Ok guys...I feel the need to vent:
I got into a nasty car accident on Saturday morning. I think my new Explorer is totalled. I was driving with my parents along a main road and some kid in a Mercury Mountaineer flew out of a sidestreet on the left-side (not stopping at his stop sign) and I had no time to react. I t-boned him right into a small retaining wall and his car rolled twice then stopped when it hit a tree. Mine stopped on top of the retaining wall. I think he looked right past my car not even seeing it...that is if he even looked before going. All I saw was a black streak and all I had time to do was scream and slam the breaks. Everyone is ok...my dad messed up his back and I banged my knee pretty good. Other than that just bumps and bruises. My dad was taken out in an ambulance for his back but was released with some pain meds. I stayed at the accident but went to the ER after to have my knee looked at. Just a really nasty contusion. The cops gave the kid a ticket and said that he's 100% at fault...I just hope the insurance companies see it that way when they get the police report. I wasn't speeding because it's a bad intersection to begin with and there aren't even any skid marks anywhere on the road. The airbags in my car didn't even go (oddly enough which is a question in and of itself because we were going like 35mph when we hit). The airbags didn't even go in his car.
All I can see every time I close my eyes is the picture of that car rolling in front of me. I thought when you see cars flying around in the movies it really is just that...the movies. But man this car flew. I couldn't believe it. That kid is lucky as hell that he walked away without even a scratch. He had to climb out his passenger-side window.
I wish I had thought of taking pictures with my cell phone but I was in complete shock the whole time while all the cops, firemen, and emt's were crawling around. It was all I could do to just answer their questions. I went to see the cars at the body shop they were towed to this morning to take pictures of the damage but they had already taken my car inside. His car is a mess. I can't believe how much damage my car did...it left a complete hole in the passenger side of his car. I've never gotten into an accident before so I hope this goes smoothly. I called my insurance company and got everything all open for them to go after the kid's parent's insurance.
The one thing that really got me during this whole thing...no one apologized...not the kid nor his parents. He could have killed someone because he was in a hurry and didn't feel the need to stop at a stop sign.
I got into a nasty car accident on Saturday morning. I think my new Explorer is totalled. I was driving with my parents along a main road and some kid in a Mercury Mountaineer flew out of a sidestreet on the left-side (not stopping at his stop sign) and I had no time to react. I t-boned him right into a small retaining wall and his car rolled twice then stopped when it hit a tree. Mine stopped on top of the retaining wall. I think he looked right past my car not even seeing it...that is if he even looked before going. All I saw was a black streak and all I had time to do was scream and slam the breaks. Everyone is ok...my dad messed up his back and I banged my knee pretty good. Other than that just bumps and bruises. My dad was taken out in an ambulance for his back but was released with some pain meds. I stayed at the accident but went to the ER after to have my knee looked at. Just a really nasty contusion. The cops gave the kid a ticket and said that he's 100% at fault...I just hope the insurance companies see it that way when they get the police report. I wasn't speeding because it's a bad intersection to begin with and there aren't even any skid marks anywhere on the road. The airbags in my car didn't even go (oddly enough which is a question in and of itself because we were going like 35mph when we hit). The airbags didn't even go in his car.
All I can see every time I close my eyes is the picture of that car rolling in front of me. I thought when you see cars flying around in the movies it really is just that...the movies. But man this car flew. I couldn't believe it. That kid is lucky as hell that he walked away without even a scratch. He had to climb out his passenger-side window.
I wish I had thought of taking pictures with my cell phone but I was in complete shock the whole time while all the cops, firemen, and emt's were crawling around. It was all I could do to just answer their questions. I went to see the cars at the body shop they were towed to this morning to take pictures of the damage but they had already taken my car inside. His car is a mess. I can't believe how much damage my car did...it left a complete hole in the passenger side of his car. I've never gotten into an accident before so I hope this goes smoothly. I called my insurance company and got everything all open for them to go after the kid's parent's insurance.
The one thing that really got me during this whole thing...no one apologized...not the kid nor his parents. He could have killed someone because he was in a hurry and didn't feel the need to stop at a stop sign.
