Wow, thanks Pam... I got there 5 minutes after the crash.... it was a horrific scene...

The irony here is that the tree wasn't that big... only about 12-15 ft. tall. It just shows how in the name of getting better fuel efficiency the bumpers of cars are little more than plastic and styrofoam [[as I found out in my above accident)... and do little to protect you from an impact. That article even mentions why the tree looked like it was in the "middle" of the burning vehicle. Bummer....

But any vehicle that made it all the way up nearly to the top of the I-94 embankment... had to be traveling at a truly high rate of speed...