Orange_Coconut
May 27, 2005, 01:10 AM
I just got into a car crash yesterday, around 2-ish Eastern time. Here's the lowdown:
I had just driven past the intersection on Route 30, and had just passed the "You are now entering Natick" sign, when I see this blue van on the other side of the road a little bit over the middle line.
Now, I've seen some really stupid drivers before, so I thought he may have been just doing a poor job at keeping himself on his side of the road (as sad as it is, I've seen people do that before). Well, it turns out that wasn't the case, even though I gave him space to be near the center of the road he started drifting to my side of the road, and by that time it was too late.
So, his car crashed head first into the fron of mine, and I got out totally panicked (I'm only 18, for the record), I immediately got out of the car, and kneeled on the side of the road. Yes, I was crying, yes I was scared shitless, and yes I was bleeding.
I felt like I couldn't even breathe, my adrenaline had reached the highest it ever had after being in that crash, I was so afraid. People stopped all around and everyone kept asking the same question "Are you ok?", well, that didn't really seem like an appropraite question at such a time (though, I feel bad saying that, I know they were all just concerned). But when I saw the other guy come out of his car, the guy who crashed into me, his hand had a gigantic gash in it going down to his wrist. I immediately checked my body, afraid that the same thing could have happened to me. When one's adrenaline is boosted like that, you can't really feel pain, all I felt was fear and I was shivering like no other.
As weird as it was, I had no gigantic scars or cuts on me, my lip was bleeding as was a series of cuts in my pelvic region. I was so convinced something crappy must have happened to me. My ribs felt crushed, the area right below my knee caps hurt, and everyone around me kept saying I was cold, and I guess I was..
After getting to the hospital, and seeing what went wrong... It seemed unbelieveable, the damage report to me. I had nothing broken, I had nothing permanently scarred, heck I didn't even need stitches for the cut on my lip (it's swollen, has a yellow line from I think puss that was seeping out, and it's purple and bulging). But the good news is that it wasn't open enough for stitches.
As for my bones? Apparently nothing was cracked, nothing was broken, but they're all badly bruised, so it's hard to do certain things. Like... Each time I stand up and sit down my knees hurt like no other, and I can't twist my neck too far because it hurts the muscles in it. My chest hurts like crazy, there are three seperate bruises almost connected around my left clavicle and the center of my chest has pains as well.
In some ways I would say I'm extremely lucky, and I feel bad being mad at the guy who crashed into me but at the same time I feel I have the right to be. But it was sad when a policeman came into my hospital room and told me the guy was 86, and he didn't remember a thing. Now, as sad as that made me, I feel that maybe they should have more than an eye exam to see if the elderly can keep driving.
I don't know, I am angry and I feel guilty about it. I also got this thing called air-bag burn, so some hairs on my left arm are burnt off by it, like a circular patch. My tooth also was chipped, but nothing serious, it was a minor chip on what my orthodontist said was the strongest tooth in my mouth, and had it been any other there may have been major problems.
I feel like I was incredibly lucky, even though I did have my seatbelt on and the air-bags popped out... I dunno why, but I thought I was a fucking gonner when I saw the car come into my lane. I hadn't done anything wrong, we were both going around the speed limit (so both cars were moving), and my car is totally totalled (which, honestly, I don't care about since my body wasn't "totalled"). But damn, I'm achey and feel like shit. Didn't eat anything yesterday either (Wednesday, that is. I tend to stay up late so my references are a bit confusing). So all of this happened on the 25th. I look like someone busted my lip in a fight, but that would never happen... Then again, this guy drifting into my lane did... Never even imagined that possibility.
I have a feeling I won't feel comfortable driving for a while.
I had just driven past the intersection on Route 30, and had just passed the "You are now entering Natick" sign, when I see this blue van on the other side of the road a little bit over the middle line.
Now, I've seen some really stupid drivers before, so I thought he may have been just doing a poor job at keeping himself on his side of the road (as sad as it is, I've seen people do that before). Well, it turns out that wasn't the case, even though I gave him space to be near the center of the road he started drifting to my side of the road, and by that time it was too late.
So, his car crashed head first into the fron of mine, and I got out totally panicked (I'm only 18, for the record), I immediately got out of the car, and kneeled on the side of the road. Yes, I was crying, yes I was scared shitless, and yes I was bleeding.
I felt like I couldn't even breathe, my adrenaline had reached the highest it ever had after being in that crash, I was so afraid. People stopped all around and everyone kept asking the same question "Are you ok?", well, that didn't really seem like an appropraite question at such a time (though, I feel bad saying that, I know they were all just concerned). But when I saw the other guy come out of his car, the guy who crashed into me, his hand had a gigantic gash in it going down to his wrist. I immediately checked my body, afraid that the same thing could have happened to me. When one's adrenaline is boosted like that, you can't really feel pain, all I felt was fear and I was shivering like no other.
As weird as it was, I had no gigantic scars or cuts on me, my lip was bleeding as was a series of cuts in my pelvic region. I was so convinced something crappy must have happened to me. My ribs felt crushed, the area right below my knee caps hurt, and everyone around me kept saying I was cold, and I guess I was..
After getting to the hospital, and seeing what went wrong... It seemed unbelieveable, the damage report to me. I had nothing broken, I had nothing permanently scarred, heck I didn't even need stitches for the cut on my lip (it's swollen, has a yellow line from I think puss that was seeping out, and it's purple and bulging). But the good news is that it wasn't open enough for stitches.
As for my bones? Apparently nothing was cracked, nothing was broken, but they're all badly bruised, so it's hard to do certain things. Like... Each time I stand up and sit down my knees hurt like no other, and I can't twist my neck too far because it hurts the muscles in it. My chest hurts like crazy, there are three seperate bruises almost connected around my left clavicle and the center of my chest has pains as well.
In some ways I would say I'm extremely lucky, and I feel bad being mad at the guy who crashed into me but at the same time I feel I have the right to be. But it was sad when a policeman came into my hospital room and told me the guy was 86, and he didn't remember a thing. Now, as sad as that made me, I feel that maybe they should have more than an eye exam to see if the elderly can keep driving.
I don't know, I am angry and I feel guilty about it. I also got this thing called air-bag burn, so some hairs on my left arm are burnt off by it, like a circular patch. My tooth also was chipped, but nothing serious, it was a minor chip on what my orthodontist said was the strongest tooth in my mouth, and had it been any other there may have been major problems.
I feel like I was incredibly lucky, even though I did have my seatbelt on and the air-bags popped out... I dunno why, but I thought I was a fucking gonner when I saw the car come into my lane. I hadn't done anything wrong, we were both going around the speed limit (so both cars were moving), and my car is totally totalled (which, honestly, I don't care about since my body wasn't "totalled"). But damn, I'm achey and feel like shit. Didn't eat anything yesterday either (Wednesday, that is. I tend to stay up late so my references are a bit confusing). So all of this happened on the 25th. I look like someone busted my lip in a fight, but that would never happen... Then again, this guy drifting into my lane did... Never even imagined that possibility.
I have a feeling I won't feel comfortable driving for a while.