I'm Stumped

[AchingBack]

I'm sure these folks won't try this at home, (again). Roseburg couple injured while removing yard stump | The News-Review - NRtoday.com
A Roseburg couple's attempt to remove a stump from their yard sent both of them to the hospital when a cable stretched across their neighborhood road was struck by a vehicle, causing the stump to bolt out of the ground and strike both of them.

Stephen McKisick, 66, tied a small cable around the stump in his yard in the 3100 block of Chateau Avenue and attached the other end to his pickup just after 6 p.m. Tuesday. He drove across the street and into his neighbor's driveway in an attempt to pull the stump out leaving a small, barely visible cable stretched across the road, police said.

Shanna Cooley, 38, of Roseburg was driving a 2004 Ford Expedition down the two-lane, residential street and didn't see the cable. Her vehicle hit the cable, causing the stump to come out of the ground.

Police said the stump hit Stephen McKisick's wife, Susan, who was standing near it, causing serious injuries to her hip and pelvic area. The stump continued on, striking the McKisick home and Stephen McKisick, who had gotten out of his vehicle.

The stump knocked Stephen McKisick down, causing him to strike his head on the sidewalk.

Both were transported by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center, where Stephen McKisick was treated and released. Susan McKisick was transferred to Sacred Heart Hospital at RiverBend in Springfield, where she was listed as a patient this morning. Her condition was unavailable.

Stephen McKisick said this morning his wife was 電oing OK but declined to comment on the accident.

Roseburg police Sgt. Aaron Dunbar said a misdemeanor traffic charge of reckless endangering may be filed against Stephen McKisick, though a decision hasn't been made.

典here were a number of mistakes made. There are plenty of things that could have been done differently to prevent this from happening. It's a real tragedy, Dunbar said.

Dunbar said there was no indications the driver did anything wrong. Her vehicle sustained minor damage.

 

[beenthere]

Could almost make a blonde joke out of this one.

Just can't protect everyone from doing stupid/dumb things.
But guess it did accomplish getting the stump out.

 

[dave1949]

One of those 'fact is stranger than fiction' events.

The moral of this story is don't get **** about stumps. :laughing:

I don't mess with anything within reach of the road. I don't have a flagman, traffic cones, etc. So, I wait for the right equipment to be present.
Dave.

 

[consaka]

This is the kind of thing that makes me believe that some people are just dumber then bricks. It would be hazardous to cross your driveway with a cable like that but a county road? geeeez. Where is that "I'm stupid sign"? should have been attached to that cable, their car, the stump, and their shirts. See then that driver would have known to be extra careful. She could have stopped had lunch all the while being entertained by stupid people and their hazardous exploits.
Next thing you know we will have even more laws hit the books because of these, said, "stupid people".
I just hate ..... well you get the point.



Roseburg?, probably drugs and alcohol involved. That is the drug capital of Oregon.

 

[brin]

This is the kind of thing that makes me believe that some people are just dumber then bricks. It would be hazardous to cross your driveway with a cable like that but a county road? geeeez. Where is that "I'm stupid sign"? should have been attached to that cable, their car, the stump, and their shirts. See then that driver would have known to be extra careful. She could have stopped had lunch all the while being entertained by stupid people and their hazardous exploits.
Next thing you know we will have even more laws hit the books because of these, said, "stupid people".
I just hate ..... well you get the point.



Roseburg?, probably drugs and alcohol involved. That is the drug capital of Oregon.

Amen - You said it all !:thumbsup:

 

[MoKelly]

Wow, talk about strange.

The stump came out of the ground and, (a) hit the wife who was near the stump, (b) hit the house (c) traveled across the road and (d) hit the husband who was standing in the neighbors driveway next to his truck.

This was a not so smart thing to do but unbelievable bad luck was also involved. Talk about being in the wrong places at the wrong times.

MoKelly

 

[Mace Canute]

This reminds me of the saying "If stupidity isn't expensive, it should at least be painful."

Sounds like it was both in this case.

"Roseburg police Sgt. Aaron Dunbar said a misdemeanor traffic charge of reckless endangering may be filed against Stephen McKisick, though a decision hasn't been made."

Wanna bet there'd be no doubt about that if he was the driver that hit the cable?

Those two old fools were lucky no innocent person was injured or killed.

consaka, I'm with you on the signage deal! lol

 

[Skyco]

Amazingly dumb....
I remember an incident many years ago where a local utility worker was running a line across a road with the rolled up cable on his shoulder...car hit it and removed his arm.

 

[Mace Canute]

Amazingly dumb....
I remember an incident many years ago where a local utility worker was running a line across a road with the rolled up cable on his shoulder...car hit it and removed his arm.

Back when I worked on a line crew for the provincial electrical utility, stringing conductor across a roadway, any roadway, was always a real challenge. Most drivers would slow down to a decent speed, but some would just blow through the work site at full speed, even with cops sitting there in a patrol car with their lights going. One time a car blasted by me, running over the conductor as I kept my foot on it trying to hold it down (at least on my side of the car) and a good hundred yards PAST me, hit the brakes and came to a screeching halt. A little late methinks... Another time I was the designated Flagman at another site and trying to get a particular car to take notice of me, waving a big hand held stop sign up to them. Whacked their passenger side mirror as they roared past but they never slowed a bit, not even any brake lights.

 

[rd_macgregor]

Back when I worked on a line crew for the provincial electrical utility, stringing conductor across a roadway, ... Another time I was the designated Flagman at another site and trying to get a particular car to take notice of me, waving a big hand held stop sign up to them. Whacked their passenger side mirror as they roared past but they never slowed a bit, not even any brake lights.

I wonder if somebody couldn't make a light, portable, speed bump to throw out across the road in these situations, just to encourage folks to slow down?
Maybe it wouldn't work, though...this guy's cable didn't even do the trick!!

BOB

 

[Qapla]

A few years back, I stopped to help with an accident. I was directing traffic. The road was blocked in one lane on our side of the median.

A State Trooper showed up and pulled a little in front of where I was. He left his blue light flashing and proceeded to get his reflective vest out of his car.

I tried to get an impatient man to stop while the officer came to relieve me. Instead, the man squeezed by me and hopped on tire into the median so he could also get past the police car (the police car had the door open at this time). He came real close to hitting the Trooper.

The Trooper saw him coming and closed his door (rather quickly) and stepped right in front of the mans car. The man moved further into the median and tried to get past the Trooper.

Well, the long and short of it is, the man got one ticket for failure to follow the direction of a duly appointed traffic person (me), another for failure to yield right-of-way to a police car/officer and another one for careless driving. When the man got loud about the tickets, he asked if he wanted to be arrested for attempted homicide of a police officer (after all, he almost ran the trooper over).

During this same accident, a rather large fire truck was parked in the middle of the crossover in the median (the accident was at a entrance to a hospital). When some of the people came out of the road, they insisted that the fire truck needed to move so they could turn left instead of following the direction of the officers.

Sometimes there is just no accounting for what some people do.

 

[arrow]

Hmm, I guess that movie "Idiocracy" might foretell the future at that.

 

[Ken]

In the year 1958 or 59 in Victoria Texas a crew of men were installing new cable t.v. and the steel cable had been attached to the power poles and we were attaching the coax cable to the steel cable.Several men trucks and road crossing barrier was in place a lady in newer caddy drove past men with red warning flags. around the barrier and caught the coax across the front of her car and continued down the street. The men on the poles only had enough time to lift the cable over there heads and drop or would of been yanked off the poles.
I have often wondered what this lady's husband said and the answer when she finally stopped. She took a roll of at least 500' with her.
Doesn't take old people to do dumb things.
ken

 

[ak9]

Wow a 66yo doing this tupid ... I've been injured by cable/wire strung across off road trails dirt bike riding.. fortunatly not real serious. I've had close friends really injured tho... and two killed by by decapitation, one on a motorcycle , one on snowmobile , They are so lucky that cable did not snap ...Picture Giant Weed Wacker
ak9

 

[horse7]

Wonder what they thought might happen when they attached what amounts to a giant rubber band to a stump and stretched the cable... they could probably see it stretching as tension was added... and the woman was standing near the rubber band too.

The vehicle that ran into the cable could have popped the stump and had it fly right into the driver side window, with unpleasant results for the innocent driver.

Once they get the medical bill, suddenly it will be the driver's fault if no one is cited (and found guilty), this is after all America where it is always someone else's fault!

 

[Ridgewalker]

Darwin at work?

 

[F1520]

Hmm, I guess that movie "Idiocracy" might foretell the future at that.

That's no joke, brother! If you are intelligent, have kids!

 

[CBW1999]

Methinks they would have done better with a pound of Pyrodex and a short fuse- at least they would have been standing next to each other:thumbsup:

In my many years as a medic, I saw many unbelievable things...not just the reason we were called. One day, when I was assigned to the rescue truck, we went to a car crash- into the guard rails.

These were the cable type, and the car was hung up on the real good (into the grill, front end and wheel well). The car displaced the cables several feet, but the end posts did not fail.

When the tow truck driver got there, he actually wanted to use a cutting torch on the cables to free up the car BEFORE moving it

Talk about "rubber band' situation. Although he protested, we prevented him from doing it (with the help of law enforcement). In the end, the car came off the cables rather easily, but the tow truck operator still didn't understand why we wouldn't let him do it his way. The captains reply-"Because you're a F***ing idiot- that's why" That finally shut him up.

Admittedly, we all have done something at one time or another (or frequently:confused2 that was not too bright. Unfortunately, with this stump pulling exercise, people got hurt. I thank God for all the times I was spared injury

 

[The Haymaker]

I wonder if somebody couldn't make a light, portable, speed bump to throw out across the road in these situations, just to encourage folks to slow down?
Maybe it wouldn't work, though...this guy's cable didn't even do the trick!!

BOB

It'd do no good. Anyone who has had to protect a 2" or 4" hose across the road at a fire scene knows that people have a narrow field of vision in The World of Them.