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Old March 30th 13, 04:27 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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Default Family Survives High-Speed Crash Caused by Hogs

On 3/29/2013 7:15 AM, gpsman wrote:
> Family Survives High-Speed Crash Caused by Hogs
>
> By ELVIRA SAKMARI and RAY VILLEDA NBCDFW.com
> updated 3/28/2013 11:17:51 PM ET
>
> A North Texas family wants everyone to know about the real dangers of
> driving along one of Texas' newest toll roads — and it has nothing to
> do with the 85-mph speed limit.
>
> Jackie Anderson, of Mount Vernon, says her family was driving on Texas
> Highway 130 near Austin at about midnight last Friday when they hit 25
> to 30 feral hogs crossing the highway.
>
> "All of a sudden, it seems like I was 100 feet when I noticed them — a
> pack of wild feral hogs," said her husband, David Anderson.
>
> Their SUV rolled 10 times.
>

SUV rolling - what a surprise. </sarcasm>

> "We must have rolled and flipped for 300 feet before the car landed on
> [the] driver's side," David Anderson said.
>
> The family, including their 5-week-old granddaughter survived the
> crash,[...]


Too bad - need people like this out of the gene pool.

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