sorry to hear about your wreck jack and am glad no one was seriously injured
paul you know the husband
W. Jack Hilton III wrote:
> Well , the Shadow is toast .
>
> I was going to a field office to train some people this morning .
>
> I was traveling on a state hiway , it had two lanes on my side , and one
> lane in the opposite direction , with no turning lane .
>
> I was in the lane closest to the center-line behind a Blue Ford Ranger .
>
> We were both doing between 55-60 and all of the sudden , he swirves to the
> right-hand lane VERY quickly without a signal or brake lights , and I am
> staring at the back end of a 93 Mercury Sable that had stopped in my lane
> to make a left turn into a business .
>
> I slammed on the brakes .
>
> I knew I couldn't veer left because of oncoming traffic , and I tried to
> veer right to force my way over instead of hitting a stationary car . I
> turned the wheel , but when the brakes locked down , steering was futile .
>
> When I knew I would hit the other car , it was just like the movies :
> Everything went into slow motion and it felt like it took half an hour to
> reach the other car . All I could hear was my heart beating .
>
> I know I joke around alot here with you guys , but all jokes aside , I
> trult thought that I was about to die . I mean , I knew it .
>
> When I finally reached the car and was about to hit it (I skidded 135 feet)
> I let go of the wheel so I wouldn't break my arms or anything .
>
> After hitting the rear of the car ( it was offset to their right-rear and
> my left-front ,so I guess I was able to swirve ever so slightly) my car
> travled another 35 feet . My car spun counter clock-wise and rotated about
> 90 degrees before coming to a stop . The car that I hit was spun
> counter-clockwise and the right-front of their car clipped the two tandem
> axles of the trailer on a semi coming in the opposite direction .
>
> My car had one air bag , theirs had two , and they all exploded and worked
> like they should , thank God .
>
> Immediately after I came to a stop , my left arm was dislocated , I guess
> from the shoulder belt , which also left it's mark on my left shoulder and
> chest .
>
> The damn fumes from the airbag were unbreatheable . It's like you survive
> the crash , but then you sufficate in the car from the damn fumes !
>
> Miraculously , everyone was alright . There were two people in the front of
> the Sable , and they both had their belts on too . everyone was out and
> walking around after the accident and I think the worst visible damage was
> the other passenger had a very very slight nick in her forhead . We all
> went to the emergencey room just to be on the safe side since I have a bad
> back .
>
> The bastard in the Ranger didn't even stop and he HAD to have seen what
> happened !
>
> The State Patrol came to the hospital and interviewed all of us and issued
> my a freakin ticket for following too closely . He said even though there
> was nothing I could do , and that I was not being dangerous , that the law
> here says that you should be far enough behind someone so that if they make
> an evasive maneuver , that you can react safely .
>
> So anyway , now here are my problems :
>
> 1) Insurance will go up
> 2) Both cars were totalled
> 3) When they total mine , I know they will not give me enough to pay it off
> as I just bought it in May and had to get a high interest rate .
> 4) I will probably be sued by the two women I hit .
> 5) I have a damn ticket with an accident on my record .
>
> If anyone knows anyone at Chrysler that works in the areas that design the
> safety standards for their cars , I would like ot send them a personal
> thank you .
>
> My car gave it's life for me .
>
> There was absolutely no intrusions into the passenger compartment and both
> the belt and the airbag worked as they should have .
>
> This was the more common of impacts , an offset-frontal type , with my car
> absorbing the brunt of it .
>
> I think the right-rear of the Sable's bumper ended up in it's back seat .
>
> The damage to my car was extensive to say the least . The damage was , as I
> said , offset to the left of the car . From the left side of the right
> headlight , all the way around to the driver's side door , the car is
> demolished .
>
> I would still have hopes that they could repair the car , except the roof
> is buckled just a little bit right where the door post is on the edge ,
> which would mean that the frame got bent .
>
> I went to the wrecker service and gathered my personal things from the car
> as well as took several pics which I will post tomorrow evening .
>
> The only bright spot in this story ?
>
> I will be driving my R/T every day for a while until things shake out !
>
> I have never been this scared , nor have I ever been so certain that I was
> going to die , I mean *really* die .
>
> It really makes you stop and think about life .
>
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> W. Jack Hilton III
>
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>
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>
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