I did see the video. I'm not trying to explain all the facts surrounding the incident, I'm just taking issue with the interpretation of one fact, and extrapola

I did see the video. I'm not trying to explain all the facts surrounding the incident, I'm just taking issue with the interpretation of one fact, and extrapolating to say none of this is obvious. Part of the reason I felt a need to chime in, is that I used to live not far from where the accident in the OP took place (north Highland in LA), and the accident I referred to in my comment happened very close to where I live now, again in LA, and the median and curb construction are quite similar. Just for definiteness, here is a link to the crash that I saw (http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/29/local/me-fatalcrash29 http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/29/local/me-fatalcrash2... ); one other person later died from their injuries bringing the total to four from the three reported in the article.