And You Thought Only The Food At McDonald’s Is Hazardous–Golden Arches Crash Down On Couple


A giant set of golden arches outside a McDonald’s in eastern Arizona toppled in high winds Wednesday, crushing a Naperville couple’s Chevy Trailblazer as they sat inside the parked vehicle.

McAccident! Falling M...or was it a W? harms couple in car.

McAccident! Pat, I'd like to buy an "M" please--Yikes! Or is it a "W?"

Retirees Russell and Carolyn Janke suffered multiple injuries. They had stopped at the McDonald’s on the Navajo Nation reservation in Window Rock as they were making their way back to suburban Chicago from their winter home near Tucson.

Navajo acting Police Chief Steven Nelson said winds hit 60 mph Wednesday, causing the sign to be blown down from atop a pole across the street from the restaurant.

“It was a freak accident,’’ Nelson said.

Carolyn Janke, 68, was trapped inside the SUV and had to be cut out of the vehicle by rescue crews, Nelson said.

Both were taken to the Fort Defiance Indian Health Service. Carolyn Janke was later transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix — about six hours from Window Rock — where she remained in intensive care Thursday, her daughter-in-law, Ann Janke, told the Chicago Sun-Times.

Carolyn Janke, who was knocked unconscious, has a fractured spinalcolumn and a fractured sternum, her daughter-in-law said. Russell Janke, 70, a retired engineer, was hit in the head and “has over 70 stitches,” she said.  (Read more.)

And the first attorney has arrived on the scene...

And the first attorney has arrived on the scene...

B.S. Report–Everyone knows there is no such thing as an accident in today’s United States–someone has to be responsible.  That being said, this may very well be a case of negligence because, apparently, the sign has been blowing around precariously for some time.  However, you can sense the legal maneuvering by the interested parties by their public statements.

Super-Size Me!  This is just another illustration proving how dangerous and unhealthy fast food can be if taken in large doses.  It was once believed that the harmful effects of fast food develop over a long period of time–but this proves definitively that sometimes their deleterious results can strike immediately!

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