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Near-death encounter after PvD
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| aNYthing |
Driving home to philly after pvd, about 2 mins away from my house. As I come up bent uphil road, a car is flying towards me and at first, I think the dude is just swirvng, but he keeps going head on towards me. I swirve to the left and he flies inches away from my front. I was unbuckled coz I was coming from gas station and its a short drive. My girl is dozing in the seat next to me ad all I thought thank god we avoided him.
The fuker SLAMS INTO A LIGHTPOLE behind us, showering the car in spray of car fragments. The lightpole is broken 2/3 up the pole! How the that happens?
The wires are dangling above the wreck. I am afraid to see what's inside... the front wheel well is where legs would normally be. Inside, a dazed man, contorted in an unnatural lotus position, surely with a broken hip, at least.
While m calling 911, dude is moaning... saying MY DAUGHTER... I look back and car seat is empty. I brix... running around back and yelling at 911 operator, I'm yelling SEND A ING AMBULANCE, STAT. SEND JAWS OF LIFE. HE'S BADLY ED.
No signs of any kids.
Cops pull up in record time, possibly 3 mins after my call. It was surreal... I explained and gave my info. Cops blocked off the road and sent me home, where I proceeded to get faced and passed out.
I counted every blessing today. It was ... I have no wrds. I'm. In shock. Nearly cannatonic. |
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| yankeeBaby |
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eek, I wonder if you can find out what happened, because, knowing me, I would be having nightmares about this until I found out if everyone was ok! Especially if there was a possibility of a child (or even the idea that a child lost her father??) Sorry you went through that! :mad: :( |
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| aNYthing |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
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eek, I wonder if you can find out what happened, because, knowing me, I would be having nightmares about this until I found out if everyone was ok! Especially if there was a possibility of a child (or even the idea that a child lost her father??) Sorry you went through that! :mad: :( |
There was no child in the car, he was just muttering. I called PD but they said the won't release any info, citing privacy laws. |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
wow man that's terrible.
thank god you managed to get out of his path. |
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| xpand3r |
| Crazy story..But glad to see that you're ok! |
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| diabloargentino |
wow - unbelievable.
glad you and your girl are okay. it's scary how one moment could possibly change everything. |
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| aNYthing |
| I didn't sleep... just kept replaying it over and over. It was like being in a video game. When it happened, it was like I anticipated it to happen. I was clear as a glass. I kept thinking "don't hit my girl"... I didn't give a if it was me flying through windshield. I don't know how but it was a miracle.... closest call of my life. |
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| eyebegod |
Wow, crazyness im glad you are both ok. And not to take anything away from your story but last night as I was driving home from PVD as well at like 5:30am in Westchester. a car in front of me swerved from the left lane across the middle lane into into the back end of a SUV causing the suv in the right lane to flip over. It was so absurd, i saw the whole thing in slow motion, the other guy must have dozed off.
It really is crazy to think if i had left the city 3 min earlier, or was driving 5 mph faster that could have been me. Thank god the cars were structurally sound despite flipping over and everyone was ok...relavely |
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| xpand3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by aNYthing
I didn't sleep... just kept replaying it over and over. It was like being in a video game. When it happened, it was like I anticipated it to happen. I was clear as a glass. I kept thinking "don't hit my girl"... I didn't give a if it was me flying through windshield. I don't know how but it was a miracle.... closest call of my life. |
I could imagine how you kept seeing on repeat. A similar incident happened to me few years ago my 18ft truck flipped over by Giants Stadium and I made it out fine including the truck. I kept looking at the picture I took that evening and kept replaying it in my head ;-)
The important thing is you made it out alive and well. But just make sure that you always wear your seatbelt even if it's a 1 minute drive back home from a gas station. |
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| aNYthing |
| quote: | Originally posted by eyebegod
Wow, crazyness im glad you are both ok. And not to take anything away from your story but last night as I was driving home from PVD as well at like 5:30am in Westchester. a car in front of me swerved from the left lane across the middle lane into into the back end of a SUV causing the suv in the right lane to flip over. It was so absurd, i saw the whole thing in slow motion, the other guy must have dozed off.
It really is crazy to think if i had left the city 3 min earlier, or was driving 5 mph faster that could have been me. Thank god the cars were structurally sound despite flipping over and everyone was ok...relavely |
This is why I decided that no more night driving for me, unless absolutely a must. Too many people acting like idiots on weekend/nights. If I feel like I am falling asleep, I usually find the nearest exit and find a safe place to sleep for few hours. I'd rather sleep in the car than chill in morgue. Usually 2 hours of sleep keeps me going for another 2 or so.
Everyone thinks you can predict what happens next and has an illusion of safety behind the wheel. Sadly, too many reckless or distracted drivers make it such a dangerous experience. Sure, cars became a lot safer but we're nowhere near in terms of car safety where all the risks and laws of physics can be changed to one's advantage.
Interestingly, this was a 2nd close call in 2 days. On Friday, I'm going on 95 and there's a Chevy Avalanche on my ass, tailgating. I'm going 75 in left lane, trying to get away from him, almost feeling something about this idiot. Then, moron swerves to the left and slams into concrete divider and starts flailing left to right. I'm thinking he's either going to slam into me and then get nailed from behind or crash into cars in right lanes. I see sparks flying in my rear view mirror and somehow he manages to maintain control of the car. Even more strange is that he KEEPS GOING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED, maintaining nearly same speed. I gave him a wide berth and stayed well back of this idiot, in case he decided to have another episode like that. What's even more weird is that car obviously had some damage but he just kept going, not even stopping to check out the damage. :eek:
just a really odd weekend.... |
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| gmoney44 |
| damn man..thats so scary..reminds me of the time my girl was following me to drop my car off on the expressway..i kept checking the rearview mirror to make sure she was behind me..i switch lanes..look in my rearview mirror and see her mazda spinning and getting hit by cars on either lane next to her..i pulled over as fast as i cud on the shoulder got out of the car and ran 300 ft down the highway and pulled her out of the car..thank god she was wearing her seatbelt...one of the scariest moments of my life..all happened while listening to 4 Strings - Catch A Fall.. hope this guy is ok..ill say a prayer for him.. |
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