Quite a ride

Thursday, November 30, 2006

A minivan rests in a canyon just south of the railroad on Federal Avenue in McCook on Wednesday, after going out of control on slippery pavement. Fern Mosier, 47, Oberlin, was wearing her seatbelt, was apparently not seriously injured and declined transportation to the hospital. The van was eastbound from Federal to South Street when the driver reportedly applied the brakes, which caused the vehicle to slide sideways, jumping the curb and landing in the ditch, amid broken slabs of concrete. "Had the concrete not been there, the vehicle would have overturned," said Officer Troy Fulgham, one of the responding officers. A passing city employee saw the track marks and discovered the vehicle, which was not easily visible from the street.

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