I thought this might be an interesting topic, because everybody has seen, or been in a vehicle accident. This thread is for people to tell about wrecks they have seen, or experienced. I'll start us on our way.....
Fifteen years ago, an ex boyfriend of mine, was killed by a drunk driver. The ex was 22 at the time. He and his girl friend where just out cruising some country roads ( like you do ) and they were going 55 mph. They topped a hill, and as soon as they got passed the hill, they saw a pickup truck careening towards them, in their lane. The girl swerved into the other lane, and just as she did that, the other driver swerved back to his lane, and they crashed head on. The girl was wearing her seatbelt, but the ex wasn't. Needless to say, the impact was tremendous. The ex was thrown up under the dash board. :spooked: She didn't get hurt, but it took the paramedics 2 hours, to get him out from under the dashboard. He was alive the entire time. Somebody that witnessed it, said that his legs were turned completely around in their sockets. :spooked: They managed to get him out, and Life Flight was there to take him to the hospital. Something happened when they got him up in the air. His blood pressure dropped and he went in to cardiac arrest. He died, and it was sooo sad, because he was a real good guy. The drunk driver escaped injury unfortunately. He was driving on a suspended licence from a previous DUI. Infact, he had had many DUIs. :mad: If I remember this right, I think he got 22 years in prison. He got a year for every year of Jeff's life. I hate people who drive drunk. :mad: They have a reckless disregard for other people's safety and life. :mad:
How terrible, Dex -- I know this memory must still haunt you.
I know they say that alcoholism is a disease and these people should be treated just as any other sick person but isn't there some conscience somewhere? I mean, I know that when I get blotto I still maintain some manners and common sense.
Are these drunks who drive just in complete blackout?
I dunno :no:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on January 05, 2008, 01:34:25 PM
How terrible, Dex -- I know this memory must still haunt you.
I know they say that alcoholism is a disease and these people should be treated just as any other sick person but isn't there some conscience somewhere? I mean, I know that when I get blotto I still maintain some manners and common sense.
Are these drunks who drive just in complete blackout?
I dunno :no:
I don't consider alcoholism as a disease. That's a cop out. There is nobody or nothing that forces people to drink IMO. When I think of disease, I think of Cancer, heart disease, and things like Parkinsons disease. Nobody forces anybody to drink, and if a person can't stop drinking, it's their own damn fault. :yes:
Amen my sister.
Calling disease is just an excuse for weakness. And a drunk driver should be taken to professional jail. That tent camp comes to mnd.
grins....
A friend of a friend was traveling back on what would be considered a country road too. She was engaged to be married and she and her fiance had traveled the back way to another town to pick up something for her wedding. A drunk kid, under the age of 18 was speeding the opposite way down that road, trying to dodge police and hit another car (ironically carrying a wedding party) which caused that car to careen out of control and hit the friends car. The driver of both cars died. The kid didn't and it turned out that he didn't have a license at all and this was his second DUI accident.
My friend took me out to the scene of the accident, perhaps a year later. They had built a memorial for the two drivers that had died and my friend had placed an eternal candle on the site and wanted me to see it. We went, she stopped to tidy up the memorial and we took off again. Up ahead, just a little ways was someone walking. I couldn't make out if it was a man or woman and whoever it was appeared to have a hooded jacket on with their hands stuffed in the pocket. I didn't comment, but thought to myself that it was entirely too cold and dark to be walking on that road in a dark jacket. As we got closer, I couldn't see the person anymore. There wasn't any place for him or her to go, so I kinda wondered and said, "huh". About the time I started to think it was my imagination, my friend said, "did you see the person in the jacket too" and I said that I did. She had seen him/her too and when they disappeared she thought maybe it had been her imagination, until I made a noise.
Quote from: damfast on January 05, 2008, 07:28:14 PM
Amen my sister.
Calling disease is just an excuse for weakness. And a drunk driver should be taken to professional jail. That tent camp comes to mnd.
grins....
:yes: Bingo Damfast!!! :thumbsup:
Quote from: PIYA on January 05, 2008, 08:22:41 PM
A friend of a friend was traveling back on what would be considered a country road too. She was engaged to be married and she and her fiance had traveled the back way to another town to pick up something for her wedding. A drunk kid, under the age of 18 was speeding the opposite way down that road, trying to dodge police and hit another car (ironically carrying a wedding party) which caused that car to careen out of control and hit the friends car. The driver of both cars died. The kid didn't and it turned out that he didn't have a license at all and this was his second DUI accident.
My friend took me out to the scene of the accident, perhaps a year later. They had built a memorial for the two drivers that had died and my friend had placed an eternal candle on the site and wanted me to see it. We went, she stopped to tidy up the memorial and we took off again. Up ahead, just a little ways was someone walking. I couldn't make out if it was a man or woman and whoever it was appeared to have a hooded jacket on with their hands stuffed in the pocket. I didn't comment, but thought to myself that it was entirely too cold and dark to be walking on that road in a dark jacket. As we got closer, I couldn't see the person anymore. There wasn't any place for him or her to go, so I kinda wondered and said, "huh". About the time I started to think it was my imagination, my friend said, "did you see the person in the jacket too" and I said that I did. She had seen him/her too and when they disappeared she thought maybe it had been her imagination, until I made a noise.
Wow, that's freaky. :spooked: Probably a lost soul wandering the road, unable to "leave" that spot. :no: How sad. :'( Good people get killed all the time, because of other peoples lack of good judgement. :mad:
Here's another one where alcohol was partially to blame....
These three guys my husband went to school with got killed in a wreck. They had been at a bar in our area, and they were drunk, and got into a fight with a couple other guys, over one guys ex girlfriend. They took it outside, and the 3 guys got their asses kicked. They jumped in the one guy's Trans am, and high tailed it out of there. The other guys gave chase. They were driving in excess of 120 mph, and the guys in the Trans am, hit some railroad tracks, and lost control. They crashed in to a tree going 120 mph . :spooked: The guy in the drivers seat got decapitated, and his head landed in the back seat, the rest of his body, flew out the drivers side window. The guy in the passengers seat, flew out the T tops and landed 10 yards from the car. The guy in the backseat was thrown under the dashboard, and had to be cut out of the car. He is still alive and doing very well today. The passenger died on the way to the hospital. The paramedics didn't even know there was a third person. They didn't see him right away. Infact, he had laid there for a half an hour, before they noticed him. Drunken stupidity at it's finest folks. :no: The bad thing is the front passenger had a genius IQ. What a sensless waste of a genius brain. :no:
While I've had my share of wrecks, none were so bad as one my sister was in when she was in high school.
She and her boyfriend were traveling on a five lane road, in the right lane, just behind another pick up truck that was passing them in the left lane. As they rounded a broad curve, a sports car going over 90MPH lost control coming in the other direction....hitting the truck that was passing my sister head-on and sending it into the truck she was riding in. The impact was great enough to push her truck backwards into the car behind them.
No one in my sisters car was seriously injured, but two people died in the sports car, and the two older gentlemen in the truck that took the brunt of it were badly injured. My sister got out to check on everyone, and said one of the guys in the sports car was practically decapitated. His wife came onto the scene of the accident a few minutes later and by all accounts had a total breakdown. Apparently, the wife had dropped her husband and his friend off to pick up the sports car from the mechanics--where some performance modifications had been done, and they were all headed home. I guess he wanted to try out the new "enhancements".
While my sisters car was the least damaged of the lot, it was still totalled. I can still remember, going to the junkyard to get some things out of the truck...there was like a fistful of her hair hanging out of the broken windshield where she hit it. The truck and sports car were almost unrecognizable.
When I was 7 I recall being in the vehicle with my mom and dad and we were sitting at a stop light. There was a small boy and his mother waiting at the curb right across from us. The boy jerked his hand away from his mother and stepped off the curb and a car making a right hand turn hit him almost immediately. The vehicle somehow had hit him and threw him down and the right front tire crushed his head like a ripe melon.
Needless to say the mother went gonzo, and all traffic stopped on the spot. We were first in line so I had an unobstructed view of the boy for some time. This was back in the days when ambulances were made just like a hearse, windows and all. I remember them placing him on the gurney and throwing a sheet over him. I remember the blood soaking through the white sheet as they slid him into the back. . .
Quote from: Gryphon on January 07, 2008, 09:32:12 AM
While I've had my share of wrecks, none were so bad as one my sister was in when she was in high school.
She and her boyfriend were traveling on a five lane road, in the right lane, just behind another pick up truck that was passing them in the left lane. As they rounded a broad curve, a sports car going over 90MPH lost control coming in the other direction....hitting the truck that was passing my sister head-on and sending it into the truck she was riding in. The impact was great enough to push her truck backwards into the car behind them.
No one in my sisters car was seriously injured, but two people died in the sports car, and the two older gentlemen in the truck that took the brunt of it were badly injured. My sister got out to check on everyone, and said one of the guys in the sports car was practically decapitated. His wife came onto the scene of the accident a few minutes later and by all accounts had a total breakdown. Apparently, the wife had dropped her husband and his friend off to pick up the sports car from the mechanics--where some performance modifications had been done, and they were all headed home. I guess he wanted to try out the new "enhancements".
While my sisters car was the least damaged of the lot, it was still totalled. I can still remember, going to the junkyard to get some things out of the truck...there was like a fistful of her hair hanging out of the broken windshield where she hit it. The truck and sports car were almost unrecognizable.
How horrible Gryphon. :no: Your sister was extremely lucky. I can't imagine the horror of seeing something like that. My husband drives a semi, and he has seen some horrific stuff. He's seen people burn to death, and all kinds of things. He's seen body parts laying in the road, and one time he saw a guy on a motorcycle, that ran up under the back, of a stopped semi. He said, that both the guy, and the bike were wrapped around the back axle. :eek: He said unless you knew for sure, you would have no idea whatsoever ,what it was by looking at it. He said, the most heartbreaking thing he ever saw involved a child. He came up on this, so he didn't actually see it happen Thank God. It was on the interstate somewhere ( I can't remember where, the mind goes with age you know :spooked:) anywho..... a woman in a small car rear ended a semi, and she didn't have her infant child in a car seat, and you guessed it, the child flew out the windshield. :'( Hubby said it was just a blob on the road. :no: The woman was screaming and hysterical. Hubby said, he felt bad for the woman, but he was sooo enraged he felt like smacking her, for not having the child in a car seat. Stuff like that is soooooo avoidable. :no:
Quote from: Palehorse on January 07, 2008, 12:36:12 PM
When I was 7 I recall being in the vehicle with my mom and dad and we were sitting at a stop light. There was a small boy and his mother waiting at the curb right across from us. The boy jerked his hand away from his mother and stepped off the curb and a car making a right hand turn hit him almost immediately. The vehicle somehow had hit him and threw him down and the right front tire crushed his head like a ripe melon.
Needless to say the mother went gonzo, and all traffic stopped on the spot. We were first in line so I had an unobstructed view of the boy for some time. This was back in the days when ambulances were made just like a hearse, windows and all. I remember them placing him on the gurney and throwing a sheet over him. I remember the blood soaking through the white sheet as they slid him into the back. . .
Man PH, that would be a horrible thing to see as a child, very traumatizing I'm sure. :'( I think the worst thing in the world to see, would be a child getting killed. :'( I don't think I could handle that. :no:
Here's a story about a wreck caused by stupidity......
There are a lot of kids, that think playing chicken in cars, is cool. This story proves that it isn't always a cool thing to do.....
A couple weeks after graduation 1988, here in my area, some kids that had just graduated were out, and about. One car had a couple of guys, that were kind of known as idiots. They were 17 or 18 years old. Enter another couple 17 or 18 years old. Same graduating class as the other guys. This was a guy and a girl who were engaged to be married. This couple graduated with honors, and had very bright futures ahead of them (not). Anywho.... The couple was going north and the other guys were headed south, when they met on the road. Both drivers decided a game of chicken was a good idea. (not a good idea ) neither guy backed off, and they hit head on. Neither driver got hurt. :mad: The girl flew through the windshield, she survived the impact, despite the fact that her brain was hanging out of her head. She was LifeFlighted to Peoria, declared brain dead, and put on life support. The family had it turned off 2 days later, and she died.
The other passenger had horrible injuries. Both legs were shattered, all of his ribs were broken, he had severe internal injuries, and every bone in his face was broken, even his eye sockets. He was in bad shape, and a coma for months. He did survive though, and seemed to be doing well. Here's where it takes a strange and ironic twist.... Four years later he was fully recovered, and suddenly he came down with spinal Meningitis. He died. They said it was latent Meningitis, caused by the car accident 4 years earlier. :spooked: They tried to get the guy driving the car he was in for vehicular homicide, but I don't think anything ever came of it. The other guy didn't get anything out of it either. It was classified as an accident. :rolleyes: What a waste. :no:
How awful...
when I was a junior in high school, a friend of mine and I decided to race these girls down a windy mountain road. (Stupid, yes)
Well as we came toward one curve, my friend who was driving tried to get back into the right lane. When he did, he went off the edge, overcorrected and we started spinning. I remember it so vividly. It felt at one point like we had stopped (because we were sliding sideways at that point instead of in circles). My friend turned andsaid "are you ok" and at that moment a tree just came busting through the windshield (we were flipping down the embankment). I dont know how many times it rolled over, but when it was all said and done, there was no part of the car that wasnt smashed...both axels were broken (one of the rear wheels was pushed up into the backseat).
I dont know how, but nobody was hurt.
Quote from: Gryphon on January 07, 2008, 01:56:26 PM
How awful...
when I was a junior in high school, a friend of mine and I decided to race these girls down a windy mountain road. (Stupid, yes)
Well as we came toward one curve, my friend who was driving tried to get back into the right lane. When he did, he went off the edge, overcorrected and we started spinning. I remember it so vividly. It felt at one point like we had stopped (because we were sliding sideways at that point instead of in circles). My friend turned andsaid "are you ok" and at that moment a tree just came busting through the windshield (we were flipping down the embankment). I dont know how many times it rolled over, but when it was all said and done, there was no part of the car that wasnt smashed...both axels were broken (one of the rear wheels was pushed up into the backseat).
I dont know how, but nobody was hurt.
Jesum Crow Gryphon!!! :spooked: It's a miracle you're here to tell about it. What happened to the girls? Did they wreck too? :confused:
I added the word graphic to the title. I was going to do that at the begining, and forgot to. I hope nobody was offended. :-[
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on January 07, 2008, 02:11:17 PM
Jesum Crow Gryphon!!! :spooked: It's a miracle you're here to tell about it. What happened to the girls? Did they wreck too? :confused:
no but by the time we climbed out of the car and up the hill they were hysterical thinking we were dead.
Quote from: Gryphon on January 07, 2008, 02:28:05 PM
no but by the time we climbed out of the car and up the hill they were hysterical thinking we were dead.
There's nothing like hysterical girls at an accident scene LOL!!! :biggrin:
Mid spring I took the pup out for a walk one afternoon. As we approached the street side of the house I looked down the road and saw a Jeep Cherokee coming toward me and a white Chrysler turning out from the east/west road a half block over. The white Chrysler pulled straight out and turned right into the path of the oncoming Jeep, and almost as if in super slo motion, I watched these two vehicles collide head-on.
I snatched pup up and carried him with me over to the intersection, all the while dialing 911 for the umpteenth time. As I approached the white Chrysler I saw a chubby young woman. She was getting herself out of the vehicle. I stopped to ask if she was ok and she replied that she was. I saw no bleeding, so moved on to the Jeep.
A young girl clambered out of the vehicle and she was hysterical. I asked her if she was hurt and she replied she was. She said her back was killing her and she had a nice sized bump on her forehead. I told her to please sit down but she was screaming and carrying on. About that time rescue showed up, and on cue she fainted. . .
A ha, a faker!!! :rolleyes: I hate people like that. :mad: I suppose she went on, and sued the other driver, typical. :no: Probably made a bundle too. $$$$$
:biggrin:
Here's another story.....
About 18 years ago a couple of guys I went to school with, were out on a motorcycle at 3:30 in the morning. They were headed home, and had been drinking. IMO drinking, and riding a motorcycle at 3:30 am, is not a good idea. They were on a road 1 mile from the guy driving the bikes home, and they hit a cow in the middle of the road. The impact rammed the handle bars through the cow, and both guys flew off the bike. The guy driving was slammed into the side of a hill, and killed instantly. The other guy had critical injuries. He shattered both legs, and had months of recovery. He had to learn how to walk again, but as far as I know, he's still alive today.
A friend of mine went to the visitation, of the guy that got killed. Apparently, his whole face had been destroyed in the accident. My friend said you could tell it was made of plaster of Paris. She also said that there were guys in attendance, that looked more like the deceased, than he did. :spooked: Motorcycles can be extremely dangerous in the wrong conditions.
One of the medics at a first aid training that I did, told this story:
A mini-van full of kids was flying down I95 (runs north to south along the East coast). Something happened, the driver lost control and it flipped a couple times. None of the kids were wearing safety belts so kids went all over I95. A truck driver saw it happen and immediately pulled over to try to rescue the children. He couldn't stop the cars from weaving in and out of the children, at high speed, trying to keep going on up the road. Another truck driver saw what was happening and pulled his rig cross ways the interstate. The police and ambulances arrive and the 1st semi driver had to be taken into custody for his own protection because he had gotten SO angry at the disregard the other travelers had for the children laying on the road. I don't know the outcome of that accident. He didn't say.
Quote from: PIYA on January 07, 2008, 11:51:50 PM
One of the medics at a first aid training that I did, told this story:
A mini-van full of kids was flying down I95 (runs north to south along the East coast). Something happened, the driver lost control and it flipped a couple times. None of the kids were wearing safety belts so kids went all over I95. A truck driver saw it happen and immediately pulled over to try to rescue the children. He couldn't stop the cars from weaving in and out of the children, at high speed, trying to keep going on up the road. Another truck driver saw what was happening and pulled his rig cross ways the interstate. The police and ambulances arrive and the 1st semi driver had to be taken into custody for his own protection because he had gotten SO angry at the disregard the other travelers had for the children laying on the road. I don't know the outcome of that accident. He didn't say.
Wow, that would be horrible to come up on. :spooked: I would've been pissed too. That's ridiculous. :rolleyes: It just goes to show how cold and hard hearted some people can be. :no: :'(
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on January 07, 2008, 08:42:14 PM
A ha, a faker!!! :rolleyes: I hate people like that. :mad: I suppose she went on, and sued the other driver, typical. :no: Probably made a bundle too. $$$$$
no joke, in high school a friend made an improper turn in front of a car, forcing it to swerve and hit a third car head on. (We werent hit at all) We stopped, good kids we were, and the driver literally RAN across the street to us....asked if we had insurance...then limped back across, collapsing into the grass once he found out.
Luckily, a few witnesses came forth saying our turn wasnt improper at all, that the guy was speeding. Served him right.
Quote from: Gryphon on January 09, 2008, 01:10:44 PM
no joke, in high school a friend made an improper turn in front of a car, forcing it to swerve and hit a third car head on. (We werent hit at all) We stopped, good kids we were, and the driver literally RAN across the street to us....asked if we had insurance...then limped back across, collapsing into the grass once he found out.
Luckily, a few witnesses came forth saying our turn wasnt improper at all, that the guy was speeding. Served him right.
Wow :spooked: That guy sounds like an ass. Damn bottom feeders anyway. :mad:
I once had an Arlen Ness Harley Davidson motorcycle. On fathers day a friend and I decided to take a ride to a local pub to buy each other a FD drink. He had just become a father and so it was our very first opportunity to do so.
As we approached an intersection there was a car coming the opposite way and turning left. We went around the car in front of us and he turned left running us both over.
I remember seeing the car coming and being smart enough to stand up and lift my left leg out of harms way. I went flying through the air and landed on my head (no helmet) and back. I lay in the street during a busy portion of the day. I recall coming to and hearing the driver get out of his car and his wife screaming, "Couldn't they wait?"
That got me going so I got up and started walking over to them. Intent upon giving this joker an attitude adjustment. I took a few steps and realized my leg felt funny. I looked down and saw a tear in my jeans. I opened the tear and saw my calf muscle where my shin should have been, and bone. I dropped like a sack of grain right there.
Sued but the driver and wife owned a ranch in Colorado, which they turned over to the church he was pastor of. I got nothing but a screwed up leg, operation, and a few pins. . .But may one day if he ever gets a real job! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
* Which brings me to another factoid about this little fiasco. I had to have surgery. I lay on the table coming out of the anesthesia, and I felt a distinct pinch. I must have cried out because I heard the doctor say, "He didn't feel that". Then I felt it again as he took the needle to my leg once again. I reacted instinctively, sitting right up and snatching the doc my the throat, and screaming, "Do it again and I'll take your head off"!
Give him the shot!, he screamed. They did and I drifted back to sleep. I coulda killed that bastard giving the anesthesia. He brought me out too soon!
Quote from: Palehorse on January 10, 2008, 12:31:14 PM
I once had an Arlen Ness Harley Davidson motorcycle. On fathers day a friend and I decided to take a ride to a local pub to buy each other a FD drink. He had just become a father and so it was our very first opportunity to do so.
As we approached an intersection there was a car coming the opposite way and turning left. We went around the car in front of us and he turned left running us both over.
I remember seeing the car coming and being smart enough to stand up and lift my left leg out of harms way. I went flying through the air and landed on my head (no helmet) and back. I lay in the street during a busy portion of the day. I recall coming to and hearing the driver get out of his car and his wife screaming, "Couldn't they wait?"
That got me going so I got up and started walking over to them. Intent upon giving this joker an attitude adjustment. I took a few steps and realized my leg felt funny. I looked down and saw a tear in my jeans. I opened the tear and saw my calf muscle where my shin should have been, and bone. I dropped like a sack of grain right there.
Sued but the driver and wife owned a ranch in Colorado, which they turned over to the church he was pastor of. I got nothing but a screwed up leg, operation, and a few pins. . .But may one day if he ever gets a real job! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
* Which brings me to another factoid about this little fiasco. I had to have surgery. I lay on the table coming out of the anesthesia, and I felt a distinct pinch. I must have cried out because I heard the doctor say, "He didn't feel that". Then I felt it again as he took the needle to my leg once again. I reacted instinctively, sitting right up and snatching the doc my the throat, and screaming, "Do it again and I'll take your head off"!
Give him the shot!, he screamed. They did and I drifted back to sleep. I coulda killed that bastard giving the anesthesia. He brought me out too soon!
Jesum Crow!!!! :mad: Man, talk about incompetence. :rolleyes: Too bad you couldn't have gotten that ranch. :cowboy: :ride: That would have been too cool. :biggrin:
Here's a sad one.....
This happened almost 3 years ago. This guy Jimmy was an ex coworker of mine. I always like him. He was a good guy. Anywho.... He and his fiancee had a baby. The night the baby was born, was also his best friends 21st birthday. So, mama is at the hospital with the baby,and Jimmy, his best friend and another guy decide they are going out to celebrate, the baby being born,and the friend's birthday. So, they went bar hopping, and got totally trashed. They decided they were going road tripping down some country roads. So, the birthday boy was driving, Jimmy was in the front passengers seat, turned around talking to the guy in the back seat. The back seat guy had his seatbelt on. The other 2 didn't. So, they're flying down the gravel road in excess of 120 mph, hit some railroad tracks and lost it. The guy driving flew out the windshield, as it started to flip, he flew clear out of the way of the car. Jimmy was thrown through the back windshield, and the car rolled on top of him. The other guy didn't get hurt at all. The guy driving got a closed head injury, but he recovered. Jimmy lived for a few minutes, but was dead by the time help got there. :'(
The police had to go to the hospital, and tell his fiancee that he was dead. :no: He only saw his daughter for a very short time, before he died. Life is sooo cruel sometimes. I went to the visitation, and they had a video of him cutting the babie's umbilical cord, and holding her. I think that was one of the saddest visitations I've ever been to. :'(
At first Jimmy's family didn't want charges brought against his friend ,because the families were very close friends. As the numbness wore off, and when Jimmy's Mom found out ,how fast they where going, she wanted revenge. Josh got 7 years for vehicular manslaughter, I think with good behavior time he may be out. One more troubling fact... when Josh got bailed out, he got caught driving drunk again. :mad: Some people never learn.
Holy hell Dex! :spooked: That one threatened to bring tears to the eyes! :spooked:
*Yeah, too bad so sad and all that. I gotta' better chance of collecting SS than getting a dime outta that holy roller feller!
Quote from: Palehorse on January 10, 2008, 10:00:06 PM
Holy hell Dex! :spooked: That one threatened to bring tears to the eyes! :spooked:
*Yeah, too bad so sad and all that. I gotta' better chance of collecting SS than getting a dime outta that holy roller feller!
Jimmy's death was especially hard because of the baby. I'll never forget how I felt when the assistant manager asked me, if I had heard about it. I didn't know about the wreck, and I didn't even know his fiancee was pregnant. I hadn't seen him in a while. :no: His headstone has a beautiful etching of the last picture of him. It's him holding the baby, immediately after she was born. Such a sad, and tragic end for a good guy. :'(
It's too bad people aren't held more accountable in accidents like yours. They should have at the LEAST had to pay for your surgery, and aftercare. :mad: Fear not, they'll have to answer for it someday. Karma is a bitch. :icon_twisted: