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I posted in a "quirk" thread a few days ago about this weird déjà vu-like thing that I experience almost daily. I get these "coincidences." It happened again today in an unusually bizarre manner.
Mrs. V. and I were driving down Branch Ave. in Prince George's County, MD, on our way home from work. The very busy six-lane stretch we were on is just south of the Capitol Beltway. We were in the left lane, going about 65, and suddenly, coming at us over the jersey wall from the other direction, and going probably at least 50 MPH itself, was an entire wheel that had evidently just come off of a vehicle in oncoming traffic. It didn't come close enough to do anything but scare me, but it was on its way into the traffic lanes and it'll be a miracle if it didn't cause any wrecks.
About three hours later (about an hour ago), I heard a traffic accident on an unlit two-lane country road not far from our house. I wondered if I should call the sheriff, or go out there to see if people were hurt. I decided to do both. It took about 90 seconds to get there, but I saw no wreck. Turning around, I went in the other direction, and eventually came upon a man in a reflective vest, shining his flashlight into the tall grass as he walked down the road. I saw his truck at a distance; getting closer, I saw heavy skid marks and thought, maybe he hit a deer -- and then I saw the cause of all the noise and suddenly understood what he was looking for: his left rear wheel had come off.
Two loose wheels in one day. Weird.
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