My Life Flashed Before My Eyes, Twice Today!

I guess the best title for this post would be the "Scariest day of my life" but I do not want to jinx it so I will refrain. To quickly answer the first question that many will think of, no I did not wreck the Viper, THANK GOD.

Today started out as any normal day traveling back from Florida. I have done this drive so many times that I forgot how dangerous it could be. We left Florida for New Jersey today at 1am as I usually do without thinking that anything would be different this time. We left from my brother's condo and then started to make the long journey up I-95 to New Jersey.

After about 60 miles into Georgia around 5am or so, I could tell that things just did not seem right. I got passed by two SUV's (An Expedition & Another I Can Not Recall), a Minivan (Chevy Uplander), and a Pickup truck (Ford Explorer Pickup). The two SUV's and the pickup truck were traveling at a high rate of speed while the Minivan was going just a tad over the speed limit. I had noticed that the SUVs and pickup were weaving in and out of lanes and cruising at about 100 miles per hour since I was cruising at around 80 to 85 mph. All of a sudden I noticed the pickup truck and the Unknown SUV go to switch into the left hand lane. Both of them accomplished this but both cut off the Minivan.

The Expedition driver felt that he could do the same thing and attempted to switch all the way from the right hand lane to the left hand lane. Now I do not know if many of you know but down south I-95 has up to five or six lanes! This SUV shifted all of the lanes and did not pay any regard to the other vehicles on the road. He switched to my lane and cut me off. I was in the middle lane. I immediately looked behind me making sure there were no cars behind me and then I slammed on the brakes and just watched helplessly in horror. By the time I was able to say, "This is going to end bad", the Ford Expedition cut off the unsuspecting Minivan and nearly sideswiped them. In an effort to avoid the Expedition, the Minivan swerved and before I knew it the Minivan was in a fishtail at 80+ MPH. The minivan immediately went into the median just making the guardrail since it was grass beforehand. As soon as the minivan hit the guardrail it fishtailed again, this time toward me but before it could make it, the car rolled I believe 3 or 4 times. When I say this scared the s**t out of me, I am not joking. I immediately pulled over to the side of the road and ran to the minivan to help them get out of the car. As soon as I approached the minivan, I noticed four occupants with one of them being pregnant. Everyone except the driver was sleeping at the time of the accident so they did not really know what happened but fortunately they were all okay. All four were shaken up but they were going to be fine. The only problem was the JACKA** in the Expedition took off and never looked back. Unfortunately no one got his plate and as of now, he never got caught, and probably never will.

I gave them my statements and stayed with the victims for a little over an hour and then left but before I left the driver of the minivan starts laughing. I asked her what was so funny and she simply replies, wow my rental car got "messed" up. She then proceeded to say, "Thank God I purchased the additional insurance." That got me a great laugh to lighten up the mood. I was shaken up and could not believe what I saw but I thought about it and said, I am going to take it nice and easy for the rest of the drive home and go to my parents house in New Jersey and just sleep it off. Well that plan did not work out too well.

We were about 3 miles from my parents house and we were sitting at an intersection. While the light was red, I quickly glanced down at my phone. All of a sudden, just as soon as I put the phone down, I see a Gold Mercury SUV blow through a Red light. I did not think anything of it until the Blue Lexus right in front of me went through the green and hit the Mercury right near the rear tire. The Mercury, which was going at least 40 MPH, got hit by the Lexus at about 20 to 30 MPH and got launched into the opposite lane of traffic. The SUV immediately rolled rear end first and skidded on it's top for a few feet until it stopped on it's top. Having practiced this only about 12 hours prior, I ran across the intersection without any hesitation to the Mercury SUV to get the woman and son out. There was blood all over them as it looked like some of the interior components cut them up on their legs and arms. The woman was in severe shock but was readily admitting that it was her fault because she was not paying attention to the light while she was talking to her son in the passenger seat. The son seemed fine although pretty cut up but the woman was still in shock not even really realizing either of them were cut up. As soon as we helped them out of the car and made sure they were okay, the female occupants in the Lexus started fighting with the SUV driver while she was in shock. The only thing she kept saying was "It was my fault" but the Lexus passengers kept at it until we pulled them away. After a few minutes the police officers showed up and asked for statements. I can actually say that I am glad that I was there to help but I really would not wish these sights upon anyone. It is pretty disturbing and really makes you think seeing a vehicle flip. Each time the first thing I thought of was, are they alive? The only thing I could think of the whole time was how lucky the occupants of all the vehicles were today and how safe they are making cars nowadays. I usually do not think of American Cars as being very safe but I must say, both of these cars held up VERY well today. The Chevy Uplander did not even look like it got hit at 80 MPH+. The whole shell was almost perfect! The Mercury was in okay shape but it was in good shape for what it has been through. The cabin caved in a little but not enough for head injuries.

I feel I have seen my fair share of accidents for my lifetime, to say the least. The only thing I can not answer is why me. I witnessed two severe accidents in one day which is unheard of odds but I still have no idea why. I am just thankful that God allowed them to both not be me as they could have just as easily have been. I guess I will find out why in due time but as of now, I am just a little shaken up. I was planning on taking out the Viper for a little spin but I am pretty nervous about it right now so I think I will be taking a rain check. GUYS PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!!!!!!

 

haha. I just relayed the message. LOL!

 

Thanks for all the kind words guys!!

 

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Just glad I made it home safely. It really did not settle in until right before I went to bed last night and I sat down and thought about it. Wow is all I could say. Those odds are nuts! I guess I should go play the lotto.

 

haha.

 

Thanks for the responses guys. It is just nuts to see in person.