Apr 10, 2007

Nighty Night

So my Monday is going along fairly smoothly. I am resigned to the fact that I will not be able to get at much done as I had intended. I delivered Elkridge, MD; Bridgeport, NJ;Lumberton, NJ; and Bristol, PA.. My next stop is Brooklyn.... It is 2:30 pm and Brooklyn stops receiving at 3pm...

I have been lusting for a nice nap for the past few hours and decided to go ahead and indulge myself... I pull off at the Woodrow Wilson service plaza on the Jersey Turnpike and succumb to the desires of my heart.

After a quick snooze, I wake up and as I am sitting in the driver's seat a man approaches my Truck.. He asks me if the traffic is moving yet? HUH??

I look over towards the road and notice a massive parking lot on the interstate.. He proceeds to tell me of the accident ahead and I get on the CB to ask for the information he has requested of me....

While I was sleeping, it seems there was a major malfunction... Some cars were slowing, and others were not including a Car Hauler.. The ones who were stopped got rammed into by several other vehicles and the Car Hauler jack-knifed while trying to get stopped. The car hauler pinned a pick-up truck against the median wall..

Nope, traffic is not moving.. The Turnpike is shut down and I believe there might have been a fatality...

Um, I think I will go back to sleep now!!

4 comments:

maddie said...

geesh. well, i hope you got an extra long nap in! those are just the best!!

Sally said...

All I could think of during your story was how my baby (aka Sally Saab) traveled on a car hauler from CA to KS, and how FREAKED out I would be if that car hauler would have gotten in an accident...of course, I should have been thinking about the fatality, I guess.

I'm glad you pulled off for a nap and didn't get in the middle of it!

lioux said...

I could never be a trucker.

I Loathe, Loathe, Loathe traffic.

Terry said...

Lioux, traffic sux!!

Shell, how about a 4 hour nap?? It did kind of make it tough to go back to sleep later that night, but I guess I really needed it more that afternoon..

Sally, I was informed that the cars on the top layer of the car hauler came off.. YIKES!! But actually, Big Truck accidents are not as common as you would think, they are just usually more destructive.. Glad Sally Saab made it to her new home!!!