Car Accident
Slightly updated the last 2 paragraphs to fix some erroneous information.
My sister, Flo, was involved in a wreck Wednesday (yes, Valentine's Day) morning. She was stopped at a red light, and a woman came speeding up behind her without even stepping on her brakes, rear-ending Flo. The lady (I don't know her name, but let's call her Mandy) told the cops that she only looked down for a second and that last time she'd checked, Flo hadn't been in front of her. Riiiight. Flo had been stopped at the light about 15 or so seconds, making it clear that Mandy looked down for much longer than just a second. After she rammed into Flo, she kept on pushing her gas pedal and rammed into the car that had been beside Flo in the next lane. It's Flo's theory that Mandy was trying to escape but failed. The force of Mandy's Ford Excursion (huuuge SUV) hitting our minivan rammed Flo into the SUV in front of her, which then proceeded to slam into the car in front of it, making it a 5 car accident.
Luckily Flo wasn't too injured, although we did wind up spending 7 hours in the Emergency Room that night! Her neck was a little sore after the accident, but it didn't start to really hurt until around midnight. Yep, we didn't get home until after 7 AM. There was only one doctor in the ER, and they wound up doing x-rays on Floey only to see that her neck is sprained/suffering from whiplash. They prescribed her some pain pills and bed rest and told her it should feel better soon. I know her neck hurts and it sucks that this happened to her, but it could have been worse, and I'm so thankful it wasn't. We don't always get along, but she's pretty much my best friend.
Finally, our minivan is destroyed, completely unsalvagable, totalled, and I don't know what will happen next. Mandy's insurance had to pay for a rental car, and Flo reserved the rental for 1.5 weeks. I'm unsure if we'll get to keep it until we're able to get a new car or what though. They have to give you what the totalled car is worth, and that isn't as much as we still owe on it, but when my mom got the van, she also purchased the gap insurance. That's supposed to pay the difference between what the insurance gives you and how much you still owe, as the name implies, but Mom talked to them and they might not do that now, something about blah blah blah, they suck. Nothing like this has ever happened to us though, so I'm unsure how long it will take to be cleared and all. Flo and I were planning on doing a road trip during spring break, and that's slightly less than 4 weeks away. So, yeah, not going to happen.
P.S. I had to take my oldest cat, Pooh, to the vet today and leave her while they did some bloodwork and the vet tries to figure out why she's losing all her fur. I've never personally left her at the vet, and I felt like a mother on the first day of kindergarten or something! Poor Pooh was so scared and I'm so anxious to get her back and make sure she's ok. Updated: They took samples of her fur and think it might be ringworm.
My sister, Flo, was involved in a wreck Wednesday (yes, Valentine's Day) morning. She was stopped at a red light, and a woman came speeding up behind her without even stepping on her brakes, rear-ending Flo. The lady (I don't know her name, but let's call her Mandy) told the cops that she only looked down for a second and that last time she'd checked, Flo hadn't been in front of her. Riiiight. Flo had been stopped at the light about 15 or so seconds, making it clear that Mandy looked down for much longer than just a second. After she rammed into Flo, she kept on pushing her gas pedal and rammed into the car that had been beside Flo in the next lane. It's Flo's theory that Mandy was trying to escape but failed. The force of Mandy's Ford Excursion (huuuge SUV) hitting our minivan rammed Flo into the SUV in front of her, which then proceeded to slam into the car in front of it, making it a 5 car accident.
Luckily Flo wasn't too injured, although we did wind up spending 7 hours in the Emergency Room that night! Her neck was a little sore after the accident, but it didn't start to really hurt until around midnight. Yep, we didn't get home until after 7 AM. There was only one doctor in the ER, and they wound up doing x-rays on Floey only to see that her neck is sprained/suffering from whiplash. They prescribed her some pain pills and bed rest and told her it should feel better soon. I know her neck hurts and it sucks that this happened to her, but it could have been worse, and I'm so thankful it wasn't. We don't always get along, but she's pretty much my best friend.
Finally, our minivan is destroyed, completely unsalvagable, totalled, and I don't know what will happen next. Mandy's insurance had to pay for a rental car, and Flo reserved the rental for 1.5 weeks. I'm unsure if we'll get to keep it until we're able to get a new car or what though. They have to give you what the totalled car is worth, and that isn't as much as we still owe on it, but when my mom got the van, she also purchased the gap insurance. That's supposed to pay the difference between what the insurance gives you and how much you still owe, as the name implies, but Mom talked to them and they might not do that now, something about blah blah blah, they suck. Nothing like this has ever happened to us though, so I'm unsure how long it will take to be cleared and all. Flo and I were planning on doing a road trip during spring break, and that's slightly less than 4 weeks away. So, yeah, not going to happen.
P.S. I had to take my oldest cat, Pooh, to the vet today and leave her while they did some bloodwork and the vet tries to figure out why she's losing all her fur. I've never personally left her at the vet, and I felt like a mother on the first day of kindergarten or something! Poor Pooh was so scared and I'm so anxious to get her back and make sure she's ok. Updated: They took samples of her fur and think it might be ringworm.