Re: My R/T is at the bottom of a river...

From: Jack Hilton III (HEMI@charter.net)
Date: Sat Dec 12 1998 - 14:17:59 EST


And what is the xact location where this R/T is still siting ?

:)

At 11:10 PM 12/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
>My dad was driving my Black '98 R/T to Louisiana to see his parents. He was
>about an hour into the trip when he decided to set the cruise. But it was
>raining and the roads were covered with water....he began to hydroplane and
>before he could do anything the cruise took over and the engine revved. He
>got sideways and ended up in the ditch. He almost regained control but
>couldn't pull it out. He ended up in a culvert under a bridge. He thought
>it was gonna be ok, so he cut the engine off so it wouldn't get water in it,
>but then the truck started to shift...and water started to leake in. He
>turned the key back on so he could roll the windows down to get out cause he
>couldn't open the door. He bailed out the window and climbed up the bank.
>He was standing on the side of the road in the pouring down rain trying to
>flag someone down. He finally got someone and called the Highway Patrol.
>After he dried off he called someone to come get him and bring him home, and
>then he broke the news to me. I would have cried, but I was just glad he
>was ok. At the moment my R/T with 4,000 miles on it is sitting under a
>bridge in a huge ditch filled with water. It'll be a while till they get it
>out, cause it keeps raining. Thank God for insurance. Now I get to order a
>99 i guess.
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W . Jack Hilton III

HEMI@charter.net



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