March 4, 2014

[Paco Del Stinko]

Well, this doesn't happen every day. I hope. I am the guy in the truck Note: While I am not as svelte as a couple of years back, what looks like gut is jacket, thank you! http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1196 ... in-Andover First day of my second week at my new job. (Yay new job!)

[HeuristicsInc]

wow, that's not the part of the car you're supposed to be looking at. glad you are ok!
-bill

[Billy's Little Trip]

Glad you're ok, Chuckles. You were in the Toyota that was on it's side? Did you climb out of the passenger side door?

[Caravan Ray]

Trucko del Smasho! Looks nasty. Hope your OK

[Lunkhead]

... I am the guy in the truck Note: While I am not as svelte as a couple of years back, what looks like gut is jacket, thank you! ...

I'm a little confused. Do you mean you were the driver of the truck that is on its side in the photos? If so, that sucks, hope you're OK. Or did you mean that you are the Elm Street Automotive employee in the blue hoodie...?

EDIT: Ah, I guess you are the guy in the blue jacket talking to the policeman in the second photo, my mistake, sorry. Anyway, that's really crappy Paco.

[Paco Del Stinko]

Thanks guys. Yep. My first accident after 30+ (!) years of driving. I did indeed climb out of the passenger side door. Like exiting a submarine, I suppose. Still waiting on all of the legal stuff, will post again later. Be careful out there peoples and ALWAYS BUCKLE UP!

[rone rivendale]

Can't stress that enough, ALWAYS BUCKLE UP. I was in a wreck when I was 12. I was in the backseat along with another child. My Mother was in the passenger seat, and a friend of the family was driving. We were going thru an intersection when a drunk driver ran the stop sign and hit us at 75 mph (speed limit was 35) We were knocked off the road, went thru a couple of yards, and only escaped crashing thru someone's house because they had a short brick wall surrounding a garden that we ran into instead.

Everyone has wearing their seat belts. I received a bruised sternum from the beat and had a giant bruise on my leg but if I had not been wearing the belt, I would likely have been launched thru the windshield. The other child only received some knots on the top of his head from hitting the car roof. My Mom sadly broke her knee into 3 pieces from hitting it against the dash. Worst of all, the driver's head hit the steering wheel and she ended up with brain damage (and committed suicide years later).

It was pretty bad all around, but everyone survived the crash. If you could see the picture of the totaled car we have, you would never believe anyone could survive it but we did. The jackass drunk who hit us did not receive one bit of injury, but his poor drunken passenger got scalped. The idiot drunk driver ran from the scene, leaving his buddy as well as the 4 of us behind. He was caught later but skipped bail and escaped punishment.

I'm glad you are alright Paco. These things can be scary as hell, but at least you are ALIVE.