A couple says theyB次元官网网址檙e lucky to be alive after dozens of power lines fell on the Seattle street they were driving on, with one wooden public utility pole striking their SUV.
B次元官网网址淚f it had hit the glass rather than the roof, it would have just come through,B次元官网网址� Tom Cook said in an interview with KOMO-TV . B次元官网网址淎nd the firefighters said the same thing, had it hit to the left or the right, it would have come down on one of us.B次元官网网址�
He and wife Linda Cook were driving in their Ford Edge on Friday when wooden poles on the west side of the six-lane road started collapsing and one impaled their SUV.
READ MORE:
The crash was so sudden that they said they didnB次元官网网址檛 realize what had happened and called out to each because the pole that separated them blocked their view of each other.
B次元官网网址淪eeing the photos of the vehicle, if I had seen those photos as a bystander or after the fact and I looked at the photos, I would have said somebody died in the car,B次元官网网址� Tom Cook said. Live wires were strewn all over the road that abuts SeattleB次元官网网址檚 Museum of Flight and King CountyB次元官网网址檚 Boeing Field airport.
It took about an hour for emergency crews to turn off the power and safely extract the couple from the vehicle.
READ MORE:
They were taken to Harborview Medical Center and treated and released the same night. Tom Cook left with five stitches but otherwise they only suffered cuts and bruises.
Seattle City Light said it is investigating what happened and said the poles were fully inspected just three years ago.
The Associated Press
Like us on Facebook and follow us on .
