HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
we brought in 2009 with a bang... quite literally...
as Megs, Alex and i were driving home last night, Megs and i in her car and Alex in hers, we missed a turn and went down a road in the wrong direction...
we came to a Y in the road and took the left... shortly after taking the left i noticed that Alex was no longer behind us... wondering where she might have gone we turned around and headed back, thinking that maybe she had taken the right instead of following us...
as we came back to the Y in the road we saw an accident involving 2 cars and a couple other cars around the scene.
"wow... we just came through here... on my gosh that's Alex"
we pulled over and got out and rushed over to her... one look at the car and it was obvious that that car wasn't going ANYWHERE... the entire front of the car, from about the front wheels forward, was gone... pretty much spread all over the road...
thankfully she was unharmed. she was a bit sore from the seat belt and airbag, but other than that just fine. a little shook up she asked for her phone, makeup and coat as we took her over to Megs car to sit down. she said that she had screamed the whole time while it happened and kept screaming until she was out of the car...
a couple guys who had apparently shown up immediately after the accident came over shouting at us "if you leave the scene of the accident you'll all be thrown in jail!!"
Megs put on her mom-face and started shouting back at them and telling them to back off...
Alex called her dad, the ambulance had already been called and were on their way, as were the police and a fire truck.
the passenger of the other car was walking around with severe head trauma, glass from the windshield in his face and shouting "i can't go back to prison! i can't go back to prison! put me in that car and get me out of here! i can't go back to prison!"
Megs turns around says "get in the car and lock the doors"
the finally got him to sit down on the tailgate of the truck that hit Alex until the ambulance showed up...
apparently the driver of the other car had taken off running after she had gotten out of the car. they were both drunk, driver and passenger. the passenger didn't have a seat belt on... which is probably why he had the windshield pieces in his face. the other guys described the driver to the police and the paramedics and firemen asked all the questions.
they made sure Alex was stable and uninjured and then waited for the other ambulance to show up to take her to the hospital.
in the mean time i called my dad...
"hi dad... sorry to wake you up... first of all, i'm fine... second of all i'm calling from Megan's phone because mine is dead... thirdly... Alex has been in an accident and the entire front of her car is missing... she's ok, the ambulance, firetruck and police are here... i didn't want you to worry, so i thought i'd call and tell you that i'm alright... we're waiting for the other ambulance to come, i'm going to ride with Alex in the ambulance to the hospital and then Megan will bring me home..."
the other aid car showed up and they put Alex inside on a backboard and did some more tests... it was raining, of course. i mentioned to Megs that no one ever seems to get in a car accident in the sunshine... not even in the movies... it's always dark and rainy...
finally after being outside in the rain for a good half hour, 45 minutes we were on our way to the hospital.
Alex was very calm and level-headed throughout the whole ordeal... she even called a friend of ours that she was supposed to be going to see on her way home...
"so... i don't think i'm going to make it... i'm strapped to a backboard in the back of an ambulance on my way to the hospital right now..." she was laughing and making jokes and everything...
we arrived at the hospital and got out of the aid car... as they pulled her out on the stretcher she said "please don't drop me!!" the firefighter that had been in the back with us, James (totally nice guy) said "uh... you're already on the ground..." it was pretty funny. John, the driver was pretty funny the whole time too. all of them were nice. the firefighters, the police, the paramedics... all really awesome guys.
we went into the emergency room and a few minutes later her dad and little brother showed up... Megs came in a few minutes later, after changing into something dry... she was soaking wet from being out in the rain.
we were at the hospital until after 6am... we finally said goodnight, or good morning rather, to Alex and her family and went home.
we're all thankful to be alive... it could have been so much worse...
ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT!!!
because what do seat belts do Alex??
"SAVE LIVES!!"
love ya girly... lemme know if i left any of it!
i'm glad you're safe.
-kmw-
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