A scare on the Florida Turnpike

So there I was, lazily driving 80 mph (Miles Per Hour) or so on the Florida Turnpike [1] about a mile north of a service plaza (where I was planning on stopping) when I heard a siren. I looked up into the rear view mirror and right there, just inches behind me, were the dreaded flashing red and blue lights.

XXXX!

I start to pull over and the cop flies past me down the Turnpike.

What the …

While in the service plaza Spring [2] and I spot more emergency vehicles flying southward down the Turnpike.

Later, as we're passing Yeehaw Junction [3] the off ramp is a parking lot; the overpass is yet another parking lot and just past the toll booths is a sea of flashing lights. Not entirely sure what happened there, but what ever happened, it was pretty bad.

[1] http://www11.myflorida.com/turnpikepio/Florida's%20Turnpike.htm

[2] http://www.springdew.com/

[3] http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Florida/Localities/Y/Yeehaw_Junction/

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