LR - I'm Alive and Well...
Spence Mabry
Spence.Mabry at radioshack.com
Thu Jun 8 09:27:55 PDT 2000
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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