FC Wreck, on I78

[budfc3s]

had just a harness bar which helped so much...the bar was untouched....the rear triangle strut bar folded downward in a u-shape which helped prevent the back from crushing more...the car was lowered just enough...a few inches higher the roof and our heads would have been taken off...the trucker knew i was hitting him so he already locked the brakes up which provented the trailer from driving over the car which would have killed us....for the type of crash everything worked out in our favor so we could walk away...im not a religous person but someone or something is watching out for me...thats 2 bad crashes in 3 years that i should have died in and i walked away untouched...this is a big eye opener.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by budfc3s

was going way to fast on the on ramp to 78...had my best friend Justin in the car..the entire car started sliding to the left....threw it in neutral hit the brakes...the brakes started locking up and the back end started kicking out let off the brakes by that time i knew there was no saving it so let go of the wheel... feet off the pedals...knew i was hitting the truck turned my head and hoped for the best...i remember the sound of the crash...my head getting smashed by the door frame and roof as the side of the truck went across the roof...then i remember looking thru the window out the other side of the truck and everything was dead quite which was only a few seconds but seem like forever...then reality set in and i remember the sound of the truck tires as they were locking up and the smoke pouring in the car....with in a minute we both were out of the car...i had to crawl thru the passenger side.
its the only time in my life that i really thought i was going to die...i cant explain how it felt as it happened it all happened so quick
i knew i destroyed my tires and brakes at DGRR...and i still preceded to act up in the car...i almost killed my self and my best friend for my stupidity..and could have also endangered more lives in other vehicles...a car is a car...im so grateful that we both walked away with only scratches.

Really glad both you and Justin walked away from that. Looks like it could have been so much worse.

Originally Posted by budfc3s

had just a harness bar which helped so much...the bar was untouched....the rear triangle strut bar folded downward in a u-shape which helped prevent the back from crushing more...the car was lowered just enough...a few inches higher the roof and our heads would have been taken off...the trucker knew i was hitting him so he already locked the brakes up which provented the trailer from driving over the car which would have killed us....for the type of crash everything worked out in our favor so we could walk away...im not a religous person but someone or something is watching out for me...thats 2 bad crashes in 3 years that i should have died in and i walked away untouched...this is a big eye opener.

Good thing the trucker was aware and saw it coming!