Tuesday, October 18, 2005
FUCKED UP!
Today my husband witnessed the most horrific car accident he had ever seen or heard about. It happened about 15 feet from his car.He is terrified even now and it is 2 hours later.
We always talk on the way home from work everyday and when I called him today I have never heard his voice sound like it did. It absolutely terrified me, which doesn't take much but anyways, here is the story.
There was a green Chevrolet Blazer pulled over by a State Trooper for riding in the HOV lane with only 1 passenger (himself) in the car. Instead of being on the far side of the interstate where you usually get pulled over the guy in the Blazer pulled over in the median section of the interstate (on the opposite side of the road). As the trooper was walking back to his car after giving the guy a ticket the guy in the Blazer goes to pull back onto the interstate and doesn't see the car flying 70 MPH in the HOV lane right beside him. Instead of driving in the median and watching for traffic the guy just pulled right into the HOV lane. When he did there was the other car. The other car swerved 3 lanes across to miss him and the guy in the Blazer swerved the other way at the same time. His Blazer flipped 3 times in a matter of what my husband says had to be a second or two. Then my husband sees the guy ejected from the vehicle and bolted into the air about 20 feet ALL the way across the grass median of the fucking interstate and he lands face first onto oncoming traffic on the opposite side of the interstate. He literally saw this guys face hit the pavement. When I called him this had just happened and he was just scared..that is all I can say, scared to fucking death. He was screaming "I just saw a guy fucking die baby, he died right in front of me"
The State Trooper was still sitting there while all this happened right in front of him and his camera probably caught the whole thing.
Can you imagine being that State Trooper? I can't, knowing I had just given a guy a ticket for something as petty as riding in the HOV lane when he wasn't suppose to be and now dude is DEAD.
Of course all could have been prevented if he would have just had on a seat belt and I understand that but it still doesn't mean this guy wasn't a husband, father, son, etc of someone. Someone loved him and now he is dead.
Crazy shit. Crazy, crazy shit.
My husband has seen a lot of crazy shit in his life. He has been everywhere..he was in the Coast Guard for a long time and had to pull dead Haitian women, babies and men out of the Ocean that were trying to make it to America for a better life.. This haunts him till this day 10 years later.
But what he saw 2 hours ago he will never forget and I won't either.
14 Comments:
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Elizabeth commented at 8:27 PM~
Oh my, your poor husband. Make sure you hug him a lot tonight. I imagine that image will be with him for years to come. How awful.
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commented at 9:04 PM~
That's sad....
I feel bad for your hubby for worse for the family who got the knock on their door tonight.-
Kami commented at 10:45 PM~
Poor hubs. Yikes.
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Random and Odd commented at 10:53 PM~
*hug* I am sooo sorry for everyone!!
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butterstar commented at 9:09 AM~
God, that's terrible. If I was that trooper, I doubt I could keep doing my job after that.
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Michele in Michigan commented at 9:50 AM~
OMFG! I am so sorry that this happened & that he had to see it. Sending hugs your way. How terrible!
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Mahala commented at 11:38 AM~
What a horrible thing to witness. And I'm sure your husband was traumatized by it. Encourage him to talk about it, if you can. I can't imagine witnessing something like that.
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dashababy commented at 12:11 PM~
So sorry to hear about this. ((hugs))
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pack of 2 commented at 12:21 PM~
That is so sad. I can't imagine what your husband is feeling right now.
Hopefully, over time, the images for him will fade!
That is a terrible thing to have to witness! UGH!!
Shelly-
Margaret commented at 12:58 PM~
damn...hugs to you both...
peace...-
Pissy Britches commented at 1:50 PM~
Thanks guys. He was really fucking scared which freaked me out. He didn't sleep well at all last night and said he just couldn't get it out of his head.
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Kathryn commented at 3:12 PM~
He needs some xanex. That sucks.
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Candy commented at 3:53 PM~
Holy crap, I have seen some bad accidents but that is really really awful. I hope you guys will be ok
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SassyFemme commented at 8:15 PM~
Oh God, what a horrid experience. Hope he's doing better today.
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