Driving home from rehearsal tonight on 202 -- a two-lane road -- a car suddenly pulled out from oncoming traffic to pass, and hit me head-on at 60 miles an hour.
Well, not quite head-on -- I veered immediately to the right, so we did one long brutal metal-twisting scrape, but at 60 miles an hour, that was enough to spin me out and throw my car into the oppposite ditch. My car is totalled. I'm sore and shook up, but unhurt.
He was a 17-year-old who had been looking down. When he looked up, he found the car ahead of him had put on their brakes to turn left into their driveway. He panicked, swerved -- clipping the car ahead of him on the way -- and pulled out into oncoming traffic. Which was me.
One and a half seconds till impact.
"Ease on by," I thought, watching headlights roar toward me in both lanes. "No sudden moves," as I veered onto the shoulder. That was my last thought before a crunch, a spin, and the grassy bank plowing toward me VERY fast, another crunch, and a BANG. Took a while to find my glasses and my shoes. Bit my tongue, sore shoulder & chest, but basically okay.
Bystanders, three crunched cars, broken glasses, state patrol, phone numbers, tow trucks. Now I'm home. The car's dead in the driveway.
I am lucky to be here.
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Oh Rachel! I'm so glad you're all right! What a horrible thing to happen. I'm so sorry about the car... but that's one kid who's now going to drive carefully for the rest of his life. One would hope.
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