The long trip out to Vegas and back that began back in late May had one more big surprise about an hour and a half from home. Driving back on I-70 going about 75 mph a car we were passing decided he was going to switch lanes without a signal and without checking to see if anyone was there. Considering Julie and I were about even with the middle of his car, this became a big issue. She immediately slammed on the brakes, honked but also had to swerve towards the median. The car just kept switching lanes completely oblivious to the circumstances. Once our front right tire went off the shoulder and caught the slight slope, there wasn't much Julie could do. We caught the slope and it took us into what is essentially a metal fence which protects you from crossing into oncoming traffic. After running through/over 2 or 3 of the posts we came to a rest against one. No one was hurt in the least bit, and surprisingly, we only suffered a flat front tire and some decent damage to the front right portion of the car (including the front bumber basically falling off).
However, the thing that pissed me off the most was that noone stopped to help us except for one guy on the other side of the highway. The guy that ran us off...gone; about ten to twenty other cars that had to have seen it...on their merry way. A couple of them did call 911 and verify that we did crash and that a red ford escort had caused it, but did they chek to make sure we weren't injured...nah! I have witnessed one crash in my life, and I screeched to a halt and ran to the car to help the people out. I would have liked to have thought any reasonable person would.
Fortunately, Julie and I are safe and sound, and I got to kiss my wife and kids goodnight. So all in all I can't complain too much.
3 comments:
Sorry to hear about your accident...I take it the kids weren't with you...right? How awful that nobody stopped to help you or make sure you were ok! I'm very glad you are both ok!
Glad you are two are ok.
Did the other car/driver get caught?
That's a negative, but for insurance purposes it was consider no fault on our part. However, our car is considered totaled for insurance purposes. This means we basically have to get rid of the car or pay most of it out of our pockets to get it fixed. It's a shame b/c that car was the most reliable car I've ever had. 230K miles and never anything big wrong with it.
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