Very sorry to hear abt what u went through,, and now u got me really worried,,
A similar incident happened with me a few months back at Toyota signal. all the signals were down and the cars were struggling to make their own way,, even i didnt dare to move but the ppl behind me were going crazy and honking at me like there is no 2moro. and finally i did went through the signal and made a U-Turn.. same situation like urs.. and the worst part is that i was driving my friends car :(
Right now am just hoping/wishing/praying that the Flashers were down too with the signals or else...
Hope authorities do chk such situations and wave-off offenses made for that particular time span.

God help us all...