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So I got in a car accident..
12 years ago
Yesterday while stopped in traffic a guy rear-ended me going 35+ MPH. My initial response was apparently to remove my foot from the break and turn my wheel left so that none of the cars in front of me would be involved. Then after turning to look at the driver who hit me as he rolled to the side of the road with the front end of his car totaled and airbags deployed.. I turned off my car put it in park and proceeded to go into breakdown freakout mode. Crying and having a panic attack, a million thoughts seemed to surge through my head. What am I going to do? how am I going to pay for any of this? OH GOD MY BABY! Is my car as bad as his? why didn't my airbags deploy? Did I hit anyone? where is my phone? *looking over at the other driver again* Why is he just staring at me blankly, is he HIGH?? *looking around* Oh good people seem to be calling 9-11. I need to call my brother..
I called my brother once I was able to sort through my panic enough to get my phone working.. though explaining to my brother that I had just been hit caused my to freak out more as the reality of it all set in just a bit more, I was barely able to tell him where I was * not even half a block from our apartment complex* and to call 9-11 even though I was sure that others had called. after hanging up I felt cramps and pain in my stomach and feared the worst for my unborn child and attempted to slow my breathing so as to not go into pre-term labor. Soon cops arrived and one of the opened my passenger door and asked me if I was alright.. I told him that I had been rear-ended and that I was 33 week pregnant.. Everything else that goes down in these situations followed, my brother showed up after running down tot he scene and helped calm me down, my Id and info was taken down and I was taken to the hospital due to neck pain and being 33 week pregnant. I didn't even seem to notice till I was being helped out of the car that the impact had knocked my glasses right off my face or that I had hurt my neck at all.. Shock does funny things to you.
I got to spend the rest of the day In the hospital, a good 4 hours of that restrained because they were afraid of spinal damage.. and then the rest in another building monitoring my baby. Luckily I only have minor spasms and Whiplash.
So the skinny version of this and details on the guy who hit me. He was intoxicated via drugs of some sort, Driving without insurance, had a suspended license, and also got cited for the speed he was going. I was wearing my seat belt, sitting at a full stop a car's length behind the other person in front of me, and not at any fault in the accident what so ever. The driver apparently was driving a friends car and has no home address and was listed by transient.
TO answer any questions before they are asked. I only have broad form insurance that covers me as a driver no matter which car I am driving..So no my insurance wont cover this. I do not know if the owner of the car has insurance and I am currently finding that out. As I stated before yes I am fine essentially *minor neck injury and I'm in bed for a few days* MY baby is superb and wasn't affected at all. Yes I plan on taking as much legal action as I can against both the driver and the owner of the car.
I'm still a little shook up about all this but I will get over it, the worst part right now is I have no car and may not be able to afford the repairs on it till after things are settled in court. The damage to the car was just to the bumper* which was demolished* and muffler so it's still operational, but not street legal so I will have to repair it before I can drive it.
If anyone wishes to help out though I am offering $2 sketches with flat watercolor pencil's, I don't draw porn and my talents are pretty limited. I'm just trying to figure out ways to make ends meet for the time being.
I called my brother once I was able to sort through my panic enough to get my phone working.. though explaining to my brother that I had just been hit caused my to freak out more as the reality of it all set in just a bit more, I was barely able to tell him where I was * not even half a block from our apartment complex* and to call 9-11 even though I was sure that others had called. after hanging up I felt cramps and pain in my stomach and feared the worst for my unborn child and attempted to slow my breathing so as to not go into pre-term labor. Soon cops arrived and one of the opened my passenger door and asked me if I was alright.. I told him that I had been rear-ended and that I was 33 week pregnant.. Everything else that goes down in these situations followed, my brother showed up after running down tot he scene and helped calm me down, my Id and info was taken down and I was taken to the hospital due to neck pain and being 33 week pregnant. I didn't even seem to notice till I was being helped out of the car that the impact had knocked my glasses right off my face or that I had hurt my neck at all.. Shock does funny things to you.
I got to spend the rest of the day In the hospital, a good 4 hours of that restrained because they were afraid of spinal damage.. and then the rest in another building monitoring my baby. Luckily I only have minor spasms and Whiplash.
So the skinny version of this and details on the guy who hit me. He was intoxicated via drugs of some sort, Driving without insurance, had a suspended license, and also got cited for the speed he was going. I was wearing my seat belt, sitting at a full stop a car's length behind the other person in front of me, and not at any fault in the accident what so ever. The driver apparently was driving a friends car and has no home address and was listed by transient.
TO answer any questions before they are asked. I only have broad form insurance that covers me as a driver no matter which car I am driving..So no my insurance wont cover this. I do not know if the owner of the car has insurance and I am currently finding that out. As I stated before yes I am fine essentially *minor neck injury and I'm in bed for a few days* MY baby is superb and wasn't affected at all. Yes I plan on taking as much legal action as I can against both the driver and the owner of the car.
I'm still a little shook up about all this but I will get over it, the worst part right now is I have no car and may not be able to afford the repairs on it till after things are settled in court. The damage to the car was just to the bumper* which was demolished* and muffler so it's still operational, but not street legal so I will have to repair it before I can drive it.
If anyone wishes to help out though I am offering $2 sketches with flat watercolor pencil's, I don't draw porn and my talents are pretty limited. I'm just trying to figure out ways to make ends meet for the time being.
