I was driving home from work today, and I saw a van stopping at a stop sign before crossing the street I was driving down. However, after the van stopped, it proceeded on through...and I realized it was going to hit me. I slammed on the brakes and laid on the horn and tried to swerve, but there was no avoiding it. She slammed right into my driver's side door. I lost control of my car...went up a curb...mowed down a stop sign...and was going right for a huge tree. I jerked the wheel to avoid the tree, smashed into a chainlink fence, and finally stopped when I hit a garage.
I wish I could say I was very cool about the whole situation...but I was beyond hysterical and in a lot of pain. There was glass everywhere...even in my mouth and up my nose. I removed one piece of glass from my nose, and blood began running down.
The girl who hit me was completely unapologetic, merely saying, "I didn't see you."
A girl who witnessed everything was a lot more helpful and called 911.
They had to use the jaws of life to get my door opened to get me out. My poor, beautiful, wonderful car that I loved so dearly is a wreck.
My boyfriend took me to the emergency room for x-rays (I didn't want to go in the ambulance). Luckily, nothing was broken...just a lot of bruising and cuts.
I'm in so much pain...and now I have no car. I did absolutely nothing wrong, and yet I got screwed.
Finding humor in the situation though...because we all need a laugh...well, except for me, because that makes my ribs hurt:
1. The song I was listening to when I was hit was Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby". When people approached me as I was screaming and crying with the car still running, that was the background music until someone finally reached in and turned the key.
2. I was wearing my hospital gown, sitting in a wheelchair, crying, waiting to be x-rayed. My nose started burning, and I feared more glass was still stuck in it so I started picking my nose. I must have been a glorious sight.
3. I'd been bitching lately that my low coolant light wouldn't go out, despite the coolant being filled. Well...I guess I showed that light who the boss is!
Okay...humor over...I'm bummed out beyond words.
I wish I could say I was very cool about the whole situation...but I was beyond hysterical and in a lot of pain. There was glass everywhere...even in my mouth and up my nose. I removed one piece of glass from my nose, and blood began running down.
The girl who hit me was completely unapologetic, merely saying, "I didn't see you."
A girl who witnessed everything was a lot more helpful and called 911.They had to use the jaws of life to get my door opened to get me out. My poor, beautiful, wonderful car that I loved so dearly is a wreck.
My boyfriend took me to the emergency room for x-rays (I didn't want to go in the ambulance). Luckily, nothing was broken...just a lot of bruising and cuts.
I'm in so much pain...and now I have no car. I did absolutely nothing wrong, and yet I got screwed.
Finding humor in the situation though...because we all need a laugh...well, except for me, because that makes my ribs hurt:
1. The song I was listening to when I was hit was Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby". When people approached me as I was screaming and crying with the car still running, that was the background music until someone finally reached in and turned the key.
2. I was wearing my hospital gown, sitting in a wheelchair, crying, waiting to be x-rayed. My nose started burning, and I feared more glass was still stuck in it so I started picking my nose. I must have been a glorious sight.
3. I'd been bitching lately that my low coolant light wouldn't go out, despite the coolant being filled. Well...I guess I showed that light who the boss is!
Okay...humor over...I'm bummed out beyond words.
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Hope you're ok, Kat.
My insurance company was amazing. Paid to have me towed the 3 1/2 hours home, had a rental car waiting for me at the body shop when we got back that evening - they made the entire thing as stress-free as possible. Hope your situation goes as smoothly. 
lol.
