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- #1175
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- City
- NORTH FLORIDA
- State
- FL
- Country
- United States
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- 2022 CHALLENGER HELLCAT TorRed RED / REDEYE
Today started out like any other day...@2pm I had to retrieve a package some 4 miles from the office...on the return trip I take the interstate..I was in my DD..(ram 1500)..I must have made the trip thousands of times in my life without incident..I ALWAYS wear my seat belt..except today...when I got in the truck..the mechanism stuck...and I was not about to fuck with it..less than 2 miles from my office...I was traveling North on I 190...it's 3 lanes northbound...in this area there is an entrance ramp to the interstate making it 4...I was in the left lane traveling @ 65 mph..in a 55 mph zone...next thing I know there is a PU truck broadside in front of me..heading for the concrete barrier...I hit him broadside as he made contact with the barrier..never had time to lift off the gas much less hit the brake..when the dust settled..he had been hit by 2 more cars and ended up on the guard rail across the way...to make a long story as short as I can.. my air bags never deployed..(probably because of my under carriage plow assembly)...my head hit the rear view mirror tore it off the windshield along with other controls behind it..I broke the windshield with my head..and the mirror assembly put a 6" gash in my head..not deep but bled like hell...my thighs got bruised..hamstring tweaked..bent the steering wheel...I probably like a tennis ball in there...it took them some time to get the kid outta his truck...he told me he was entering the highway the car in front was going too slow..so he gunned it (his words)..passed her on the inside..lost it and came straight across 3 line of traffic traveling 60/65...hes lucky he's not dead...my truck is a mess..(hope they total it....)...I got no broken bones..but feel beat up...probably will feel worse tmro...moral of the story...WEAR YER SEAT BELT
Suggestion, get checked out! I was in a serious accident about 5 years, ago. I attempted to work the next day, stupid move on my part. Finally, with bad pain, went to ER, all kinds of tests including CT and X-rays. The pain took a day or two, to manifest. Hopefully, you recover, quickly, without long term problems! Good Luck!!!
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