We must take a moment to mourn the passing of a cherished love one. Yesterday, at approximately 5:15 pm, whilst traveling northbound on I-15, at about 18th South, I stopped for a back-up on the freeway for the 6th South exit. Those of you familiar with Utah and this particular part of the freeway system here will know that that's a pretty big back-up, over 10 blocks.
Well, I stopped and took a moment to check my rear view mirror in time to see the car behind me not making the stop, but swerving onto the right-hand shoulder, avoiding a collision. The car behind them wasn't so lucky. Neither was I. They hit me going about 40 mph, which pushed me into the lovely maroon Cadillac in front of me. I have now learned that airbags make a loud, explosive sound when they deploy, and they leave a really nasty smell all over your hair and clothes.
The highway patrol was very fast and efficient. They arrived in less than 15 minutes. Mr. Perfect came soon after that. He was at the office, where I was supposed to be picking him up to go and have dinner and play a dance band job in Layton. He borrowed a car from a friend at work and came to my rescue. We still made the dance job, but my car will not be leaving the wrecking yard again in this lifetime. Everyone from the girl who hit me to the tow truck guy said that it was definitely totaled. I have to agree. I didn't have my camera with me at the time, so I will again have to post pictures at a later date. However, I can tell you that the rear bumper looks like it's kissing the backseat.
Thinking over the whole thing, I realize how blessed I am by Heavenly Father to have survived this crash. If anything related to safety in my beautiful little Nissan Sentra hadn't been working properly, there is a good chance I would have been severely injured (I have a lovely bruise on my right knee from hitting the steering column and that's about it in the pain department) if not killed. It was truly amazing. However, as grateful as I am for airbags, I hope that I don't ever have to smell their deployment odor again.
Happy reading, my little pupils.
2 comments:
Wow! I am so glad you are okay! So sorry about your car though. It's hard to imagine that you only have a bruise on your knee.
I'm so glad you're ok! I had a similiar accident like that here in Kentucky last year! On my way to the Branch Christmas Party I was at a dead stop on the by-pass and got him by a guy going 55mph! Luckily I have a little Saturn Ion which did AWESOME in the crash. Glad you're doing ok and you were safe!!
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