Woman Drives on Snow-Covered Median at Highway Speeds: ‘Lights Are on But Nobody’s Home’
- Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:18pm by
Liz Klimas
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Morning rush hour earlier this week in a Pennsylvania township was a bit scary — and confusing — for commuters as the watched a 2009 Kia drive at highway speeds on the I-81 snow-covered median.
Watch the footage shot on a cell phone (Warning: Some strong language):
The local ABC news, which picked up on the YouTube footage captured by Shawn Lucas, reports that first responders state the 61-year-old woman in the vehicle was having a diabetic emergency at the time:
“I would just say it like this — the lights are on but nobody’s home. Meaning, your eyes are open, you’re wide awake, but you don‘t realize what’s going on around you,” Fife said. “And from the video that I watched, that has to be what’s happening.”
The woman was taken to Community General Hospital, where she remained Monday night.
At around 40 seconds into the video, the car takes a jump.
According to ABC 27, the woman was being helped out of the median earlier — Lucas said others were pushing her out — but then she jetted off.
Correction: We had originally reported that the footage was filmed by Shawn York. His name is really Shawn Lucas. Lucas also informed us that police were already on the scene during this time and that there was no need to call them.
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Comments (142)
ThankBabyJesus
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:31pmI don‘t understand what’s funny. Same with the carls jr one.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:16pmI’m with you on that.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:16pm@ThankBabyJesus
Report Post »I’m with you of that also. And call 911 of the State Police.
I did get a liitle chuckle when I realized that the person driving and the person making the video are going to make a bunch of money from KIA for a commercial. “Buy a KiA… you don’t need no stinking 4 wheel drive.”
darkloch
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:36pmYOU CAN’T FIX STUPID! there is just now way.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 3:01amIt really doesn’t say much about our society and this post-Mtv, reality show generation. These guys are complete idiots laughing away (like a real life Bevis and ******** duo). I don‘t know who’s more out of it…..the car in the median or the morons filming it and laughing away. No light bulb goes off in their head that something maybe wrong with the driver. Statements like “I want to see what happens when he hits the bridge up ahead” tells you these guys filming are sociopaths. They even laugh away thinking that driver was going to cross into oncoming traffic and get into a head on collision. Never mind that one or several people could have died. It was just too funny to these sociopaths filming to think of doing anything like honk their horn.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:38amlast time i saw something like that the driver had alzhimers and didn’t know where he was. he also wound up killing himself and a young man in another car. yep, definately not funny.
Report Post »goofyfoot2001
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:43amThe lights are on but nobody is home in the car taking the video. I’m quite sure they are the future of this liberal country unfortunately.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:56amNot funny! Why weren’t these a$$hats on the phone with 911. No, instead they were laughing like they were watching a movie! A total diconnect.
Report Post »SacKings2312
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:58amthe carls jr. one wasn’t funny. But this one is hilarious! People who are prone to doing things like this probably wouldn‘t think it’s funny…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:50amMaybe the Saudis are right about this one.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:11amIt’s a shame that our society has degenerated to the point where someone is having an emergency and others find it amusing. I have no idea what was going on with the driver – but if they had swerved into oncoming traffic somebody would have died. NOT FUNNY.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:23amIt’s not funny at all. “first responders state the 61-year-old woman in the vehicle was having a diabetic emergency.”
Report Post »rclubbe
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:05amCarls jr guy deserved what he got, and this person clearly knows what they are doing! Doing one hell of a job keeping the car IN the median..
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:39amI suppose it would have been really really funny if the driver had swerved left into oncoming traffic and several people had died. People these days do not seem to value human life or even care about other people. I guess drugs, leftist propaganda and lack of God is clearly showing these people.
Report Post »Svt4Him
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:09amNo it wouldn’t have been funny if someone had died, but no one did. Not only that, but when the guys were making the video, you have no idea if they called 911 first, and they had no idea she was hypoglycemic. If I saw a car 4×4ing in the median, I’d think it was funny as well. Add what if’s to any story and it just seems to not be funny. Why did the chicken cross the road? What if while crossing, a minivan swerved to miss it? What if that minivan was full of kids and hit a tree and they all died?
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:27amPretty funny seeing the car racing down the median, not so funny that she was having a diabetic emergency.
The Carl’s Jr. one was GREAT! The cops took out the MORON, he is DEAD, we the taxpayers will not have to pay for a trial or a lifetime of incarceration. Wish the cops took out more bad guys this way. Get them out of the gene pool before they knock up a bunch of women and have babies dependent on the state for the rest of their lives, scamming the system while “working” as criminals!
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:33am“Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand” ~Bodie Thoene
Report Post »George Patton
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 12:26pm@ everyone mad at the person filming.
Let’s not forget who the negligent one is here. This diabetic woman shows a total lack of responsibility to her fellow man. She does not keep her diabetes in check and puts the lives of everyone on the road in danger. This woman could have killed you, or your loved ones because she didn’t feel like checking her blood sugar….so let’s not cry for her negligence. This was preventable. She‘s lucky she didn’t commit manslaughter by killing a family. What is not funny is that everyone is giving her a pass…what’s not funny is that she has so little concern for her life and the lives of others by not keeping on top of her condition. Horrible.
Report Post »Bryancpe
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:56pmWell it‘s funny because it’s not everyday you see someone driving at high speed in the median. However, in hindsight, the fact that she was having a diabetic low is very scary (and a little close to home). Just lucky no one got hurt.
Report Post »scruffycat
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 3:00pmYeah when I watch that video I see some STUPID young retards, which is almost redundant these days to say young and retarded in the same sentence. I didn’t see anything funny. What is obvious to me is some driver with a problem is driving in the median, and these young punks which should be taken out and horse whipped, are speed-matching the vehicle in the fast lane not allowing the median-driver to get back onto the freeway and the proper lanes of travel. They should be arrested and thrown in jail and their license to drive revoked indefinately…
Report Post »westfayetteville
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:49amI’m with you all on this one, not very funny
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:06pmSo now phones are for “you tube videos” …….Why didn’t they call 911 FIRST!!!!!!!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 1:18amHow do you know they didnt? They could have called, reported the car, hung up and started filming.
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:48pmthe guys filming the video= IDIOTS
Report Post »Marci
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:49pmMy thoughts exactly Lynda. Doesn’t it occur to these dingleberries that someone might be in trouble?? I watched a guy in front of me one day start weaving, I knew he must have passed out…and he crossed three lanes, went through our median area which was lined with palm trees, etc. and the size of a couple of lanes, went diagonal across the oncoming lanes and crashed into a restaurant. He was having a diabetic problem as well. Luckily he was okay and no one was hurt. We couldn’t have stopped him, but MANY of us did call 911 and help was there within seconds of him crashing.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 1:20amWow… someone is flying down a snow covered median at 50MPH and the people filming it are the idiots?
Report Post »goahead.makemyday
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 9:08amJJ
Report Post »Person went into diabetic shock or some other life threatening situation. It’s obvious that something is wrong but these guys just sit back and laugh and make jokes instead of being concerned and thoughtful. THAT is why we call them idiots or better yet dou che bags.
KickinBack
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:43pmAny number of things could have happened, including her car swerving in front the idiots. Wouldn’t of been laughing then would they.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:58pmactually a pretty good kia commercial
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:44pmOh Lord, I’m so glad that no-one was hurt. It’s a good thing the first responders knew what was going on & were able to help her. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Report Post »Wyatt's Torch
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:41pmI am deeply disturbed by the reaction of the impromptu videographers in this incident and in the Carls Jr. shooting. I don’t understand what goes through the minds of people who are watching folks possibly going through the last moments of their lives and laugh at them. I am sick over the fact that these guys chose to use their phone to film instead of call 911, they used their car to keep pace instead of trying to warn or slow the car of the person in trouble.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:25pmWarn or slow? What are they supposed to do, drive into the median and try to stop her? What are the cops going to do? If they were freaking out and saying, “oh my gosh! She’s in trouble! I wish we could help!” instead of laughing, would it be okay?
They may act like ******, but there really isn’t anything they could have done. All you can do is watch.
Report Post »mdp84003
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:53pmNatural selection in real time. That is what is so funny.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 1:19amMDP… completely agree with you.
Report Post »california_red
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:38pmMy father in law is a diabetic and nearly killed my wife in a severe car accident when she was a young girl. When a diabetic has a reaction their mental facilities shut down. I witnessed him have a reaction on Thanksgiving when we were playing a game of wiffleball. It was like out of nowhere he became incapacitated and unresponsive. When someone in this condition is in control of a motor vehicle, it is deadly dangerous. People here commenting that she is using her diabetes as an excuse are dumb. I have no doubts she was out of it and everyone was in danger.
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:14pmI agree that she should have her drivers license revoked for life.
Report Post »lucyloo
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:35amno business behind a steering wheel…..i say the same thing about people who are epileptics who don’t take their medication, or for people dosing themselves with narcotics……we had a local guy cross the center median strip, make a 180 and drive head on into a pick up truck and kill 5 little kids……he got off …..why?….he claimed a “coughing” fit…….I call BS…..lets have a responsible society for a change, not a society that is so selfish that people take chances on killing others because its their supposed “right”….
Report Post »George Patton
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 12:36pm@lucy THANK YOU
I don‘t get why it’s ok to kill people if your excuse is “I forgot to check my blood sugar, so sorry I killed your family”
This woman seems to have no concern for her fellow man. All she has to do is keep her diabetes in check, but this is too much, she would rather risk the lives of others. But apparently everyone thinks she is a victim and the kids filming her negligence are evil.
Report Post »Bryancpe
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 3:11pmWhy don’t we just start up the gas chambers and put anyone who may possibly cause harm to anyone else into it? Just because someone is “controlled” doesn’t make them safe because there is always the chance of a lapse due to body chemistry, mental, or otherwise. Just execute them and solve the problem. George Patton, LucyLoo, and BSDetector have the right mindset. Way to go!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:21pmI am usually not prone to be judgmental nor am I morality cop
Report Post »But you dopes really need to grow up – pathetic
May you never experience a diabetic seizure or a heart attack or an aneurism while driving.
American_Woman
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:25pmWatching and listening to this was very disturbing. They should have called 911 and relayed what/where and stayed with her until the police caught up. Maybe they did. I hope so…
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:17pmIf they would have called they would have been saying I hope the cops get here before the bridge coming up. Instead they said, I can’t wait to see what happens when she gets to the bridge. These kids had no care for the person in the car. This type of thinking is pervasive in our country and will be the demise of the country.
Report Post »americanfirst
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:03pmI’d say that what we ridicule was quite likely and act of selflessness by a woman who likely know that she could go at any moment.
Report Post »We, not them, really have to be much more aware and sensitive to what other people may be going through.
You never really know that the person that just cut you off on the on ramp may be trying to get to their dying child or spouse or parent in a hospital. Sometimes we need to stand back and put things in perspective. This could be a teachable moment – if you let it.
KangarooJack
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:30pmIn Town, I passed a car on a double yellow-then a pickup-the pickup followed me…all the way till I pulled up to the ER entrance. I didn‘t look to see that person’s face-I was too busy holding the towel to my daughters bleeding leg.
Report Post »So yes, it is best to give the benefit of the doubt.
Mike Benton
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:02pmI’ve been type 2 diabetic for 20 years, had every high and every low and never acted this silly. I think people think diabetic when they have no other explanation.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:36pm@ Mikie:
There is a big difference between a type II diabetic (on oral meds, probably), and a type I Insulin DEPENDENT diabetic!!!
When you are insulin dependent and eat meals high in carbs (as suggested by the ADA), you inject higher amounts of insulin to cover the carbs. High amounts of insulin can bottom you out QUICKLY! If you go below tpo low (55 mol or below), you can develop very muddled thinking and can go in and out of consciousness or go into a “diabetic coma” from lack of sugar in your blood. It is a dangerous siutaiton for all involved! Good diabetes doctors suggest testing blood sugar every two hours when driving.
Learn about things before you open your mouth! And hope you are controlling your type II before you move on to type I. Check out information from Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, Hudson Valley area, NY for information on how to “normalize” your blood sugars.
Report Post »HuskerDave
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:39amMike, I had the same thought. I live with a diabetic, and recognize that the disease is being scapegoated here.
A careful reading reveals that the woman had been helped out of the median already, and then took off again into it. There’s something else going on here.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 10:58am@ huskerdave
If you have never PERSONALLY experienced the fogginess of extremely low blood sugar, you have never known the confusion it can cause, and without someone like you who see what is going on with the diabetec and keeps them from trouble, wrong “decisions” can be made and disaster can happen.
Low blood sugar “muddies” the brain, then goes to actual confusion, and finally the diabetic can pass out. But, each person reacts differently, so not all of this will happen to each person. I had never had lows into the mid and low 50′s until I started insulin but was told to continue a oral med that made me super-sensitive for the insulin. It is weird, you KNOW something is wrong but your brain won‘t identify that it is YOU that is in trouble not what’s around you! I stayed on the insulin (more contrl), stopped the oral med, eat a low carb diet so I can use only small amounts of insulin, and have never looked back–sugars under control and dropped much weight!
Hopefully this woman is fine and thankfully she didn’t hurt anyone else!
Report Post »George Patton
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 12:44pm@hillbilly
You‘re right she’s the victim here because she has the right to endanger the lives of others because she has a disease. That seems fair. If she smashes into a car and kills an infant it’s not her fault, afterall she has the right to drive no matter how much of a gamble it is for everyone else on the road. So remember everyone, if a diabetic kills your loved ones too bad for you, they wanted to drive even though it risks your life.
Report Post »CJH247
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:29pmI have lived with Type 1 Diabetes since I was 6 years old. Is it fair that since I suffer from this that I should have my license revoked? Please people. Not until you have experienced what a Diabetic emergency is, don’t belittle it. Who knows, this lady may have checked her sugar before getting into the car. Anything can trigger an episode. Educate yourself first before you begin to judge.
Report Post »George Patton
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:06am@cjh
No it’s not fair, but that has nothing to do with it. Is it fair that some people are born retarded, is it fair that some people are born blind….should we let the blind drive to make it fair? Fairness has nothing to do with who gets a drivers license.
If this woman has another episode while driving and kills someone you love, just remember, it’s only fair that she be allowed to do this. Grow up.
Report Post »CJH247
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 10:19amWell maybe your license should be revoked because who knows when you can have a heart attack.
Report Post »conservativeblackman
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:35pmIn reference to the guys recording the incident, there are far too many idiots in this country. As a nation we’re screwed!
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:19pmI would’ve recorded it. It isn’t like you can do much else about it.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:22pmDid you notice the Obama Biden 2012 sticker on her bumper.
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:56pmGood one! You truly have me in tears right now with laughter. I needed that thanks!
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:00pmbest comment winner! lol
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:14pmDiabetic emergency – HILARIOUS! I guess it never occurred to these chuckleheads that the driver might be in distress and in need of assistance.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:18pmHow would you suggest that they assist her?
Report Post »midnightvelvet
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 1:24amMaybe call 911…..d’uh
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 1:27amHow on earth would they know that??
Report Post »It’s so easy to criticize from your chair as you sit behind your computer and AFTER the facts come in.
Man, have you forgotten what is was like to be 25 and see what appears to be someone doing something stupid? Most of us would have probably responded in the same way.
WAY too many judgmental comments on this thread regarding the videographers.
rafa2design
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:13pmI wish they would have recorded more.
Report Post »dgPehrson
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:10pmThese junkies, did they ever think about trying to call the police? Those guy piss me off just by listening to them.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:18pmHow do you know they didn’t?
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:02pmBecause if they called 911, they would have been saying where are the police, there is a bridge up ahead-Not, there is a bridge up ahead, I can’t wait to see what happens.
What they said and the way they said it, shows that they have little care about another’s life.
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:08pmThe ‘First Leech’, I mean First Lady Moochelle taking the car for a spin without a driver.
First time in 26 years.
Report Post »omgfolks
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:08pmWhy all the smart a– comments? Lberal? how did the moron come up with that? Nancy Pelosi/ Anther moron? Come on folks its comments like these that show the ignorance in the world. A diabetic attack is a serious thing, someone could have died, and the comments that come up show not taste, or humanity for that matter.
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:19pmYEAH, SHOW SOME RESPECT…
It was actually Harry Reid, in drag, after a couple of brewskies.
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:01pmProbably a liberal. Just another typical mind shot day.
Report Post »HokieAirman
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:56pmI really hope, that as they were laughing and cursing that they were dialing 911. How unfortunate.
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 6:49pmActually out of the range of the video shot were cops following this scene as well, that‘s why he didn’t call 911, he KNEW they were already following her from when she was stopped at an earlier time and people were pushing her out of the median, then she again took off, and that’s when he started taping.
However, their laughing and such was totally inappropriate and had I taken that, I would have at least taken the audio out of it, but they didn’t and now they look kind of stupid. That’s how Americans and others are becoming indeed.
Instead of helping or calling 911, they video this kind of stuff with their “Smart phones” to be the next Youtube sensation since you can make some good coin on viral videos. Those “Smart” phones seem to make many of their users DUMBER AND DUMBER. :(
Report Post »valkor1958
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:37pmNancy Pelosi on her way!!!!!!!
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:36pmLooks like the Nissan commercial. Looks like a fun ride.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:34pmHerd that the driver was having a diabetic episode. my good friend has these once and a while, and he is totally out of it.
Report Post »Truth Wins Every Time
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:34pmIf the woman had wrecked and been killed, those morons laughing would no doubt keep going and laugh louder.
Report Post »smalls
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:31pmWow! Those are some amazing driving skills for having a diabetic emergency! To be able to keep the vehicle under control while flying throught the air and in at least six inces of snow she definatly owes her guardian angles a debt of gratitude!
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:31pmaverage prozac queen.
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