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Hey, I'm glad to be here, because as the pains from the collision decide which ones want to stay longer, I can be happy that I'm not dead after the fight with the tractor/trailer rig.
I have always avoided staying alongside a big rig longer than absolutely necessary...advice given to me by my dad, a short-haul truck driver. Wed, 28 Nov at 6:36, a semi came into my lane and clipped the rear of the car I was driving. The car spun around the front of the truck, then impacted again and again (I remember 4 distinct hits)down the side of the truck and then the trailer. The last thing I saw was the left rear trailer tires...I was knocked out and came to as people were trying to get into the car. One of them was my wife. She had been following a couple hundred yards back, and though she didn't see the first impact, she did see me spinning and hitting the left side of the rig. Scared her something fierce.
I was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Those back boards and neck restraints are in themselves modern torture devices. Three hours later, they finally took them off of me. I didn't break a single bone, nor did I have a single scratch on me. But, I was bruised a lot, mostly to internal organs. Lost four days work. Now, I'm still mighty fatigued and my back, neck and arms are hurtiing a lot.
But I'm alive, by the grace of God, and the help of that seatbelt. Wear yours!
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Thank you all. I was in Wichita Falls, TX. The main road out of town to the southeast is a three lane that splits into two two-lane US highways, 281S and 287S. 281S splits off to left and loops back under 287. I was in that center lane (of what would become the right lane of 281S).
When my son wrecked his Ford Probe by pulling into an intersection with oncoming traffic (T-boned, kid OK), I found a '92 Plymouth Sundance for $50 froma a friend, but the tranny was toast and the motor smoked. So I found another motor and tranny in a '95 Dodge Spirit, and had my son help swap it out. Then he prepped it for paint and had a friend paint it. He learned something from the undertaking...but then I pick it up from the shop and get smeared on the way to give it to him.
We're still working on the legal situation.
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Thanks again, fellas.
I found out today that the guy had legitimate insurance coverage...so we'll deal with the property loss first.
Oh, the police report states that the skid marks substantiate my story...I am pursuing the personal injury angle as well. If the guy hadn't changed his story, i.e. telling me that he was sorry, and then telling the cop that I was at fault, I might not be so willing to sue. Besides the recovery, pain and etc, there's principle involved with my decision as well. Better not go much further, but I'm sure you guys understand.
Thanks for all your well-wishes. I told my wife that if this bunch of guys on here actually lived in the same area, all the wives would really have their hands full...ha! T-R-O-U-B-L-E, she says. I think she'd be right, but there's no doubt there'd always be help when needed. Y'all are good folks!
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