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I was just involved in a 6 car pileup on the bridge returning to my hotel from Niagara falls. My rental car is officially an accordion and my air bags failed to deploy (which may have actually saved me from bruises).
I'm fine. But boy was it a scary night. I was going over the bridge that goes over the river that leads to Niagara Falls. A pickup truck loses power and stops dead in the middle of the right lane. A second car slams on the breaks and manages to come to a complete stop just short of the truck. Me, on the other hand, am not so lucky and I SLAM into the back of the car slamming it into the stalled pickup. Chaos ensues. Within a few minutes we're out and standing on the side of the bridge when.... it happens again. A fourth car sees the accident and stops suddenly. A fifth car bumps the fourth car and rams into the side guardrail. A 6th car rams the 5th.
More chaos ensues.
...and I declined all coverage on my rental car. I paniced at first but luckily my Corporate Amex has the highest level of coverage (I'm actually told to decline the rental car insurance). Knock on wood, but it seems very likely that they will cover all the damages completely. One person went to the hospital but nobody was seriously injured. The entire southbound side of the Interstate was shut down for an hour.
Luckily, no tickets were issued. In fact, the state troopers even gave me a ride home.
I can't wait to get back to Manhattan. And I'm scratching the plans I had for that motorcycle I was going to buy. If I had been on that thing tonight I would have been a dead man.
I'm fine. But boy was it a scary night. I was going over the bridge that goes over the river that leads to Niagara Falls. A pickup truck loses power and stops dead in the middle of the right lane. A second car slams on the breaks and manages to come to a complete stop just short of the truck. Me, on the other hand, am not so lucky and I SLAM into the back of the car slamming it into the stalled pickup. Chaos ensues. Within a few minutes we're out and standing on the side of the bridge when.... it happens again. A fourth car sees the accident and stops suddenly. A fifth car bumps the fourth car and rams into the side guardrail. A 6th car rams the 5th.
More chaos ensues.
...and I declined all coverage on my rental car. I paniced at first but luckily my Corporate Amex has the highest level of coverage (I'm actually told to decline the rental car insurance). Knock on wood, but it seems very likely that they will cover all the damages completely. One person went to the hospital but nobody was seriously injured. The entire southbound side of the Interstate was shut down for an hour.
Luckily, no tickets were issued. In fact, the state troopers even gave me a ride home.
I can't wait to get back to Manhattan. And I'm scratching the plans I had for that motorcycle I was going to buy. If I had been on that thing tonight I would have been a dead man.