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Glad you're OK.
My first and only accident was coming home from a Blues hockey game in 2000.
I had a literally brand new Jeep Wrangler, my third day with it.
Anyway, we were traveling northbound on Highway 109 in Eureka, which is pretty winding and sloped. A light snow had just started to fall. We were coming up a pretty steep grade at the speed limit (45) and just about to come around a slight bend when a van is in our lane - sideways.
No time to react, and bam. Head on collision at 45mph.
Apparently, he was traveling too fast for the conditions, got to the crest of the hill and lost control. So he's coming downhill sideways in our lane, with no time to react because of the slight bend in the road.
There were something like 7 people in the van, and none of them were hurt.
My ex-wife broke her wrist, and I was thrown into the airbag, then thrown backwards - with my ass well off of the seat - into the rollbar over my head. Split my melon pretty good - was bleeding everywhere. Took 13 staples to close up.
Anyway, the Jeep was totaled, and the injury settlement for my ex and I was enough to pay our medical bills and put a down payment on our first home.
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