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I have quite the story to share, and I'm just happy to be alive to tell it.
Yesterday afternoon, I hit a patch of gravel on a hairpin turn at a speed of over 110 km/h in my '93 Festiva L. I lost control, veered across the road, rolled my car multiple times into a 12-15 foot bank beside the highway.
What happened after that can truly be considered a miracle. The ambulance crew, police, and doctors all just shake their heads. One doctor said to me "if you have nine lives, you just used one". I was knocked unconcious for over 15 minutes to find that my car was lying on its side in the oppposite direction that I had come from. Two off-duty firefighters found me and promptly called the ambulance. I was extracted from the car through the now-missing hatch and hauled away to the hospital.
My injuries? Almost zero. I have an enormous bump on my head that is actually visible through my hair, probably from hitting the driver side window. I have cuts, scrapes, bruises. My neck is extremely sore and I will be stiff for quite awile. Other then that, I am fine. I walked away from the hospital four hours after being checked into ER.
I am told that my seatbelt saved my life, besides being "lucky". My doctor told me that he has never seen anything like it. There is just no way I should be alive, or even in the condition I am in. It was a miracle, plain and simple.
My car is obviously dead. To be quite honest, I have not seen the car yet, as it was all a blur as they extracted me and put me on a spine board. I remember the inside of the car.......all the windows, windshield, etc were smashed...like I said, they dragged me out of a non-existant hatch. My days as a Festiva owner are over. I don't think I'll ever buy another one. I loved the car, it was fun, economical, zippy, all that good stuff. But the way I look at it, I just won the lottery ticket. I got away this time, but there is no way I should be in such good shape, or even alive. It's a miracle. My next car will be safer. I'm not taking anymore chances.
Oh, and my fellow young guys (and young at heart), please, please slow down. I often drive like I have nothing to lose. Yesterday my speed almost killed me. Besides totalling my car, recieving a violation ticket for $368 (driving with undue care) , I could have died. Don't let it happen to you.
And if God does exist, wow. Thanks.
On another note, I may be parting out the car. I need to go find the car and survey the damage. I'll be updating.
Just happy to be alive.
Aaron
Yesterday afternoon, I hit a patch of gravel on a hairpin turn at a speed of over 110 km/h in my '93 Festiva L. I lost control, veered across the road, rolled my car multiple times into a 12-15 foot bank beside the highway.
What happened after that can truly be considered a miracle. The ambulance crew, police, and doctors all just shake their heads. One doctor said to me "if you have nine lives, you just used one". I was knocked unconcious for over 15 minutes to find that my car was lying on its side in the oppposite direction that I had come from. Two off-duty firefighters found me and promptly called the ambulance. I was extracted from the car through the now-missing hatch and hauled away to the hospital.
My injuries? Almost zero. I have an enormous bump on my head that is actually visible through my hair, probably from hitting the driver side window. I have cuts, scrapes, bruises. My neck is extremely sore and I will be stiff for quite awile. Other then that, I am fine. I walked away from the hospital four hours after being checked into ER.
I am told that my seatbelt saved my life, besides being "lucky". My doctor told me that he has never seen anything like it. There is just no way I should be alive, or even in the condition I am in. It was a miracle, plain and simple.
My car is obviously dead. To be quite honest, I have not seen the car yet, as it was all a blur as they extracted me and put me on a spine board. I remember the inside of the car.......all the windows, windshield, etc were smashed...like I said, they dragged me out of a non-existant hatch. My days as a Festiva owner are over. I don't think I'll ever buy another one. I loved the car, it was fun, economical, zippy, all that good stuff. But the way I look at it, I just won the lottery ticket. I got away this time, but there is no way I should be in such good shape, or even alive. It's a miracle. My next car will be safer. I'm not taking anymore chances.
Oh, and my fellow young guys (and young at heart), please, please slow down. I often drive like I have nothing to lose. Yesterday my speed almost killed me. Besides totalling my car, recieving a violation ticket for $368 (driving with undue care) , I could have died. Don't let it happen to you.
And if God does exist, wow. Thanks.
On another note, I may be parting out the car. I need to go find the car and survey the damage. I'll be updating.
Just happy to be alive.
Aaron
if i was gonna buy a new car id probably get a yaris, but i hate that funky dash.
Just kidding, glad you are alive to tell the story :!:
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