We had just crossed into Memphis, TN on our way to her Grandparent's 50th Anniversary party (in Nashville) when we came up on rush hour traffic. The Class A motor home behind us hadn't noticed the impending traffic and wound up going more or less over top of us (me driving, Danielle in passenger seat), and sent us pinging into the guardrails and other cars on the highway.
It's amazing to look at the photos and see how incredibly "smushed" the car was. We were reported as dead on the evening news, and the hospital staff said "wait, you were in the red car, we weren't expecting anyone from that car" when we arrived. However, we walked away, Danielle with massive bruising throughout her torso, and me with 2 broken ribs and a good cut on my arm after only 12 hours in the hospital. Unfortunately, my first Taylor 110 wasn't so lucky, as it wound up being the thickness of a Telecaster in the back seat. Thankfully, Danielle's cousin decided to fly at the last minute, or else he would have been in that seat.
However, we're amazingly blessed to have been able to walk away (even if with lots of painkillers) and not have any long-term effects.
Front driver side
Front of car
Back of car - that's the rear bumper laid across the top
Rear - at least my Birkenstock's were saved
The back seat & Taylor 110
Taylor 110
2 comments:
wow...amazing.
marlow
The only thing that could make those picture sadder is if it was a Martin in the backseat. :)
Seriously though, unreal.
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