On June 25th, 2009, I was riding front passenger while my mom drove her red Ford Escape down Highway 111. All of sudden a another vehicle speeds up on the left of us while at the same time my mom change into the left lane. Trying to avoid our vehicle, the car spun out and rolled over. My mom briefly lost control, but manage pull over to the side. While the accident was non collision the car and my young mind were hardly unscathed. It was a weird day from the very beginning, my mom announced out the nowhere that me and two brothers were going to the movies to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at the Rancho 16 which I found strange because I didn 't think I deserve such a rare treat. Before my mother and I left for the afternoon …show more content…
It was the sound I’ll never forget. Fast moving metal and rubber against asphalt and rock make a noise that you only hear in the movies.
I thought we were going to spin out or that someone from behind would back end us. Luckily My mom took control immediately and we pulled not far from the crash. We were okay, shaken, but okay. I saw a few other cars coming over to the side and try to help, I remember seeing a grey Toyota Corolla pulling over with a woman in a business pants suit rushing out her with a cell phone in her hand. The SUV was completely wrecked and I didn’t know the condition of the driver. I saw a California Highway Patrol Officer who must have seen the whole thing because he was driving down the other side traffic lights blazing, calmly speaking through his radio for backup.
My mom left to inspect the damage, while me and my brothers were sweating profusely in the summer heat, I cracked my door open to allow “colder” air to circulate. The sounds of speeding cars off the highway drowned out voices outside. I wanted to get out and get closer to the SUV, but I was afraid of being told to go back by CHP officers.
Not long after I hear my mom’s voice coming closer with a cop a not far behind, writing in his notebook. Then they come into view mom showing officer the damage to the windshield. That made him write furiously in the notebook taking in every detail. Another Officer came by and
I just could not believe what happened. My night was going so good, then all of a sudden it turned into a nightmare. The entire ride home I just stared out the window at the pitch black sky. My dad and I never spoke a word the whole time. When we approached the place where I wrecked, I tensed up and closed my eyes. It made me sick to my stomach to see the truck upside down. The next thing I knew we were pulling into my driveway. When I got inside, I hugged my dad and told him I loved him and I was sorry for what happened. I then did what the nurse said and went in the shower. As I stood in the shower with the warm water hitting my face, the accident kept playing over and over in my head. With all of the glass and dirt washed out of my hair, I went to bed. It was beyond relaxing to lay in my bed. I layed there for a few moments,then slowly drifted to
Initially; when I became aware of my surroundings, the driver of the other car was at my side asking if we were okay. My friend was screaming, her face was covered in blood. The rearview mirror was missing, windshield and driver side window shattered and
I was involved in a car accident a year ago when I was struck in my drivers side door by another person. The events after are a blur, but I remember losing control of my car, traveling over the median that divided the directions of traffic, spinning around, and then rolling over to end up with the passenger side of my car on the ground. It was a miracle
At the time of the accident, my family lived about 30 miles from the site. I’d been at home sick that week and had been in the midst of a late afternoon nap when my mother woke me up to watch the breaking news story.
CRASH, I heard a ringing in my ears, my vision was a little blurry, and there was powdery smoke in the car. There was a stench that stung your eyes and nose. I looked out the windshield and noticed that no one had gotten out of the car. I panicked, I thought what if they are hurt, and what if there was a baby in the car. I was scared…terrified. I ran out of the car by that time there was two teenage girls not much older than I, out walking around. I asked if they were okay, they both said “yes, we are fine.” I noticed that the driver was still not out. I ran up to the door of the driver side yanked it open. I scared the poor elderly woman that was in there. I asked if she was okay she also said also said yes. After I made sure that everyone was okay I went over to the driver side of the Jeep and fell to my knees crying in the middle of the road.
I was driving a truck and I had some people in the truck. It late at night and I was driving on an empty road out in the countryside. I tried to slow down the truck but it just kept speeding up. I didn’t tell anyone and kept stoic facial expression, but the passenger noticed that my leg was repeatedly hitting the brake and that the emergency brake was on. Everyone started to freak out, I stayed calm until someone from the back reach and turn the steering wheel with force. A soon as the truck hit the side of the road, I woke up.
Well I was not that lucky, as I went around the corner, I said “Watch this!”, as I pushed harder on the gas pedal. I came around the corner drifting off more than expected; I corrected it too much to where I lost control of the wheel. I blinked for a second, I could see we were heading right into a ditch. Not having much time to hit the brakes, right into the ditch we went. If it wasn’t for the way the wheels were turned we probably would have been able to drive away. The wheels were turned to the left, therefore the way they hit the ditch made us tip over on the driver’s side. I knew we had to get out instantly making sure nothing was leaking, or caught on fire, also to check if we were seriously injured. My friend and I had our windows down, therefore we climbed out of her window. When we got out of the car we both checked ourselves for anything, which I was covered in broken glass from when my window broke hitting the ground. Luckily I did not fall out the window because I was not wearing my seat belt. I had used my hand to catch me from hitting my head or anything else. I was bleeding all over from the many little cuts I had from shoulder to my fingertips. After making sure we were
The speakers were blaring AC/DC’s “For Those About to Rock”, my hands saluting in the air, I was headed to bear lake in my car and was well. Then it happened. A full 900 degree barrel, on the interstate going 80mph. So there I was sitting on the interstate, in the dark, upside-down in my car. The cause of this crash was a simple fluke. My right tire was not inflated and it popped. So when I hit the brakes my car dug into the road and flipped. At this point in my life I had never had something that dramatic happen. For the next week and a half I found glass, in crevices it should never be found.
The sudden deceleration blunt force I had to endure upon impact my whole body took a violent jolt sideways and backward I could feel my muscles and ligaments in my body being stretched and twisted beyond my natural limits and even though I was wearing my seat belt , the force of impact slammed my head int the drivers side window. I lost consciousness for a few seconds. Someone called 911 , I can not remember much after that , my head was
SLAMMM! We hit drivers side of the other guys car and both of are airbags went out. Everyone ended up being ok. My Mom and I were having a little trouble getting out of the car. I had to call 9-1-1. But, I couldn’t find her phone or my phone so some other guy that saw it called. When the police came the ambulance came right behind them and the police and the guy is probally in a lot of trouble because they found out that the guy was very drunk and the guy told the police that he just came back from the bar/friends house. The guy had to get out threw the passenger side because the driver door wouldn’t open. My mom and I didn’t go to the hospital but the other guy did because we think he had alcohol poison. We ended up getting a tow truck to tow the car to the auto body shop and then he dropped us off at our house. Than we called my dad and told him what happened and he came home from work to make sure we were ok. This was a very bad accident and I hope I will never see or be in one ever again.
I used to watch the news and hear about people involved in car wrecks every day. The thing is, I never could have imagined it could happen to me or worse, someone who meant a lot to me. My father, David Stewart on October 8th had been on the opposite end of a car accident with a drunk driver. I don't remember much about that tragic day. I do remember family members rushing into our house to comfort each other and not yet understanding why. Before the night had ended my older sister had gave me the news. I was only in the third grade, how was an eight year old expected to process news like that? That night I laid in my bed, wiping away endless tears of concern and confusion. I prayed countless times that night. With prayers of hope that my
It was a morning similar to any other. I had been seventeen for a full twelve hours. It was now time for me to head to work and earn the wages of a teenage employee. The entirety of my previous summer consisted of nothing but helping my father rebuild a 1976 Ford Bronco. The Jade-Green beauty was my new favorite thing. I had completed the majority of my commute and was one more left turn away from reaching my destination. I saw that my arrow was orange and, hardly even glancing at the traffic coming towards me, I made the turn. The first lane I crossed over was clear. The second lane though, came with a little car barreling down at me.
One day after a 12 hour shift working in tempe i was on my way home and was a bit drowsy from lack of nutrition and the sun beating down on me for hours. I still remember every little bit of this day. The sun was just starting to set over the White Tanks. Around 6:35pm i turned down northern ave to head home. Thats when it started; out of no where a van lost control and swerves across his lane into mine. The whole incident was in slow motion, I slammed on my breaks and tried to get off to the side of the road to avoid what couldve been a deadly head on collision. Getting off to the side had avoided the head on collision however it didn't stop from the inevitable crash. My truck was going around 45 mph around the time of the impact. I could see the passenger's eyes widen as i got closer and closer to his side of the
I was about twelve years old when the crash occurred. My family and I were spending some time at our fishing camp in New Roads, Louisiana. We had gone tubing and swimming all day, and by eleven O’clock everyone was worn out. I laid down on the couch to watch a movie, but fell asleep very quickly. At around one O’clock in the morning, I was woken up by a huge boom. I was very confused and was not sure what had happened. At first I thought that one of my siblings had fallen off his bed, but I was soon confronted with the actual cause of the noise. The first thing that I remember was my stepmom running into the house and yelling for someone to call 911. As I went outside the camp, I saw the damage that had been done. A man in a pickup truck had driven off the road and slammed into my dad’s truck. My dad’s truck was hit so hard that it flipped into the neighbor’s camp. When I came outside, I heard a loud moaning coming from under the trucks. The driver of the pickup truck was not wearing his seat belt and he was ejected from the vehicle. I sat there on the steps trying to figure out what was going on right in front of
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