On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:31:47 GMT, "Skip Elliott Bowman"
> wrote:

>Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while crossing a
>bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. This despite huge signs
>telling drivers specifically not to do that because the grating is slippery
>when wet. Her SUV started sliding, hit the guardrail at maybe 35-40 pm,
>smashed through, and plunged 60 straight down into 55 feet of muddy water.
>She escaped the car after it hit bottom and was able to swim to the top,
>with only cuts and bruises.
>
>Her insurance is billing her $5k for repairing costs to the grating, plus
>whatever the cost of dredging her car off the bottom. She swears she was
>not speeding and wasn't distracted. Maybe the guardrail jumped up and bit
>her car, then parted so she could drive through. Here's the story--you
>decide:
>
>http://www.oregonlive.com/search/ind...oregonian?fpfp
>
>
>
Your narrative and the story you link to do not agree.
Where did you get your information?

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Bill Funk
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