LR - I'm Alive and Well...

[Spence Mabry]

The important thing is that you came out of it with only as little damage as
you did!

Ceatta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain [mailto:padraig_ruad at irishbard.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:24 PM
> To: loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org
> Subject: LR - I'm Alive and Well...
> 
> 
> ...relatively, anyway, and back at work, having picked up a 
> rental vehicle this morning.  Aside from a general soreness 
> (rather like having been on the badly losing end of a melee) 
> and several minor cuts and bruises, I escaped the accident 
> without injury.
> 
> What happened:  I had come to a stop at the end of a line of 
> halted rush hour traffic between the Haltom Road and N. Beach 
> Street exits on west-bound 820 about 5:45 yesterday.  When I 
> stopped, the vehicle behind me was probably 1000 feet back.  
> For whatever reason (and I suspect he was on his cel phone) 
> he failed to slow down and stop, and plowed straight into me. 
>  By the time I noticed he wasn't stopping, it was too late to 
> try to get out of his way.  The impact pushed my truck into 
> the SUV stopped in front of me, set off the air bags, tore up 
> the rear bumper, truck bed and cap, busted out the rear 
> window of the cab and the front window of the cap, bent the 
> frame, and caused somewhat less damage to the front end from 
> the collision with the SUV.  There is also a noticeable 
> righthand bend to the entire vehicle now.  When I got out of 
> the truck, I was bleeding from my nose, three cuts on my face 
> (two of which I think came from the airbag impacting my 
> sunglasses and the other fro!
> m the rearview mirror coming off the windshield), a puncture 
> wound on each arm (still haven't figured out where they came 
> from) and some other minor cuts and scracthes on my arms.  
> The driver that hit me appeared uninjured (which now that I 
> think about it, really pisses me off).  Various police 
> officers, fire engine crews, paramedics and tow truck drivers 
> showed up, and went about their jobs very effeiciently.  The 
> paramedics washed out my wounds and bound the one (right arm 
> puncture wound) that was still bleeding.  I had called Amber 
> immediately after it happened, and she arrive to help me get 
> my things out of the truck and take me home.  I must have 
> been quite a sight, as my shirt was covered in blood, the 
> cuts on my face were still raw-looking, and I had one helluva fat lip.
> 
> I guess I must have been somewhat in shock, because I didn't 
> get mad until I woke up about 2 this morning. <grin>
> 
> Now that I think about it, the whole collision was remarkable 
> simlilar to the field battle at Gulf War when the entire 
> Trimarian army ran over the Arthurian Company. <grin>
> 
> On a serious note, I have often felt that I have guardian 
> angel who has many times kept me from serious harm, and I 
> thank God that I came through the accident okay.  While I'm 
> sorry about the loss of the truck, it is just a thing, and 
> can be replaced without too much trouble.
> 
> Hope to see everyone soon.
> 
> Padraig
> 
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