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Igel

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18. That's a miscommunication there.

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:21 PM

20 hrs ago

In Russian, "park" is just "park." (From French.)

Parking lot is most commonly "parkovka".

If the guy was a Russian speaker, he may have gotten it wrong; if an English speaker, may have misunderstood the original. Or maybe the woman didn't utter clearly or the interpreter didn't or the cops just misunderstood and couldn't clarify.

That's one thing. But the parking lot (google maps shows) really is adjacent to the hospital--and might be where you'd go if you needed to go to the hospital during the snowfall or afterwards. Meaning I'd assume they did the Rochester, NY thing and plowed where they could and damn the cars that are there, they get buried and it's hard to tell the car from a snow pile.

Dunno. But, yes, tragic.

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