Recent Update
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:50 am
Tuesday night my wife was in an accident on her way to pick up the kids from school. Her Accord was rearended and I have a strong feeling that the insurance company is going to total it. The back of the car literally is sitting where the trunk used to be. It drives as if something is wrong with the rear axle or the drive shaft. I don't know I'm not a mechanic but it doesn't drive the way it did the day before.
She is outwardly fine. No physical injuries to speak of, although I have a feeling she will have a nice bruise on her chest in the next few days. She was complaining of a head and neck ache last night as well as her back and chest hurting. We were up a lot of the night because she had shortness of breath, probably due to the preasure from the seatbelt on her chest. I'm trying to get her to go to the doctor today but she probably won't. Stubborn. I will get her to one before the week is out I assure you.
Luckily the kids were not there. Looking at the accident site and listening to her and the guy that hit her it could have been way worse. She was stopped in the road waiting for the car in front of her to turn. The guy that hit her was in a full size quad cab GMC diesel truck. No break marks. He said he turned his head and looked at the floor board and then BAM! hit her. The truck actually pushed her into on coming traffic but the car in front of her had turned and the van that was coming toward her swerved and missed everyone. The truck had very minimal damage. The bumper shifted.
Talking with the guy driving the van, he said he missed the front of my wifes car by two feet. I can only imagine what would have happened if he would have hit her head on while she was being pushed forward by the truck. Actually, I really don't want to imagine it. I'm just glad she is ok.
Now, I am usually very quick to anger and would lash out in my younger days. But I think I have calmed much in my older age. But knowing that if they total my wifes car, we can't get her another one... makes me literally want to find him and beat him with the bumper of his truck. Enough of that.
Looking at the bumper from the inside, the actual bumber, is sitting about a foot and a half back farther than it's supposed to. Meaning it is actually under the trunk instead of behind it. Hard to take a picture of it cause you can only see it from underneath.
She went to the emergency room yesterday and took x-ray's. Nothing is broken or fractured, although they said that she definately strained, and pulled muscles in her neck with a possible tear. They have given her Valium and Lortab, all good drugs to knock you out. So until she gets better I'm solo-man-mom as she can't even pick the baby up without getting shooting pains in her neck and back.
Here is a link to the gallery of the car.
Wife's Accord
She is outwardly fine. No physical injuries to speak of, although I have a feeling she will have a nice bruise on her chest in the next few days. She was complaining of a head and neck ache last night as well as her back and chest hurting. We were up a lot of the night because she had shortness of breath, probably due to the preasure from the seatbelt on her chest. I'm trying to get her to go to the doctor today but she probably won't. Stubborn. I will get her to one before the week is out I assure you.
Luckily the kids were not there. Looking at the accident site and listening to her and the guy that hit her it could have been way worse. She was stopped in the road waiting for the car in front of her to turn. The guy that hit her was in a full size quad cab GMC diesel truck. No break marks. He said he turned his head and looked at the floor board and then BAM! hit her. The truck actually pushed her into on coming traffic but the car in front of her had turned and the van that was coming toward her swerved and missed everyone. The truck had very minimal damage. The bumper shifted.
Talking with the guy driving the van, he said he missed the front of my wifes car by two feet. I can only imagine what would have happened if he would have hit her head on while she was being pushed forward by the truck. Actually, I really don't want to imagine it. I'm just glad she is ok.
Now, I am usually very quick to anger and would lash out in my younger days. But I think I have calmed much in my older age. But knowing that if they total my wifes car, we can't get her another one... makes me literally want to find him and beat him with the bumper of his truck. Enough of that.
Looking at the bumper from the inside, the actual bumber, is sitting about a foot and a half back farther than it's supposed to. Meaning it is actually under the trunk instead of behind it. Hard to take a picture of it cause you can only see it from underneath.
She went to the emergency room yesterday and took x-ray's. Nothing is broken or fractured, although they said that she definately strained, and pulled muscles in her neck with a possible tear. They have given her Valium and Lortab, all good drugs to knock you out. So until she gets better I'm solo-man-mom as she can't even pick the baby up without getting shooting pains in her neck and back.
Here is a link to the gallery of the car.
Wife's Accord
