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Wayward driver triggers SF commuter nightmare
KTVU.com ^ | January 19, 2012 | KTVU And Wires

Posted on 01/19/2012 5:49:37 PM PST by 6SJ7

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A driver drove into a MUNI Metro subway tunnel early Thursday, stalling his SUV about half a mile down the tracks, triggering a mass transit nightmare for San Francisco commuters.

Scott Mitchell, 40, of Sebastapol, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, driving on train tracks and failure to obey a traffic sign, San Francisco police Officer Albie Esparza said.

Muni spokesman Paul Rose says an SUV entered a tunnel on Church Street shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday and drove eastward almost to the Van Ness Station. The driver stopped when the SUV got stuck in a narrow tunnel.


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KEYWORDS: 2disruptacity; drunk; easy; itis; itisthateasy2disrupt; subway; suv
It's going to be tough to explain this one to the insurance company.
1 posted on 01/19/2012 5:49:45 PM PST by 6SJ7
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To: 6SJ7

Maybe he thought he was Jerry, the guy from the insurance commercials with the car up the pole (and through the garage wall).


2 posted on 01/19/2012 5:56:11 PM PST by susannah59
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To: susannah59

He just thought he was having tunnel vision and
decided to keep going.


3 posted on 01/19/2012 6:00:10 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 6SJ7

But he arrived on schedule.


4 posted on 01/19/2012 6:01:14 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (MuniSuv`s? ? ? Who knew?)
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To: susannah59
Maybe he thought he was Jerry, the guy from the insurance commercials with the car up the pole (and through the garage wall).

LOL...LOVE the Jerry commercials!


5 posted on 01/19/2012 6:02:08 PM PST by Azzurri
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To: 6SJ7

Having lived there and ridden on that MUNI line; what a hoot!

Not funny however for the massive disruption it would have caused for commuters.

Kind of scary to think how this could be done with destructive intent.


6 posted on 01/19/2012 6:05:04 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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To: tet68

Muni shouldn`t talk:

``Jun 16, 2008 ... 16 people were injured as two SF Muni trains collided outside AT&T Park. ...
Sixteen people were injured when the trains crashed into each other at 4th ...``


7 posted on 01/19/2012 6:09:23 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (Muni`s colliding in broad daylight? ? ? Who knew?)
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To: 6SJ7
From my vantage, there is no excuse for even BEING in the SF bay area.

It's not that far from moi, but I haven't been in years and years, and have zero intention of ever returning, ever.

(Recall that Nancy Pelosi hails from there, and these are the fungi that named a sewage plant after President Dubya.)

.

8 posted on 01/19/2012 6:16:43 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: 6SJ7

If he ever goes to AA, he’ll have a good drunk story to tell.


9 posted on 01/19/2012 6:28:52 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: 6SJ7

Mitchell + San Francisco + Camera = ????


10 posted on 01/19/2012 6:36:56 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Romney ruined Massachusetts. Now he wants to ruin the nation.)
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To: Azzurri
More like this guy...

11 posted on 01/19/2012 6:40:44 PM PST by sjm_888
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To: Pearls Before Swine

“If he ever goes to AA, he’ll have a good drunk story to tell.”

That’s funny.

And very true.


12 posted on 01/19/2012 6:47:01 PM PST by trumandogz
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To: Seaplaner
(Recall that Nancy Pelosi hails from there, and these are the fungi that named a sewage plant after President Dubya.)

The sewage plant thing was on the ballot but lost 70-30.

13 posted on 01/19/2012 7:18:01 PM PST by rogue yam
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To: Seaplaner
(Recall that Nancy Pelosi hails from there,

Nancy Pelosi is from Baltimore, Maryland. Her father was democratic mayor there. And her brother was also mayor. She didn't get to SF until 1969, when a horde of liberals descended on SF. Prior to the mid-1960s, SF was rock-solid Republican, from before WWI. Liberalism is a disease that is everywhere!

14 posted on 01/19/2012 7:27:03 PM PST by roadcat
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15 posted on 01/19/2012 9:07:11 PM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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