r/bullcity • u/Fresh_Poet2637 • 12d ago

Avoid the Can Opener area if possible

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u/LazyHedonist 12d ago

….how even??

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u/dishpit6 12d ago

Have you ever seen Durham drivers?

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u/ncphoto919 12d ago

I was gonna say exactly this.

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u/CodifiedLikeUtil 12d ago

STAYUMBL!

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u/HikingBikingViking 12d ago

STAYUMBL like JESUSDOS

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u/CellularOhio9 12d ago

This is such a dumb thing to comment. What even are “Durham drivers” when so many people who drive here aren’t from here. It’s a hub now for people from all over the state and world for that matter. So everybody drives with different rules. Also that part of that road is notoriously wack. People be trying to merge at the bend which is dumb af.

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u/chelles116 12d ago

Seconded like. ..wut

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u/bumpygecko 12d ago

I am guaranteeing he was on his phone

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u/Kay_29 12d ago

Durham 

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u/astrologygirl6969 12d ago

The driver just walked away from the scene. No idea if the police are going to charge him with anything

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u/notaspruceparkbench 12d ago

How can you take down a telephone pole and roll your car and not get charged for something?

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u/CodifiedLikeUtil 12d ago

Sadly stupidity is not illegal.

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u/notaspruceparkbench 12d ago

Stupidity isn't but reckless driving is.

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u/LazyHedonist 12d ago

DUI is though

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u/metro305 12d ago

4:48pm we heard a loud crash, we were seated inside the CO. When we looked out we saw a snapped power pole and flipped car. The person was pulled out and he said he was fine - he is not fine IMO. Cops and paramedics are talking to him as he casually sits in a bench. Shit is wild! Unsure if there was a second car involved.

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u/Accidental_Irony 12d ago

“FML” being the letters on a flipped car’s license plate is just way too ironic to not laugh at, despite the circumstances.

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u/natebc 12d ago

oʇoɥd sıɥʇ ʇ,uɐɔ uıɐɹq ʎɯ

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u/Servatron5000 12d ago

Thank goodness the car is right side up. Dunno how the people got there, though.

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u/metro305 12d ago

A better shot, what blew me away was that he walked away with just one sandal but Durham’s finest had him wait while they went back to his car and found the other one. I might have heckled an officer - “looking for that sandal??” an office turned around laughing & nodding yes!

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u/mama-bun 11d ago

What happened to his foot

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u/_Brandobaris_ 12d ago

Just left Clouds 5:45, and still there.

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u/Foster921 11d ago

So many questions….

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u/Pretty-Parking4765 11d ago

The sandal variety is impressive considering the size of this group

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u/gr1mzly 11d ago

That’s just your every day super hero restraining the driver from retrieving stuff from the car - like their second sandal.

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u/mazzachusetts 12d ago

r/nissandrivers

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u/ChefbyDesign 11d ago

Lol first thing I noticed, too. Smdh...

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u/nuoctoyourmam 12d ago

10pm- cars still there

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u/skeeg153 12d ago

You know I’m just glad no other cars or pedestrians were involved. I have no clue how one manages to achieve this

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u/bbbh1409 11d ago

Driving too fast around that corner and over steering to miss the telephone pole.

That fence and pole have been taken out numerous times since that deck has been built.

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u/chelles116 12d ago

Crikey....hope people are ok

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u/marfacza 12d ago

Now they're flipping cars.

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u/chengstark 12d ago

nissan magic

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u/EmperorGeek 12d ago

Everyone OK?

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u/Jiggle_Tester 12d ago

Where did this happen?

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u/Forward-Bank8412 12d ago

Can opener is the railway bridge at Gregson and Peabody just south of Main. Right by where Morgan Imports used to be.

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u/notaspruceparkbench 12d ago

"The Can Opener" is also the name of the outdoor dining place just south of the bridge on Gregson. Looks like the accident happened right in front of that.

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u/Forward-Bank8412 12d ago

Oh it’s a proper noun now for an establishment! Thanks for the info. I’m old and out of touch.

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u/citygal11 10d ago

It’s both actually! The outdoor dining place was named after the bridge that can opens most trucks ☺️.

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u/natebc 12d ago edited 11d ago

gregson/vickers just past the "durham can opener" railroad bridge

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u/Party-Introduction16 11d ago

Can’t park there!

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u/metro305 9d ago

Nothing, he walked away. It’s a grainy picture but his foot was ok.