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zfleebin · 04-25-2003, 12:24 AM

So, I was going back to college from Phoenix to Prescott and there is this hill. I was going about 85-90 when my car shuddered a bit and then bam. It felt like I had been hit in the back of my suv and I started to fishtail. I steered into the skid but my truck couldnt decide which way it wanted to go so I just kinda held onto the steering wheel pretty hard. Next thing I knew I felt the truck going over the bumps on the shoulder then I felt another bang but by this time I wasnt sure where it was or where I was for that matter. Then I felt the steering wheel coming in at me and I realized the ride wasnt gonna go on for much longer cause I was thinking i would probably be dead pretty soon. Then I looked up and saw the ground as my windshield shattered in my face. Luckily I was upside down and the glass didnt get me. Then my radio eerily came back on and I could fully tell I was upside down. I asked my two passengers if they were ok and they just cried. Then I saw a couple guys come up to my door and try and open it. sadly my door was smashed in and I had the only window left intact blocking me from gtting out . So, the guys outside pulled on the door while I got out of my seatbelt and pushed my head against the center console so I could kick the door out. It took a couple kicks but then I got out. I was so dazed and disoriented that I just walked around in circles while the guys helped my passengers out. Noone even checked on me until I tried to stop them from taking my passengers away. Then a witness told me I was lucky I had blown my right rear tire it shredded I did a 180 and went through a large sign pulling the concrete out of about 3-5 feet of dirt and flipped twice coming to rest right next to the drop off point of the hill. If anyone lives and Az and goes up the 17 to prescott you can still probably still see my marks right in front of the big "turn off your AC" sign they replaced. I totalled my 2001 Durango and they had to cover it with sand before they took it away since it was leaking gas in a couple places. I had a pretty bad case of whiplash. But the insurance agent gave me more than my truck was worth so that they could take my case against firestone tires. I will tell you though SUV's are no longer my forte.

04-25-2003, 12:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
zfleebin Addict	So, I was going back to college from Phoenix to Prescott and there is this hill. I was going about 85-90 when my car shuddered a bit and then bam. It felt like I had been hit in the back of my suv and I started to fishtail. I steered into the skid but my truck couldnt decide which way it wanted to go so I just kinda held onto the steering wheel pretty hard. Next thing I knew I felt the truck going over the bumps on the shoulder then I felt another bang but by this time I wasnt sure where it was or where I was for that matter. Then I felt the steering wheel coming in at me and I realized the ride wasnt gonna go on for much longer cause I was thinking i would probably be dead pretty soon. Then I looked up and saw the ground as my windshield shattered in my face. Luckily I was upside down and the glass didnt get me. Then my radio eerily came back on and I could fully tell I was upside down. I asked my two passengers if they were ok and they just cried. Then I saw a couple guys come up to my door and try and open it. sadly my door was smashed in and I had the only window left intact blocking me from gtting out . So, the guys outside pulled on the door while I got out of my seatbelt and pushed my head against the center console so I could kick the door out. It took a couple kicks but then I got out. I was so dazed and disoriented that I just walked around in circles while the guys helped my passengers out. Noone even checked on me until I tried to stop them from taking my passengers away. Then a witness told me I was lucky I had blown my right rear tire it shredded I did a 180 and went through a large sign pulling the concrete out of about 3-5 feet of dirt and flipped twice coming to rest right next to the drop off point of the hill. If anyone lives and Az and goes up the 17 to prescott you can still probably still see my marks right in front of the big "turn off your AC" sign they replaced. I totalled my 2001 Durango and they had to cover it with sand before they took it away since it was leaking gas in a couple places. I had a pretty bad case of whiplash. But the insurance agent gave me more than my truck was worth so that they could take my case against firestone tires. I will tell you though SUV's are no longer my forte.