Cara

    Major Car Accident this weekend

    Monday, April 14, 2008, 12:23 PM EST [General]

    This past Saturday, I was involved in an extremely severe car accident, that, according to paramedics, should have killed me.

    I was driving north on I-465, in the right lane, going 57 mph. A semi was on my left, and a merge lane was on my right, along with a black sporty sedan. The person in the sedan began to merge, heedless of me, into my lane, forcing me to swerve to avoid him hitting me. However, as I swerved, I immediately remembered the semi next to me. I attempted to get back on track, overcorrected and hydro-planed.

    The black sedan tapped my bumper as he sped up to get around me, and sent me into a counter-clockwise spin, one and half rotations. As I spun, I crossed three lanes of traffic, then went off the shoulder, and hit the drainage grate on the edge of the ditch. At that point, my car went airborne, flipping once, pivoting around the driver's side, then landed on it's tires, instantly shearing the axles on the driver's side, and destroying the underbody. I thwacked my head on the driver's side window, but no bones were broken, and I walked away.

    The most surprising part of all of this was that I never dropped the phone (sorry you had to listen to all of that, LDS) nor let go of the steering wheel.

    But I am now certain that there is Someone upstairs watching out for me. And I just am now gunning for a speedy recovery of my nice bruise on my head and the small one on my left knee.

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    Yikes! You were lucky to walk away.

    How about that adrenaline rush...

    Bruises aren't so bad, you can heal those pretty easily.

    There are ways you can speed that up though. But having leeches on your head is probably worse than having bruises.

    What about the car/insurance situation, do you have any idea when you will be able to be independently mobile again?

    Peter Beer Slayer
    April 14, 2008
    03:24 PM EST

    Thank whatever higher power you believe in that you came out with only bruises. It truly is a blessing. Take care and hope to hear from you soon.

    Geoffrey DeVaney
    April 14, 2008
    07:55 PM EST

    Oh my gosh, Cara! I am so glad you are okay! Bruises aren't fun but it could have been so much worse. And a world without Cara is no fun world at all.

    *hugs* Here's to a speedy recovery, and be sure to keep ice on your head, love.

    If you need me for anything let me know!

    Captain Faye Cutler
    April 14, 2008
    09:27 PM EST

    Cara
    I just stopped to say hi and saw your blog. Oh my honey, I hope you have a speedy recovery and I hope you have insurance to cover your car. We are all feeling the gas crap, but definitely far worse to have no car.
    Take Care

    Mistress RedFox
    April 30, 2008
    09:06 PM EST

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