Oct. 22, 2006
 
The Incredible Flying Car of Bluefield, WV
 
By Craig Hammond
Bluefield News Network Writer
 
Bluefield, WV (BNN) -- This reporter was driving east on Bluefield Avenue at about 3:40 p.m. on Oct. 20, 2006. As I approached the entrance of Captain D's Seafood restaurant a car flew (that's right, flew) right in front of me with a trail of glass and debris along with it crossing all four lanes of Bluefield Avenue and finally hitting three vehicles in a lot on the north side of the avenue. Here's what happened.
 
The car (a green midsize Pontiac) was coming down Hoge Street. The driver claimed the brakes did not work, causing the car to crash through a cyclone fence, over a thirty foot retaining wall, smashing on to the Captain D's parking lot, and then bouncing and propelling through heavy east and west traffic on the Avenue.
 
As the vehicle moved through the air in front of me, it was so close I could see the occupants inside car. Had I arrived a second or two earlier I may not have been able to file this report.
 
Pictured is the path of the airborne car, the place where it landed in the parking lot, and where it finally came to rest in the lot across the avenue. If I had my camera with me at the time we could have shown the immediate damage caused by this freak incident.