On one of the worst feelings ever....
Yep.... thats my truck. I got into my first accident today and it was no fender bender. Im ok thank god, and so is the person that hit me. Ive never truely understood the whole "life flashing before your eyes" thing, until now. It really happend; everything, everyone, past, present, future, I saw it all in a matter of seconds. It was kind of my fault and not at the same time. It was a bad intersection, my vision of traffic on the left side was blocked coming up the hill, and the sun was right in my eyes. The long and the short of it was that I didnt see the light change and the guy slammed right into my driver side door. My truck was thrown a few feet and spun almost 180. The truck still runs and drives, I just cant get out of the drivers side door. By all rights I should have had at LEAST had a broken arm, but by some miracle I walked away with out a scratch. The other guy was driving a 2002 Mercury Moutaineer and the impact basicly disinagrated his front end, which pretty much totalled it Im guessing. Im proud of my little ranger, It took the impact like a trooper and protected me to the max. It's proven to be indesructable so far. The cop was pretty cool too, he just gave me a warning for running the red light, and he understood it wasnt completely my fault and said he would mention that I couldnt see due to the sun in his report. I have a bunch of paperwork to do tomorrow, but its better then sitting in the hospital or somewhere a lot worse. Im just really glad that nobody was hurt.
Thank You to anything and everything that kept me safe today.