The Almost 3 Car Accident

Whoa! Multiple posts in one day.... What has gotten into this girl?!? Well, I suppose I have lots of stuff to catch up on, or maybe I am just procrastinating from writing thank you notes (again)...

Yesterday I had an appointment to get my hair chopped of (its shortish now). I was on my way when I caught the bridge. Boo. I was going to be late. Those who have cursed the Great Bridge bridge can sympathize. Once the %$@%@ thing opened again, I drove across and then had to turn left across the traffic that was still backed up on the other side....

Well, some girl in a Honda was trying to get out of the parking lot that I was trying to get into and didn't see the SUV coming in the middle lane and she zipped out and got herself broadsided. Hard. Right in front of me. Time started to move in slow motion as both cars slid towards me. I couldn't really do much about it so I just had to wait until they hit me. I closed my eyes and braced for impact.

There were lots or horrible noises but no big bang. After a few seconds, I opened my eyes and saw that the other two cars were literally wrapped around the front of my Pathfinder but not touching it. I mean inches away. The SUV was right in front of me and the the Honda had kind of slid around to the side of me. I tried to breathe while turning off my car and hunting for my phone. I got out of the car and called 911 to report the accident and went around see if the other people were alright (there were some broken bones and smashed glass cuts, Honda girl was pretty out of it).

As I was talking to the 911 operator, she mentioned that they had another report of a three car crash in that location. "What about the dark colored SUV?" the operator asked.... I explained that, other than somehow being in the middle of the crash, I wasn't hit. Talk about lucky. Pieces of the other cars were actually under me and had to be pulled out before I could back out of the accident.

After escaping (somehow) unscathed I had a really good excuse for being late to my hair appointment.