BACK THE BLUE: YouTube Crash

YouTube Crash
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A California Highway Patrol officer is lucky to be alive after a close call with a YouTube viewer.

The officer was responding to a three-car accident on Highway 101 in San Mateo and was parked on the shoulder. He lit some flares and closed off the right lane. Somehow, a driver in a pickup truck didn’t notice the fares or the flashing lights and managed to crash right into the back of the patrol car, narrowly missing the officer who stepped out of the way just in time.

The driver told officers he’d been watching YouTube on his phone and didn’t notice the flares or the cars on the side of the road. Amazingly, he wasn’t hurt. It’s unclear what charges he’s facing. (KRON-TV San Francisco)

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