I'm glad you're OK Shel!
We had a rollover accident about 3 years ago. Only doing 35 miles an hour
in a blizzard (unbeknownst on black ice) when the car in front of me decided
to come to a dead stop on the interstate with semi-trailers coming up behind
me. We were all OK as we were weraing our seatbelts and the two dogs made
it though fine in their kennels. The vehicle was totaled though
Tom C.
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: CRASH! Always Wear Your Seat Belt ...
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:35:18 -0800
I was slowly driving to a friend's house up in the Berkeley Hills. A
woman, seemingly impaired in some way, drove into my lane and crashed
head-on into me. She wasn't wearing her seat belt, and was driven to the
hospital by an ambulance. She's badly bruised as her head went into the
windshield.
The medics looked me over, checked pulse and blood pressure (both were
highly elevated), checked my reflexes and coordination, and felt that I was
OK, but offered to take me to the hospital just in case. I declined.
A friend drove up to meet me to give me a ride down to his house, where we
had dinner, and after which I came home. I felt good enough to walk at a
brisk pace to his car, which was at the end of the street. The street was
closed to through traffic for a while. I may be a little sore around my
shoulders tomorrow. I was wearing my seatbelt and shoulder harness. I can
still feel where the shoulder harness pressed against my chest as it held
me securely.
Always wear your seatbelt. You will never know where or when an accident
can happen - it can even happen on a peaceful, sunny, Sunday afternoon, on
a quiet street. Be careful out there ...
Shel
