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Uploaded: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 12:36 PM
Man plows car into tree
Police: Seizure is suspected cause of serious-injury crash
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by Nick Veronin
Mountain View Voice Staff
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 | A man is in a local hospital with life-threatening injuries after he crashed his car into a tree in the 400 block of Bernardo Avenue on Monday morning.
Investigators believe that the man, who crashed his blue Mini Cooper into a tree in front of a technology company located at 440 Bernardo Ave. on Dec. 10 at about 9 a.m., likely suffered from a seizure behind the wheel that caused him to lose control of his vehicle and smash into a tree at a speed that one witness estimated to be about 50 mph.
The witness, a Mountain View resident, said the motorist's vehicle began to list slightly in one direction and slow down. "I thought the guy might be slowing down to look at addresses on buildings," the witness said.
As the witness made a move to drive around the Mini Cooper, he looked in the driver's side window and saw that the man's "eyes were rolled back into his head," and he was twitching. "Then his arms went straight out," the witness said, speculating that the man's legs did the same.
Mountain View Police Department traffic investigators have a similar theory, according to Sgt. Sean Thompson, the department's public information officer. He said a full report on the accident has not been written, but noted that officials suspect a seizure was the cause of the crash.
"Those Mini Coopers go!" the witness said -- meaning that they accelerate quickly. He said the car gathered speed for about 500 feet before hitting the tree.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by MV Resident, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood, on Dec 12, 2012 at 2:40 pm Yikes, best wishes for a speedy recovery for this man. I'm glad no one else was injured.
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Posted by USA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Dec 12, 2012 at 6:39 pm That could have been any one of us.
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Posted by MV, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Dec 12, 2012 at 11:52 pm This happened right in front of our office. The car just narrowly missed
hitting a light pole by inches, took out our sign, then ran into the tree.
Hope the guy recovers fully. It was a bad accident, but could have gone
a lot worse if the car would have taken another path (ex: run into the building).
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Posted by Commuter, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood, on Dec 13, 2012 at 9:30 am The crash was horrible. MV is right - it could have been worse had the car hit a pedestrian, or another car head on, or flipped over, or plowed into a building.
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Posted by Me, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood, on Dec 13, 2012 at 12:32 pm Coulda, woulda, shoulda. No one else got injured except for this guy.
No need to go through a 'what if' scenario.
I hope the guy survives and isn't incapacitated going forward.
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Posted by old friend , a resident of another community, on Dec 15, 2012 at 2:19 pm Get well my friend. - K
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Posted by Sparty, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood, on Dec 18, 2012 at 3:06 pm 50mph on Bernardo.
looks like somebody learned a lesson.
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Posted by Bill, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood, on Jan 9, 2013 at 3:41 pm Hey Sparty,
Read the story - the driver had a seizure. What was his lesson - don't get sick? Your callous comment is disgusting.
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