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Well, I was riding shotgun with my safety belt securely fastened, getting off the highway and headed through a flashing yellow light, I yell "Holy Shit!" as we slam into the driver side door of a young girl's car.
The only part of the crash I actually remember was placing my hands on the dashboard to stabilize myself and avoid whiplash... because the upper torso strap of my seat belt didn't lock. Then immediately after coming to a halt, I check to make sure I'm still alive... I know my buddy behind me wasn't wearing his belt and he definitely hit the back of my seat, so I ask if he's okay first, then our driver, both give me the thumbs up and I rip my belt off, open the door and book it to the car we hit.
She's already got a paper towel to her head, as I ask if she's okay, she merely says "I'm conscious, but I'm bleeding." And I turn around and just yell at the top of my lungs, "CALL NINE-ONE-ONE!"
Both drivers end up getting in the ambulance after about 30 minutes of talking to the authorities.
I feel like such an a** for saying it, but I really wish I would have got Kelsey's number... not for insurance purposes, but simply for my own personal ends. At first it was just me being a kind soul to make sure we didn't kill someone... then to find out she's hurt and I want to make sure she's okay... then simply because I was attracted to this girl as she tried to apologize for something that didn't require an apology. Was it wrong to think of it? Or was it wrong to not ask?
Either way... I'm pretty sure she's fine. And our driver was already diagnosed with sciatica before the accident and said the accident worsened his condition... he'll be fine in the end, I'm sure. My friend in the back probably got jostled pretty good, but he's walkin around and being the same guy. And I had already pulled my hamstring earlier and just about every muscle in my body during the crash... I'll sleep it off. Too bad I don't have health insurance, but I'm sure I'll be fine.
What a way to start off our night... we were havin a great time at our local truck stop, drinking coffee and bulls**tting about life... and we were on our way to do a bit of gaming at our LAN center.
Ah well. No pain, no gain. Such is life. | |
osm
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19846 points | its not something you think about at the time. Even if you had it, it would still be kind of awkward to just ring up and make sure she was ok.
It would be a nice thing to do though, but I still feel it would be awkward. One might also suspect she was in a little bit of shock and wasn't quite comprehending at the time what exactly happened. |
torrentwolves
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2748 points | That's exactly what I was thinking! I didn't want to be rude, even though I also thought she might not even see it as rude... because of that "near death experience". Either way, if I was meant to meet here, a la fate, I'm sure I'll see her again.
And thank you, I'm fine. Little stiff this morning and I feel like I could sleep for an additional 8 hours, but fine. My main concern was with everyone else... but the crash wasn't really one of them "human physical stress limit" crashes, so I'm sure it's just bumped heads and bruised behinds. |
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