Sheriff's Squad Car meets junk maple on Greenwood Road.
I wrote of the July 21, 2010, Greenwood Road accident that went from two cars to three when a Sheriff’s Squad Car ended up crashing into what looks like a pretty good sized junk maple.
Air bags were deployed all around and the windshield had spider webbing throughout.
The Bull Valley Police Report had the “over $1,500” damage box checked.
Take a look at these photos I extracted from the 173 sent me and tell me how much over $1,500 you think the cost will be to make this 2004 Chevrolet Impala whole.
Or, is it off the junk yard?
Two badly damaged car. Behind the truck of the car on the road can be seen the damaged squad car. Click to enlarge any image.
This Grand Am is in really bad shape.
I told my son that the Grand Am looked like a Transformer.
The pole won.
Another view of the car that crashed into a pole. You see but one of the squad cars that were at the scene.
Sheriff's Deputy Dooly took a number of shots of the squad car's tracks in the mowed grass. Many included pieces of one or more cars. Note three more squad cars in the upper left hand portion of the photograph.
The view closer to the squad car that hit the massive tree.
Squad car 558 sits immobolized at Walnut Ridge Farm's entrance.
The passenger side doors seems to have escaped damage, but the front end hasn't.
The front end is badly damaged.
Metal versus wood. Wood wins this time.
The doors on the driver's side appear to require replacing. New decals reading "McHenry County Sheriff" will be needed, too.
And, the front end of the driver's side of the squad. Boy, will it need major repair.
I don't think I have ever seen a hole as big as the one in this rear tire on the driver's side.
Another view of the front end damage on the passenger side of the car.
It was clean-up time. A wrecker for one of the civilian cars had arrived.
There were lots of photos of marks on Greenwood Road. I am certain they would mean something to a police officer, but they don’t to me so I am not putting up for you to see.
Certainly a brave and heroic move by the deputy driving the emergency vehicle, probably saved lives. Truthfully, who cares about the almost 7 model year old police cruiser with Im sure, tons of miles.
Cant put a price on the lives this deputy undoubtably saved including his own. Well done Deputy!
I’m curious how fast the squad car was traveling north on Greenwood Road with its emergency lights and siren in use. 75MPH? 85MPH? There is probably a black box in the car. When will the read-out be available? Due to its age, the 2004 squad car is a total loss. It’s a wonder it was still around. I guess the new guys get the old cars. The deputy did a good job riding it out as straight as possible. Good job on getting the photos, Cal.
ONCE AGAIN GUS IS TRYING TO PLACE THE BLAME FOR THIS ACCIDENT ON THE OFFICER-THE RESULTS OF THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SHOW THAT THEIR IMPACT WAS SO VIOLENT THAT IT PUSHED ONE CAR INTO THE PATH OF THE SQUAD IN A SPLIT SECOND.HIS DISTANCE TRAVELED UNTIL HITTING THE TREE IS NOT REALLY THAT FAR. GUS IS EXPECTING A MCSO REPORT ON THIS ACCIDENT WHEN IT WAS CLEARLY A BULL VALLEY REPORT. ALL MSCO COMMANDERS HAVE TO DO IS GET A COPY FROM BULL VALLEY TO SEE WHAT THE DEPUTY SAID. THIS WAS A SIMPLE ACCIDENT, WITH A SIMPLE SET OF HAPPENINGS, AND, DESPITE HIS RANTINGS AND RAVINGS, JUST NOT WORTHY OF AS MUCH DETAIL RELEASE AS HE WANTS. MOVE ON TO YOUR NEXT TIRADE; I AGREE WITH DAVID BACHMANN; GREAT JOB OF DRIVING SKILLS DEPUTY
AZ SUPPORTER misleads readers, if he thinks that MCSD won’t make its own investigation of this crash. Bull Valley PD made the initial report (if you can call it that).
This crash is, if nothing else, a valuable training opportunity for all deputies. It is worth every bit of the detail I suggest, and more. When you study mistakes, if there were any, you improve operations. The errors of the other two drivers does not mean, automatically, that there were no errors by the deputy. There may not have been but, if there were, they need to be addressed.
This was no “simple” accident.
This accident could have been much, much worse. I agree with Dave.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE, BUT WASN’T. “THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN” ERRORS ON THE DEPUTY’S PART-IN GUS’S MIND, THERE ALWAYS ARE ERRORS ON A DEPUTY’S PART. GUS WOULD SEE A CONSPIRACY IN THE MOON COMING UP.
OF COURSE THE DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK INTO THE ACCIDENT-AN INTERNAL “LOOK-SEE” AND CORRECTIONS, IF NECESSARY, OF ANY ERRORS.
I MISSLEAD NOTHING- I JUST DON’T THINK EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IS ALWAYS WRONG.