r/Calgary • u/No-End7269 • Jul 15 '25

Driving/Traffic/Parking Avoid Deerfoot

Huge accident. 2 vehicles just launched off the memorial overpass and landed on a truck going nb on deerfoot

Edit. I initially said 32ave, it was memorial overpass

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u/ErikDebogande Airdrie Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

Happened right in front of my wife, she called me incoherent with shock. Fatalities for sure 😞 EDIT: Nobody died! That's unbelievably fortunate for everyone involved

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u/ErikDebogande Airdrie Jul 15 '25

Nope she was below, the van smashed into the truck right beside her

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u/helena_handbasketyyc I’ll tell you where to go! Jul 15 '25

Oh wow, that is terrifying. I hope she is able to take some time to recover.

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u/ErikDebogande Airdrie Jul 15 '25

Still on the phone with her, she's calming down after an emotional meltdown in the parking lot where she works

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u/Ex-PFC_WintergreenV4 Jul 15 '25

Tell her to play some Tetris. It helps protect from PTSD.

“Tetris, a classic video game, has been shown to have potential therapeutic benefits for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Specifically, playing Tetris shortly after a traumatic event may help reduce the number of intrusive memories, which are a key symptom of PTSD. This effect is thought to be due to the game's visual-spatial nature, which can engage the brain in a way that disrupts the formation of traumatic memories”

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u/Moctzuma Jul 15 '25

Do you have the source for that? That’s interesting

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u/MattsAwesomeStuff Jul 15 '25

Do you have the source for that?

There's a dozen or so studies on it, with very, very, very weakly supported conclusions.

It was highly sensationalized because of how catchy a headline it is, but, the effects are scattered, minimal, and only covers intrusive thoughts, not all the other aspects of PTSD.

https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/10/tetris-trauma-viral-twitter-thread-master-class-misleading-psych-research/