Sneezing.....

Accidents can occur for a myriad of reasons. What occurred before this accident has happened to us when driving once. That we started sneezing for no apparent reason. Thankfully, no other motorists were near us or possibly an accident could have occurred. Here is a recent incident:

Indiana State Police (ISP) say a rollover crash in northern Indiana happened because the driver suffered from a fit of sneezing.

The accident happened in Lake County on morning in October 2019. ISP said the driver was exiting from Interstate 80/94 when he was hit by a spell of sneezing and coughing.

The driver told troopers when he opened his eyes thought he saw a passenger car next to him and swerved to avoid it. That move caused the trailer, loaded with 30,000 pounds of aluminum, to sway and overturn.

The driver was treated for non-life threatening injuries at a hospital. No one else was hurt.

The roadway was closed nearly six hours while crews off-loaded and uprighted the truck.

We pray that the injured driver recovers fully from his injuries.

When we had our sneezing fit while driving thankfully no other motorists were nearby. In the future, we wonder if the best procedure would be to immediately engage the vehicles emergency flashers and slow down. As unique as this incident was, most of us can understand or relate to the truck driver sneezing repeatedly and opening his eyes and being shocked to see a vehicle nearby.

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