Ever wonder what happens if wrecking ball breaks loose?

[RamboLiberal]

Meadville police said the episode began around 9:45 a.m. about 3,600 feet away, near Allegheny College's Pelletier Library, where a crane was demolishing part of the building. That's where the cable holding the 3-foot-diameter wrecking ball snapped, starting its downhill tumble from the college to the town.

Police said crane operator Robby L. Boring, 28, of Meadville, was injured when he tried to stop the wrecking ball by throwing bricks in front of it.

As it gained momentum, the wrecking ball rumbled from the campus along North Main Street, pinballing back and forth across the street, hitting nine parked cars and damaging curbs with each impact.

By the time it reached Mr. Habay's car at North Main and Randolph streets, it had gained enough momentum to crush the trunk into the back seat, showering Mr. Habay with glass and pushing his car into the two cars in front of him. The fourth car in line was a Meadville police cruiser.

Mr. Habay, Mr. Boring and a second driver, Junior White, 67, of Meadville, were treated and released at Meadville Medical Center.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07191/800583-85.stm

STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear RamboLiberal!

I'd say Nothing good happens!

Wow.......now that's scary......:scared:

[SeattleGirl]

2. The cop looks a bit bemused in that photo (the car,of course, does not).

Good thing no one was seriously hurt.

[petronius]

3. Wow, I wish I could have seen that!

It looks like that cop is trying really hard not to laugh - the driver of that car is pretty lucky (especially that there was no one in the back seat)...

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Reminds me a bit of skeeball.

[Suich]

5. He threw bricks in front of a 1500 lb. wrecking ball to stop it???

I guess he had to try something...glad no one was hurt.

[Richard Steele]

8. Sounds like it was rolling slowly down the street.

Throwing bricks in front of it would SEEM like
a good thing to try under the circumstances, but
the MASS of that ball would just keep it rolling,
albeit slowly.

I'm reminded of a few VERIFIED incidents from the Civil War,
where soldiers positioned waaay far back from the front lines
saw "spent" cannonballs ROLLING towards them, and stuck out a
foot to stop them...
and went hobbling home minus a foot.

[idgiehkt]

6. wow, these strange news stories just keep popping up

that is the oddest one I've seen since this one about the kid in the wheelchair getting stuck on the front of a tractor trailer.



http://blog.pennlive.com/bizarrebazaar/2007/06/wheelchair_versus_tractor_trai.html

edit: the look on that cops face in the photo in the OP just says it all, lol.

[Richard Steele]

7. I've been to that library. It's not that old; I wonder why they're demolishing it?

And, I have to go off-topic here because I have a certain fascination
with "funny names". I come by it naturally, y'know.

"Bob Boring"? That's a keeper!
I should talk him into moving to Durham and starting a band with me!