Hijacked Bus Chase : and Prius :(

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merging on I-70 eastbound from I-635, I saw on far left lane (still behind me); a bus with 8-9 cop cars behind it .. didnt think too much of it then. Then i passed 18th street exit and saw more cops waiting at the ramp with sirens blaring and guns, I figured something is up; and by this time the bus had gotten close to me ... and I could hear all the sirens now ... thought the smartest thing I could do was to take the 1st exit and get out of the way ...

wrong! so i-70 bifurcates into i-670 and I-70 at 7th street exit (6 wide open lanes mind you) - so I take it - once i took the exit, i thought I was safe and even thought i will read about it in the paper tomorrow on what was going on ... guess what!! the deranged guy takes the same exit behind me ... then I see the cops waiting at the end of exit ready to throw the stop-sticks ... so i go in the safety/ pull-over lane and the moron trying to avoid the stop-sticks does the same ... and hits the prius smack in the rearend and pushes it 5-6 feet barely missing the officer throwing the stopsticks ...

once i realized what happened - its hard to miss a huge ATA bus pushing you - it fills the whole rear view mirror and teenie rear windows of the prius ... i floored the prius (yes, I did floor the prius ... and scooted in front (hey atleast the prius can outrun a city bus or maybe he gave me a boost .. who knows .. it is still a blur) ... missed another cop car waiting ahead ... and went straight on 7th st trfway while he driver who apparently thought he could outrun everyone went on 7th behind me and then jumped the ramp to go back on I-70 westbound ... by this time there were 12 or so cars following him ...

one kind officer stopped to assist me .. i was nauseous / dizzy and couldnt walk when i got out of the car ... the officer called the ambulance ... my blood pressure was 180 ... anyhoo, i take back all the bad stuff esp. being "plasticky" about the prius ... it protected me and besides the damage to rear bumper it is untouched ... I will update once the shop has had a chance to inspect the prius ...

scary experience - did get to sit in the front of the squad car - for a geek pretty neat stuff happening there ... KCK is treating it as aggravated battery instead of accident - so they brought out the detectives / CSI unit (they actually call it CSI - - 3 taped interviews / multiple picture shots ... pretty awesome experience (in retrospect)!

will post pics later - compared to the pickup and grandam it hit - prius was just scratched ... anyhoo /end story !

I hope I dont wakeup at night with visions of a bus chasing/ pushing me!






p.s. wrote this for the KC BMW Club - just did c&p !