Woman in US northwest live-tweets on fatal crash, then finds it's husband
'omg ... so horrible', she writes on hearing police radio; bit by bit the awful truth dawns
A US woman tweeted about a horrific car crash in real time, before finding out her husband was killed in the accident, police said.
Caran Johnson, 47, follows police scanner exchanges with her Twitter account ScanCouver, and began tweeting about the accident on Wednesday afternoon, reported.
Her suspicions were confirmed when we arrived … It appeared that she knew
"This accident sounds horrible," she wrote in her first tweet, following up with "omg that is so horrible!!!" as details emerged of the accident on the 205 freeway in the northwestern US state of Washington.
Then she grew increasingly worried when she did not hear from her husband.
"I'm trying not to panic, but my husband left work early and he drives 205 to get home. He's not answering his phone," Johnson wrote.
"And he's late," she said. "Well he used his bluetooth, so he would answer his phone. He also wasn't feeling good so his work was concerned when he left."
"I'm a basket case.
"I just called his work and he was feeling faint when he left work #panic."
She continued: "What do I do now? he might have pulled over because he was feeling faint and then passed out or had a seizure. he has epilepsy."
"How long do i wait for him to come home before I call the police?" Johnson added.
"I just called 911 and they transferred me after I gave them his license number and told me that they will call me back.
"And now my kids are home from school."
Finally, she bluntly tweeted: "it's him. he died."
Her husband, Craig Johnson, also 47, died after his Hyundai Elantra crossed a road divider near the town of Vancouver, just north of the Oregon state line, according to Washington State Patrol spokesman Trooper William Finn.
He struck a Toyota pickup driven by a 54-year-old woman, who suffered a broken femur, collapsed lung and broken pelvis, Finn said on Thursday.
Officers went to Johnson's home to break the news of her husband's death, but Johnson already seemed to know.
"Her suspicions were confirmed when we arrived," Finn said, adding that Johnson came out and met the officers in a car park, before they even had a chance to knock on her door.
"It appeared that she knew and we were just confirming for her."
