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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSo this happened to my daughter and her family last Thursday
Brakes failed at the bottom of a hill. She steered hard right to avoid cars waiting at the light and jumped an island ending up on her roof. Nobody was seriously injured. My daughter did get glass imbedded in her hand which was surgically removed yesterday.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Bombero1956
(3,539 posts)just missed my son in law's face by inches.
Rhiannon12866
(205,896 posts)So glad to hear that your family wasn't seriously hurt...
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I know that intersection!
So glad they weren't seriously injured...
Raffi Ella
(4,465 posts)Glad everyone was alright. I had an accident once where I hit the median coming off a highway ramp in the rain, I'd hydroplaned. I was just a teenager when it happened and clueless about driving and I froze.with my feet slammed down on the gas and brakes. I hit the median flipped sideways hitting trees and ended up on the other side of the road. To this day I cannot believe that busy road I landed on was empty at the time.
All the tires were blown, windows shattered and I was in shock. I looked around me and saw people running towards me. I was trying to start the car and couldn't speak-
It's a horrible thing to go through. I hope your daughter and her husband are OK- Life is so precious. wow.
AnneD
(15,774 posts)people cannot.
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,401 posts)Very scary experience. Glad everyone is ok.
Hope you are all able to get over the trauma of such
a horrible accident that could have turned out much differently.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)frogmarch
(12,158 posts)is OK! How frightening it must have been for them!
The pictures are scary!
Bombero1956
(3,539 posts)He's a firefighter and the accident happened right in front of his station. He told me later that his heart was in his throat when he saw the car on it's roof. My grandson Noah who is autistic pulled his sister out of the car then told her they had airbags.