KWTX.com reported it. The article about the car accident in Texas was only about 130 words. That’s it. And while a car accident is never something to be viewed with nonchalance, this one, as car accidents go, was pretty much your standard head-on collision–and thankfully, only one person of seven involved sustained injury (reportedly non-life threatening) of any sort.
So why am I even talking about it? Because it highlights a new age of “discovery” in the world of everyday car accidents. This accident, which happened on FM 2484 in Harker Heights, TX—sort of midway between Dallas and San Antonio—sparked 18 comments within approximately 24 hours.
Some of those comments were, of course, from well-wishers who were just thankful that all involved were generally “ok”. Some were from wannabe grammarians—always a few ’em out there… But the comments that caught my eye were these: