This morning, just as I was about to walk down to Corralitas from the Red Car Property when I heard a large crash, followed by screeching wheels as an out-of-control car blew through the loose dirt and debris in the slope below the southbound 2 Freeway. The car was moving so fast I fully expected it to fly between the eucalyptus trees & land on the Red Car Property. The dust was 25 feet in the air. I was grateful it wasn't a big rig truck.
When the dust cleared, the couple was able to walk away. They said they were OK. The male driver said he hit a big dip & his suspension was not good & he lost control. I think it could have been a lot worse. They called for a tow truck. No one driving by on the 2 Freeway bothered to stop & offer help.
I hung around for about 10 minutes as initially smoke was coming from under the rear of the car. There is a large accumulation of dead branches & debris on the slope, I wanted to make sure we weren't going to have a fire.
When you live above a freeway you do get used to the sound of crashing cars. You also know the sounds of bad crashes - this one sounded much worse than it was. Fire & injuries are of more concern with serious accidents like cars flipping over, cars on fire, sig alerts, brush fires and of course the tanker that blew up on the 2 & 5 Interchange & somehow sent a piece of hot debris through a neighbor's window (yep, really happened).
