I was at school...it was about 12:05 pm. It was my last day of high school before graduation. I just took my library exam, and I played Boggle for about an hour with some friends. My mom was coming to get me and I had just talked to her...she told me to wait outside for her. I walked outside and I saw her at the stop light waiting for a green light. I put my sun glasses on and walked to the bottom of the ramp thingy that goes to the parking lot at my school. I knew she would be there in like 5 seconds and I was ready to get home. I stood there...and all of a sudden I heard it! CRUNCHHHHHH!!!! At first I didn't really know what it was...and then I heard Mrs. Tucker yelling "OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH! SOMEONE CALL 911!! SOMEONE CALL 911!!" I hadn't seen it at this point...but something inside of me twisted up. I moved around some cars and I saw my mom's car! "THAT'S MY MOM!!" I shouted. I began running to the highway from my school. I pulled my phone out and called 911. As I got closer and closer to the car I was more and more scared. I saw the whole front end SMASHED (as exhibted in the photo above) and I hadn't seen my mom yet. I ran up to the car and Mrs. Tucker was with me... She was kinda shaken up. I was shaken up and my mom was awake...she was breathing...and more importantly...she was alive. We began talking to her...she was in shock...understandably. I was trying to remain calm but I felt so over protective. I mean...she is the only mom I have. She had a burn and a scrape on her stomach from the air bag. It had melted her shirt and burned her. She didn't appear to be hurt too bad, but she complained of her right side hurting. I talked on the phone to 911 as they sent the fire and police departments to our assistance. Mr Frazier and Officer Williams and a few other people came out. Mr. Frazier tried to help make sure that things were okay and then the Police and Fire dept told him that he had to leave. The police began marking the road and measu
ring things. My mom and I went into the ambulance to get her blood pressure checked out and to talk to the EMS. She told him that she didn't want to go to the hospital cause we still had to get the kids from school and she didn't want them to worry. I tried to keep her calm, but she was very much on her own. My legs were shaking and I was trying to keep my composure. It is really hard to explain the thoughts that run into your head in moments like this. If you look in the background to the right of the picture directly to the right, you can see a truck in the ditch. The young man driving the truck ran the stop light. Mom had the green arrow and she was turning and I guess the guy was paying attention to the other side of the road where they are allowed to continue going while the left lane turns. He didn't see her I guess and he ran the stop light and smashed into her. He was probably going about 65 mph or more according to the towing company. He took a ticket and his insurance is getting a nice bill. (pretty unfortunate accident) It was pretty crazy. No one got hurt too badly. My mom has a lot of bruises that are constantly getting worse. More and more are appearing and she is feeling the pain pretty badly now, but that is to be expected after an accident like that. I was just glad that she was alive. There is nothing worse than seeing your mom's car smashed in and not knowing whether or not she is okay. It seemed like I was watching myself in that moment from somewhere completely different. I knew what I was doing before I even started doing it. I remember the words "That's my mom!" going through my head as soon as I heard the crash, but I didn't say it until I saw her car. It was so surreal to me. Really scary.
ring things. My mom and I went into the ambulance to get her blood pressure checked out and to talk to the EMS. She told him that she didn't want to go to the hospital cause we still had to get the kids from school and she didn't want them to worry. I tried to keep her calm, but she was very much on her own. My legs were shaking and I was trying to keep my composure. It is really hard to explain the thoughts that run into your head in moments like this. If you look in the background to the right of the picture directly to the right, you can see a truck in the ditch. The young man driving the truck ran the stop light. Mom had the green arrow and she was turning and I guess the guy was paying attention to the other side of the road where they are allowed to continue going while the left lane turns. He didn't see her I guess and he ran the stop light and smashed into her. He was probably going about 65 mph or more according to the towing company. He took a ticket and his insurance is getting a nice bill. (pretty unfortunate accident) It was pretty crazy. No one got hurt too badly. My mom has a lot of bruises that are constantly getting worse. More and more are appearing and she is feeling the pain pretty badly now, but that is to be expected after an accident like that. I was just glad that she was alive. There is nothing worse than seeing your mom's car smashed in and not knowing whether or not she is okay. It seemed like I was watching myself in that moment from somewhere completely different. I knew what I was doing before I even started doing it. I remember the words "That's my mom!" going through my head as soon as I heard the crash, but I didn't say it until I saw her car. It was so surreal to me. Really scary. Anyways...hopefully we are getting a rental car soon.
That's about all that I have for you. It was pretty scary, but after about an hour or so I calmed down and I was fine, but at first it took me a while to process that she was ok.
Definately not an experience that I would like to relive.
Holy cow, Melodie, I'm glad everything is alright!! I can't even imagine how frightening that must have been for both of you. Hope your mom starts to feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteThat is so flippin' scary! Glad your Mom is okay and hope she recovers fully soon. Good job staying calm for her too!!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry you had to witness the accident Melodie, I pray it is a positive now...we need to cherish every day we have with family!
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