I Was In a Car Accident
It's amazing what the human mind can do. I never realized how much it could process at once until my accident.
I was headed to the coast on a busy highway that curves through the mountain pass. I was driving my mom's Ford F-150. In the passenger seat was my 15 year old son. Behind me sat my 15 year old nephew and my 1 1/2 year old daughter sat in the center back seat in a forward facing car seat. She had just fallen asleep.
Everyone on the road was driving about 60 MPH. After this one large corner I had a straight stretch. In the oncoming traffic I see a vehicle I think looks like he's peeking around the vehicle in front of him to pass. "Don't do it" I think to myself. "There isn't any room for you to pass". Next I see him start drifting slowly into my lane. I take my foot off the accelerator and pull a fraction towards the right to hope of possibly getting out of the way and HE HIT ME. Air bags deployed and we were shoved hard to the right and then we started to ROLL OVER. We we UPSIDE DOWN and sliding on the road or maybe gravel. I could hear the ground above my head grinding and scraping over the roof of the truck as we slid.
It would have been nice to just zone out and take it but that wasn't an option. I had my kids with me. I had to be alert to every single second completely so I could take any action needed to help us and keep us safe. At the same time I was wondering if this was it? Was this the end? Would we all live? Will any of us or all of us die? I didn't want my kids to be without me. I could hear my daughter screaming but that was ok. If she could scream then she was alive.
The truck stopped sliding and I was still upside down. I tried to undo my seat belt but I think my weight wouldn't let it unbuckle. I grabbed the steering wheel and pulled to get the pressure off the seat belt. It worked and I landed on my head. I twisted around in the glass and deflated air bag until I was upright and able to crawl out the broken window. Once out I yelled for the boys to save the baby. I figured this way I could also see who was ok by whoever was able to help get her out.
They boys were able to get her out. We were all bleeding but still alive.
I was headed to the coast on a busy highway that curves through the mountain pass. I was driving my mom's Ford F-150. In the passenger seat was my 15 year old son. Behind me sat my 15 year old nephew and my 1 1/2 year old daughter sat in the center back seat in a forward facing car seat. She had just fallen asleep.
Everyone on the road was driving about 60 MPH. After this one large corner I had a straight stretch. In the oncoming traffic I see a vehicle I think looks like he's peeking around the vehicle in front of him to pass. "Don't do it" I think to myself. "There isn't any room for you to pass". Next I see him start drifting slowly into my lane. I take my foot off the accelerator and pull a fraction towards the right to hope of possibly getting out of the way and HE HIT ME. Air bags deployed and we were shoved hard to the right and then we started to ROLL OVER. We we UPSIDE DOWN and sliding on the road or maybe gravel. I could hear the ground above my head grinding and scraping over the roof of the truck as we slid.
It would have been nice to just zone out and take it but that wasn't an option. I had my kids with me. I had to be alert to every single second completely so I could take any action needed to help us and keep us safe. At the same time I was wondering if this was it? Was this the end? Would we all live? Will any of us or all of us die? I didn't want my kids to be without me. I could hear my daughter screaming but that was ok. If she could scream then she was alive.
The truck stopped sliding and I was still upside down. I tried to undo my seat belt but I think my weight wouldn't let it unbuckle. I grabbed the steering wheel and pulled to get the pressure off the seat belt. It worked and I landed on my head. I twisted around in the glass and deflated air bag until I was upright and able to crawl out the broken window. Once out I yelled for the boys to save the baby. I figured this way I could also see who was ok by whoever was able to help get her out.
They boys were able to get her out. We were all bleeding but still alive.
