Grey Skies: B.C. driver evades concrete downpour without injury on Highway 1
Toronto, Ontario — A B.C. driver is counting himself as lucky to not be seriously injured after making it through an accidental concrete hailstorm along Highway 1 on Friday. Steve Hrabchak says “Definitely there was a lot of potential for someone to get seriously hurt, there was baseball-sized chunks of concrete coming down,” he told […]
Positive Energy: Victoria driver injured after Himalayan salt rock thrown through Prius window
Victoria, British Columbia — A Victoria, B.C. driver got a surprise delivery of wellness and self-care through the window of their Prius on March 6., prompting local police to scour dashcam footage for the mystery Himalayan salt rock thrower. The vehicle was occupied at the time of the salty assault, which took place at the […]
Winds of Progress: North Carolina woman fights to keep ‘FART’ license plate
Asheville, North Carolina — When you’re young, you dream about what cause you might end up dedicating your life to—fighting fires, rescuing animals, traveling to outer space—or the fight to keep a vanity license plate that says “FART.” Karly Sindy of Asheville, N.C. is proudly carrying the torch for toilet humour after the DMV told […]
Still Got It: 64-year-old Windsor man charged for doing donuts on frozen pond
Windsor, Ontario — A good time knows no age—unfortunately neither does the law, as a 64-year-old Windsor man is facing a dangerous charge after he was caught doing donuts on a frozen pond at Malden Park. Windsor police began receiving reports around 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon of a vehicle driving erratically and doing donuts […]
Explosive Expression: Artist turns exploded Lamborghini into NFTs
Toronto, Ontario — If you’re a fan of supercars and still not positive on what an NFT actually is, prepare for a one-two of confusion as it turns out that the act of blowing up a Lamborghini could actually be made more expensive. As part of their latest project, entitled “$CAR”, “NFT performance artist” Shl0ms […]
Look Mom: 20-year-old driver in mom’s car caught doing more than 200 km/h near Abbotsford
Abbotsford, British Columbia — It’s important to set positive goals in life; an example of a negative goal would be to see how fast you could get your mom’s car going, and instead end up with $800 in fines and a busted engine. This goal was recently achieved by a 20-year-old Abbotsford, B.C. driver who […]
When the Light is Right: Driver takes selfies atop car sinking in Rideau River
Manotick, Ontario — A good captain always goes down with their ship; or at least snaps some goofy selfies atop the sinking wreckage…for insurance purposes probably. Ottawa police have charged a woman with dangerous driving after she was seen standing on top of her vehicle and taking selfies as it sunk into the Rideau River […]
Accident Prevention: Truck containing 30,000lbs. of diapers flips on Hwy. 401
Maitland, Ontario — Sometimes work stinks so bad you feel like someone just dumped 30,000 pounds of diapers in front of you—other times, work stinks so bad you are responsible for cleaning up 30,000 pounds of diapers in the middle of a snow storm. An overturned tractor trailer on Ontario’s Highway 401 near Maitland marked […]
Can You Believe This?! January 7, 2022
Toronto, Ontario — This week, witness a tumultuous love affair between a crane and a bridge overpass; see what happens when you rear-end a cop car; experience idiots on ice and much, much more—all in Collision Repair‘s Can You Believe This?!
What an Axe: Vancouver Island RCMP arrest man for hacking at cars with an axe
Vancouver, British Columbia — If British Columbians didn’t have enough on their plates over the past few weeks, Comox Valley RCMP finally managed to track down an axe-wielding Nova Scotian who has been mistaking Vancouver Island traffic for trees recently. In late October, police received reports of a man driving a Nova Scotia-registered Honda Civic […]
