My wife and I were going to a photography workshop the other day in Indianapolis, but we never made it. While we were on I-70 in the left lane, we became bunched up with vehicles on all sides of us. One of those vehicles was a large RV with a vehicle in tow in the right-hand lane. The 82-year old Ontario driver soon decided he wanted our lane instead of slowing down for traffic coming on to the interstate from the exit, forcing us off the road and making me lose control of the vehicle. Ultimately, we slammed into a guard rail.
There are 1,001 little things that could have made everything much different that day, but my wife and I came away with only cuts, bruises, some abrasions, and a whole lot of soreness and pain. I know I feel like an entire professional baseball team took up batting practice all up and down the left side of my body. But even that is much better than the alternatives. In fact, the EMTs who arrived on the scene were shocked that we weren't hurt much, much worse considering we broke off 5 guard rail posts clean.
Special thanks to everyone who stopped to see if we were okay. Many people these days would have just driven on, but this affirms there are still good people in the world. I also want to thank the police for chasing down the RV and ticketing him for improper lane change. When they stopped him, he said he didn't even know there had been a wreck. Can you believe that?!
Photos of the car after the accident can be seen on my wife's photography blog located at:
http://www.jenniferwathen.com/
It's pretty amazing that we weren't hurt much worse. I know while many of you may be considering down-sizing vehicles for fuel economy, I know I will be researching crash test results for before I buy another vehicle.
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This blog post by Chris Wathen was also published in his Linton, Indiana based Greene County Daily World blog entitled, “Riddle Me This”.
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