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So, I was heading to go eat lunch with my wife and then planned on watching my son's soccer game. Anyway, I 'm not sure what happened exactly, but a

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Old 02-19-2011, 02:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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So, I was heading to go eat lunch with my wife and then planned on watching my son's soccer game. Anyway, I 'm not sure what happened exactly, but a truck in the opposite traffic ended up in my lane, got sideways, and I hit him in the drivers door. His truck ended up bursting into flames, followed by my car going up in flames while I was still inside. Luckily, I was able to force my driver's door open and drug myself away from the car. My injuries are only a broken right lower leg. The ortho docs took me into surgery to wash out the break, then I head back into the surgery on Sunday for the bionic conversion with rods and plates.

Unfortunately, both occupants of the truck died at the scene. I my wife take pictures to keep her distracted. It happened around 2:30pm on Friday, and it's now 3am Saturday morning in the hospital.

Please bear with me for any spelling / grammatical errors. Morphine jacks with her brain.
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Old 02-19-2011, 03:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Wow that is insane... terrible thing to go through..
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wow, very sorry to hear. hope you make a speedy and full recovery.
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woww! get well soon. were your rears completely bald or do they just look it on the pictures
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Holy shet!!! Sorry to hear people died. I'm glad you were able to make it out of a burning car. I hope you make a full recovery.
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WOW... probably the worst accident a forum (on any forum I'm on) member has ever reported back on. You could have EASILY been killed. Go play the lotto !

Have a quick recovery, having pins SUCKSS :/
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Man, I'm glad you're okay. Could have been much much worse.

Get well soon brother.
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The car only had about 17K miles on it, so it must've just been the picture.

Luckily I knew every paramedic and cop on the scene. My full time job is as a flight nurse on a helicopter and work part time in the ER at the hospital they brought me to. Needless to say, everyone's been pretty awesome here, but man that leg still hurts.

Thanks for all the well wishes. I don't post much, but I check the forum religiously every day, usually 2 or 3 times a day.

It just really sad to see my favorite car ever meet such an early demise.
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WOW!

Good luck with everything. Perhaps you can get a sport pkg now?
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Good luck with everything. Perhaps you can get a sport pkg now?
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Holy ****! That is crazy. Glad to hear you are mostly alright. Sucks for the people in the other vehicle.
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Holy crap! Those pictures are crazy. Its very unfortunate what happened to the passengers in the truck, but at least you are OK.
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Sucks that the people in the other vehicle died, but it's good to hear that you survived. Get well soon.
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WOW thank god you and your wife were able to get out of the car.
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Wow. Very scary. Hoping you have a fast recovery and are out there watching your son playing soccer real soon.
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