Valentines abyss...
Odd thing making my living off of other peoples' misery.
Last week - just after Valentines Day - a woman somehow wound up driving too fast and hit the right guardrail of a Freeway overpass transition road.
Her car toppled over the edge and plummeted about 75 or so feet to her death.
Just happened to be flying by and took some shots of the cleanup scene - right before the police started hooking-up what was left of her car to a tow truck.
After landing, i realized i had a couple of voicemails from an associate who works at the LA Times. He was curious if i had taken shots of the carnage and asked me to send a couple of shots to his boss for consideration.
The next day i was surprised to find they had used one of my photos to accompany the story on the front page of the California section. Turns out, it was only in the OC edition - but hey! - i'll take it!
The real odd thing about the incident is that the Highway Patrol found a small 10-month-old baby boy - still strapped into his carseat in the wreckage! He survived with only a couple of scratches!
Last week - just after Valentines Day - a woman somehow wound up driving too fast and hit the right guardrail of a Freeway overpass transition road.
Her car toppled over the edge and plummeted about 75 or so feet to her death.
Just happened to be flying by and took some shots of the cleanup scene - right before the police started hooking-up what was left of her car to a tow truck.
After landing, i realized i had a couple of voicemails from an associate who works at the LA Times. He was curious if i had taken shots of the carnage and asked me to send a couple of shots to his boss for consideration.
The next day i was surprised to find they had used one of my photos to accompany the story on the front page of the California section. Turns out, it was only in the OC edition - but hey! - i'll take it!
The real odd thing about the incident is that the Highway Patrol found a small 10-month-old baby boy - still strapped into his carseat in the wreckage! He survived with only a couple of scratches!
posted by Eye in the LA sky at 23:31
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