Ashley's Crash-up Derby
Coming home from work on Friday evening Ashley was rear-ended by an Izuzu Rodeo. Ashley, who was in the middle lane, was slowing down as the traffic approached a toll booth. The lady behind her in the Rodeo never hit her brakes and hit Ashley at 60+ mph. Ashley was probably going around 20 when she was hit. The force of the impact forced Ashley's car into the car in front of her, then sent her careening across the right lane and into a wall. Her car rebounded off the wall, spun and came to rest back in the middle lane facing oncoming traffic.
Incredibly, as you can see from the damage to the car below, Ashley was not hurt very much. She was very shaken up from the ordeal and had a cut over her left eye from when she hit the steering wheel. It could have been much worse and thank God it wasn't.
A witness stopped to give her side of the story to the DPS troopers. She had a clear view of the wreck and wanted to make sure Ashley was okay first of all and make sure she gave a statement to ensure Ashley was not liable for the accident in any way.
I arrived on the scene about twenty minutes after the accident just as they were towing the Honda away. I was there to see the lady who caused the accident accuse the driver of the car that Ashley hit of faking an injury. I also had the pleasure of seeing her sign her citation for "Failure to control speed". She apologized so many times that it was getting very annoying and her apologies were hollow to me anyway because she could have caused serious injury to Ashley.
Once all the cars were towed away, the insurance information was exchanging, and the DPS Trooper told the Rodeo lady that she was at fault I took Ashley to the ER to be checked out. The triage nurse sent her to Minor Emergency and she was quickly admitted to a room. A CT scan was performed, which came back with good news, and Ashley's cut was patched with what amounts to surgical Super-Glue.
Ashley woke up this morning not feeling stiff and with a slight black-eye that has gotten worse as the day has gone on. We went out for lunch and did some light shopping. I was very self conscious about her black-eye because I was sure people thought that I had popped her a good one.
After lunch, we went to gather the rest of Ashley's things from the Honda and to say goodbye to the old car. I'm pretty sure that the car is totaled and we'll be car shopping in the near future.
Incredibly, as you can see from the damage to the car below, Ashley was not hurt very much. She was very shaken up from the ordeal and had a cut over her left eye from when she hit the steering wheel. It could have been much worse and thank God it wasn't.
A witness stopped to give her side of the story to the DPS troopers. She had a clear view of the wreck and wanted to make sure Ashley was okay first of all and make sure she gave a statement to ensure Ashley was not liable for the accident in any way.
I arrived on the scene about twenty minutes after the accident just as they were towing the Honda away. I was there to see the lady who caused the accident accuse the driver of the car that Ashley hit of faking an injury. I also had the pleasure of seeing her sign her citation for "Failure to control speed". She apologized so many times that it was getting very annoying and her apologies were hollow to me anyway because she could have caused serious injury to Ashley.
Once all the cars were towed away, the insurance information was exchanging, and the DPS Trooper told the Rodeo lady that she was at fault I took Ashley to the ER to be checked out. The triage nurse sent her to Minor Emergency and she was quickly admitted to a room. A CT scan was performed, which came back with good news, and Ashley's cut was patched with what amounts to surgical Super-Glue.
Ashley woke up this morning not feeling stiff and with a slight black-eye that has gotten worse as the day has gone on. We went out for lunch and did some light shopping. I was very self conscious about her black-eye because I was sure people thought that I had popped her a good one.
After lunch, we went to gather the rest of Ashley's things from the Honda and to say goodbye to the old car. I'm pretty sure that the car is totaled and we'll be car shopping in the near future.
Sunday update:
Ashley's eye has darkened quite a bit.
posted by Mark at 4:22 PM
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I don't care how she looks - she will always be my little girl!!
Padre
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