Well, being the caring person I am, and knowing I am both an Officer and an EMT, I decided to stop and help an accident victim whose car was stopped with a broken axle on the freeway, in the traffic lane. I stopped approx 75 feet from the vehicle with my hazard lights on, and just as I put the vehicle in "park" with my foot still on the brake ... WHAM .... from behind. So, my assistance leads to me possibly losing my truck. The frame is bent, and it looks real bad. I guess the upside to it is, well, there are a few.
1 - I wasn't on the motor (the wind itself would have knocked me over with the rain added ...well, that's why I had the truck.)
2 - I wasn't in the jeep.
3 - The other guy was actually in or very near his vehicle, and may have been seriously hurt or killed had this guy in the full-size Ford van hit the Honda broadside.
I guess in essence, I have to look at the fact I sacrificed my vehicle and myself to save another life? Or, am I just being optimistic?
ANYway, I'm a little sore (ankle and left shoulder / arm) but I'm alive .....
As for the truck? Well, my 97 Ram 4x4 is probably going to be totalled. THe frame is bent, the bed got pushed in to the rear of the extended cab, the passenger door doesn't close, neither does the little window behind the door, the exhaust system is tweeked, the transmission slips, and the alignment is off ... and that's just to start.
Well, I'm off to work now. This actually happened on my way in to the station for duty....
1 - I wasn't on the motor (the wind itself would have knocked me over with the rain added ...well, that's why I had the truck.)
2 - I wasn't in the jeep.
3 - The other guy was actually in or very near his vehicle, and may have been seriously hurt or killed had this guy in the full-size Ford van hit the Honda broadside.
I guess in essence, I have to look at the fact I sacrificed my vehicle and myself to save another life? Or, am I just being optimistic?
ANYway, I'm a little sore (ankle and left shoulder / arm) but I'm alive .....
As for the truck? Well, my 97 Ram 4x4 is probably going to be totalled. THe frame is bent, the bed got pushed in to the rear of the extended cab, the passenger door doesn't close, neither does the little window behind the door, the exhaust system is tweeked, the transmission slips, and the alignment is off ... and that's just to start.
Well, I'm off to work now. This actually happened on my way in to the station for duty....
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