Car crash caused by makeshift windshield wiper in heavy rain, Texarkana TX
TrafficA driver caused a traffic accident at New Boston Road and Robinson Road by using a string to operate broken windshield wipers during heavy rain, leading to a collision with the car ahead.
Audio|Source: Amateur Radio in Texarkana
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Transcript:
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I worked an accident on New Boston Road and Robinson Road.
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The woman said she could not see out of her windshield.
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It was raining very hard.
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Then I looked closer.
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It was not the rain that was so bad, but her windshield wipers did not work electrically,
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and she had a string tied to the driver's side, out the window,
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to the driver side windshield wiper,
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and had the other end of the string tied out the passenger door and tied to that windshield wiper and just went back and forth, and I guess she got...
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going too far or too fast or whatever and hit the car in front of her.
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Location mentioned:
N Robison Rd & New Boston Rd, Texarkana, TX 75501
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