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The worst accident I've personally seen (never been in a really serious one myself) was last Monday, when my brother had an accident while street racing (which I don't condone, especially since he had just gotten his license May 22nd).
Story is, he was dragracing in his 1995 S10, doing 80 in a 40 zone against an older Ford (doing 90). At the end of the road, there's a 3 way interesection and a pond. My brother took the turn at 80, flew off the road and creamed a tree headon, the other driver (and her two passengers) landed 30 feet into the pond). Miraculously, all four of them walked away, with the only injuries being seatbelt burn (my brother) and a bruised head (a passenger in the other car). Thanks to some quick thinking, and a reputation as a usually levelheaded kid he escaped ALL tickets/citations/etc, which could have included dragracing, left of center, reckless op., reckless endangerment, failure to maintain control, and leaving the scene of an accident (I may have missed a few).
Right now, he's back to driving already, but much slower and more cautious. He's VERY lucky to be alive.
Oh, and on another note, the footage of his truck at the scene has been used on the news as a sort of PSA against speeding! All the EMS were very suprised to find out that he lived through the crash.
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