Yes they were. We were in a rollover accident 50 miles east of Denver on black ice in late 2002. Three humans buckled in, two dogs in kennels. No one hurt physically (PTSD yes). Mitsubishi Montero totalled, top caved in several inches, no glass left in the vehicle. As you say, a few feet one away or another, 10 mph faster, and things could have been totally different.
It gives one some perspective with regard to what's really important. Tom C. >From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: GESO - In the Creek >Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:30:19 -0600 > >Tom, > >Always a good idea to have the camera handy. >Lucky the occupants had only minor injuries. > >Deerhunting in Wisconsin is the Week of Thanksgiving. >Friends went up north and returned with some black ice on the roads. >They flipped the passenger car and landed in a farm field. >Everybody was buckled in and three guys got out of the car without a >scratch. >The driver died. His part of the roof landed on a rock that crushed his >head. >Your guys were lucky... > >Regards, Bob S. > > > >On 2/14/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not what you think. > > > > My family and I were on the way to town Saturday morning. A section of > > state highway, at the bottom of a steep hill and on a curve, is late to >get > > sunshine and had a thin glazing of ice on it. As we approached from the > > downhill side we saw an SUV rolled in the creek. > > > > We were second on the scene. The two guys got out and were helped up >the > > bank by the gentleman first to get there. They were pretty banged up >and > > bleeding from mostly small cuts and abrasions. My wife attempted to >clean > > them up a little and stop the bleeding from some larger gashes on one of >the > > fellows arms. They took off the wet pants and I had them get in the > > tailgate section of our vehicle under a blanket, turned the heater on >full > > blast and shut them in until the emergency workers arrived. The major > > danger they faced was hypothermia and shock as it was about 20F and they > > were soaked and shivering. > > > > Hopefully they are OK now, but somebody gets a new vehicle. > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=340946 > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
