Or rather, from shoulderto shoulder—here the highway had a small space a car’s width on the left side of the innermost lane. Most likely, the space had been used by emergency vehicles when needed, ambulances or police cars, a small fire engine maybe, if traffic veered to the right a little to make room. For some reason, the lined-up cars didn’t cross into this space. To Court it almost looked like a gate or doorway, as if someone had placed the wreckage to block off the road and left this one little opening to control who came and went past that point.