What is it About Women and SUVs?

Last Tuesday night I was in Funkstown, MD (yes there really is a town called Funkstown) covering a meeting of the Washington County Commissioners and the Funkstown Town Council. Less than ten minutes in to the meeting I was called by our Tri-State editor to get to the west side of Greencastle, Pa for a "truck in to a house". I don't know about you, but pictures of a truck in to a house sure beat pictures of white guys in ties sitting around a table being nice to eachother. No offence commissioners, and I hate to see people get hurt, but shooting pictures is my job and the truck in to the house wins.

I got to Hill road, the site of the accident, in record time. See, when there is a big ol' wreck in Pennsyltucky, every State, County, and Burrough cop is THERE, so the roads are, well, wide open. Joey likes that.

I talked my way in to the scene, love them PA Fire Police, and parked close. As I walked up to the scene, the helicopter transporting the driver of the SUV to York Hospital was taking off from behind the house in to the black of night. Not really a telling photo, like this one.



The ambulance carrying the two victims from inside the home had already passed my 5 minutes before on Rt 11. It was MOVING!!! So all I was left with was the wreckage. This was all I needed to show exactly what happened without showing victims. Photos of victims involved in serious accidents typicaly do not make it in the paper. Even newspapers are afraid of getting sued or getting an earfull of dislike from it's readers.



I got my shots in a few minutes, touched base with the reporter telling her what I knew, and headed back to the Herald-Mail. It never hurts to slow down and thank the Fire Police on the way OUT of a scene, chances are they will be the same ones you see next time your heading IN TO a scene in that town. If they remember you, you're in!

The photos ran on the front page the next day, and online here.