Saturday, November 29, 2008
Accident
I was in a car accident tonight. It was a dark and rainy street I was traveling down leaving from a coworkers house out Battlefield. I had been invited over for dinner and games and finally decided to leave about 9:30 to get back to Ozark and get ready for work in the morning. I was coming to the end of the street from where they live. The road appeared to curve off onto the next street as opposed to making the usual 90 degree intersection. Without warning I felt my car dropping off the road and heard the banging and scraping of my car against the pavement and ditch. All I could think was "what have I done?" Within seconds an older gentleman from one of the surrounding homes was about to pass by. He stopped his vehicle to see what had happened. He commented that I was about 4 feet into the ditch and that I would probably need a tow truck to get out. I called back to my coworkers house to ask for help. All of the men that were over for dinner came down with a truck and a chain to see if they could pull it out without a tow truck. They studied it for a while and made a plan to get it out. The first pull dislodged more of the front fender. With multiple other pulls they were able to fully recover my car from the ditch. They pulled the front fender off the rest of the way and stowed it away inside my car. My car was still driveable at that point but they wanted to take a look at the front underside of my car to check for severe damages so one of the guys drove my car back to the house and the rest of us followed in the truck. They were able to shine a headlights on my car and noticed a stream of fluid leaking. One of them told me it was radiator fluid and that either my radiator had a hole or the hose had been pulled off. The total damages are uncertain at this time still and I will not know the full extent of the damages until at least Monday sometime.
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2 comments:
Annette...I'm sorry to hear about your accident. I'm sure glad you're ok. I hope everything works out with your car. I know that it can be very stressful having car issues. Let us know if you need anything.
I'm sorry abour your car accident! Thats a bummer! I do not like to drive in the rain at all.
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