almost died today
on my way home from work today i was almost part of a pretty bad crash.
i was in the fast lane going about 80-85, same as everyone else. there was a honda accord/civi (i dn, it was a lil sedan) and a white working van in the middle lane goin prob 75-80. their was other traffic, but most was far ahead or far behind the 3 of us. one of the vans tires blows out on him, and sent the van shooting to the left. he cliped the back end of the accord and kept going into the center grassy area between the highways. the accord was hit hard enough to send it spinnig across the lanes to the right. the van crossed infront of me prob by 5-10 feet, and pieces of the accord were all over the road. (actuely picked a piece of it from my grill when i got home :shock: )
after thsi happened i pulled over as soon as i could to collect myself. i checked where everyone was, and the van was on its side in the grass, realy close to the oposite traffic (their was damage on the roof and corners, so i assume he rolled) the accord was half in the slow lane and half in the breakdown lane. traffic was going by in the middle lane only, and going maby 15mph too. pieces of the accord were scattered across the highway, most smaller pieces, but some were literaly half the rear bumper.
it took me about 10min to calm myself enough to think straight, so then i called 911 and reported the crash. the guy on the other end said he got about 15 other calls about it, and told me to stay there and wait for a state trooper.
when the trooper pulled behind me, we got out and dicussed what happend. he grabed a water from his car and gave it too me (much needed, i was sweatin bullits lol) by this time, their was already fire and rescue here and taking care of the mess, still 1 lane of traffic. another trooper pulled behind the other, and the 2 of them wrote down what i told them wat happened. after that the first one said i should head home (still ahd an hours drive ahead of me) and to call him if i had anything else to say.
so yea, quite a trip home...
i was in the fast lane going about 80-85, same as everyone else. there was a honda accord/civi (i dn, it was a lil sedan) and a white working van in the middle lane goin prob 75-80. their was other traffic, but most was far ahead or far behind the 3 of us. one of the vans tires blows out on him, and sent the van shooting to the left. he cliped the back end of the accord and kept going into the center grassy area between the highways. the accord was hit hard enough to send it spinnig across the lanes to the right. the van crossed infront of me prob by 5-10 feet, and pieces of the accord were all over the road. (actuely picked a piece of it from my grill when i got home :shock: )
after thsi happened i pulled over as soon as i could to collect myself. i checked where everyone was, and the van was on its side in the grass, realy close to the oposite traffic (their was damage on the roof and corners, so i assume he rolled) the accord was half in the slow lane and half in the breakdown lane. traffic was going by in the middle lane only, and going maby 15mph too. pieces of the accord were scattered across the highway, most smaller pieces, but some were literaly half the rear bumper.
it took me about 10min to calm myself enough to think straight, so then i called 911 and reported the crash. the guy on the other end said he got about 15 other calls about it, and told me to stay there and wait for a state trooper.
when the trooper pulled behind me, we got out and dicussed what happend. he grabed a water from his car and gave it too me (much needed, i was sweatin bullits lol) by this time, their was already fire and rescue here and taking care of the mess, still 1 lane of traffic. another trooper pulled behind the other, and the 2 of them wrote down what i told them wat happened. after that the first one said i should head home (still ahd an hours drive ahead of me) and to call him if i had anything else to say.
so yea, quite a trip home...