cars are absorbing the impact and crushing at a predetermined rate.
Instead of a broken leg, this might have been much more serious 30 years ago.

[Jim O'Bryan]

Male in Blue Honda about 50, male in other car in his 20s as described by people there.

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[Bill Burnett]

[quote="Stan Austin"]When you see crumpled cars that way it is actually a visual demonstration of crash design working. The cars are absorbing the impact and crushing at a predetermined rate.
Instead of a broken leg, this might have been much more serious 30 years ago.[/quote]

Absolutely correct. If these cars were built in the 60's there probably would have been serious injuries if not worse. One also wonders if the person with the broken leg was wearing his seat belt.