[lit-ideas] Re: a personal plea (to atty types, mostly)
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:32:53 +0100
I am so sorry
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 4:00:13 AM, JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote:
Jac> Three weeks ago I had a bad car wreck. I was driving in
Jac> the left hand lane of a two-lane semi-highway, driving 50 in a
Jac> 55 mph zone. I came over a small hill and suddenly in front of
Jac> me were three large rolls of carpet -- the log sized rolls that
Jac> you see standing against the walls in showrooms. They were
Jac> absolutely smack dab in the middle of the lane, all lying at
Jac> angles, kitty-corner. There was heavy fast-moving traffic in the
Jac> lane to my right. There was no room between the rolls of carpet
Jac> and the concrete median on my left. You know how in an accident
Jac> on one level it seems to be in slow mo and on another it happens
Jac> in a split second. Somewhere in my mind I was thinking whether
Jac> it would be more dangerous to plow into the first roll of carpet
Jac> or swerve around and risk side-swiping cars in the right lane
Jac> (the police later told me if I had chosen to run into the
Jac> carpets, my daughter & I would likely have been thrown through
Jac> the windshield). I slammed on the brakes and chose the swerve
Jac> option. Managed to squeak around the first two rolls but caught
Jac> a corner of the third roll with my tire, propelling me into a
Jac> concrete median, which caused the car to skid along at a nice
Jac> clip on its left (driver's) side for a while, before turning onto
Jac> its roof and skidding some more. When it came to a stop, I was
Jac> unconscious and hauled into an ambulance with 4 broken ribs,
Jac> torn neck ligaments, a gash that needed sutures, a totaled car,
Jac> and no idea where my 13 yr. old daughter who had been in the
Jac> passenger seat was. When they pulled me out of the car I saw
Jac> her -- she had broken her window out with the heels of her hands,
Jac> remembering someone telling her they were the strongest part of
Jac> her hands, and crawled out, causing shards of glass to be
Jac> embedded in her hands, knees, and feet. By the way, for what I
Jac> believe is the first time since she outgrew an infant seat, she
Jac> had by fluke forgotten to put her seatbelt on. It's a total
Jac> instinctive reflex in my kids after their early years of
Jac> training. The police & paramedic on site looking at the car
Jac> said if she had her seatbelt on, the caving in of the roof of
Jac> the car would have crushed her head into her neck and broken her
Jac> neck and she most likely would not be alive.
Jac>
Jac> Now to my question. Local lawyers have been of no
Jac> assistance. The police here are .... well, never mind the
Jac> adjectives. The police report should be released in a couple
Jac> days. They threw the carpet away, apparently didn't check for
Jac> tags. The driver who lost those rolls in the highway was either
Jac> the most oblivious person on the planet or totally negligent.
Jac> There must be some way of finding out who was transporting
Jac> carpet on that part of that road on that date at that time. But
Jac> I don't know how. Anyone??? Someone didn't get carpet they
Jac> were expecting ....either at a retail store, or outlet, or a
Jac> home or office... Yes, we had full coverage on the car,
Jac> including uninsured motorist and hospitalization, but it still
Jac> won't cover the med bills, and I've been seriously disabled for
Jac> 3 weeks. I'd sure like to hold someone responsible.
Jac>
Jac> Julie Krueger
Jac> thoroughly frustrated by meds, pain, hospital bills, & lack
Jac> of transportation (insurance co's aren't exactly expedicious).
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