It was a cold freezing Valentine’s
Day 2016, and my girlfriend and I had the perfect date night planned out. The day included getting nails done and going
out to dinner at the House of Japan in Marion.
I was ready to go to pick up my girlfriend, and I had all of her
Valentine’s Day gifts were in the truck all ready to go. Before I left my house, my girlfriend phoned me and tells me
that her 2 friends were coming with us. Then
I had to call House of Japan and make my reservations. Then I called House of Japan and made
reservations for 4 at 5 o’clock.
I get my hands on my dad’s new truck which was
a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500, and went and picked up my girlfriend and her two
friends. After everyone was picked up,
then we all went to Marion for our night out.
My girlfriend and her two friends all decided they wanted to get their
nails done first. So I was traveling
down State Route 529 heading towards Marion, when the worst thing that could
happen happened.
At the intersection of State Route 529 and
Richland road I was involved in a car accident.
At that intersection was a 4 way stop, and it was being it was my turn
to go, so I did. But not paying attention,
a Ford F150 came bursting through the intersection and hit me. Since I was hit with full force, my back end
spun out and hit another car. Since the
wreck happened, I checked if everyone is alright.
I
said “Taylor are you alright”?
Taylor
replied “Yeah I’m good.”
I
asked “Hannah, Jenna are you all ok”?
They
replied “Yeah we are all good back here.”
Since everyone was alright in my truck, first
I went to see how much damage was done.
Then I went to check everyone else that was all involved in the
accident.
I asked the guy that hit
me “Sir are you ok”?
The
old man replied “Yes I’m fine I was just expecting the air bag to kiss me right
in the mouth”.
Then the gentleman that I hit, I went and
checked on him. “Are you ok”? “Yeah I’m good, thanks for checking”.
Since everyone that was involved was ok I
called 911, which was like talking to a robot compared to all the events that
had just occurred. “911 what’s your emergency”?
I answered “yes I have been in an accident at State Route 529 and
Richland Road”. The operator said “any
injuries to any of the people involved in the accident”? I replied “No injuries”. “Ok we are dispatching state police right now;
they will be there shortly.”
While we were waiting for the state police to show up, I
called my parents and my girlfriend’s mom.
After the phone call, the
older man that hit me said, “I didn’t even see you at all”. “That was a gorgeous truck”!
I
replied “You don’t have to say that twice, That was my dad’s dream truck”.
After the talk with the guy that hit me, my
parents show up to check on me. Once
they showed up they had mixed emotions about how I was and of course the truck.
“How
does it feel to be literally trucked by an old man” said Tommy.
`I
said “It feels like a freight train hitting me at 1,000 miles per hour.”
Now with my parents showing up, I now had to call back
House of Japan and make my reservations for 8.
After I hung up the phone, the cops finally showed and started
investigating the accident.
The officer walks up to
me and said “No need to worry it’s the old man’s fault and there’s nothing to
investigate”.
After the officer told me about who was at
fault, I followed the cop back to his cruiser to do my paperwork. While I was in the cop car I answered some
question and warmed up while I was in the police cruiser.
Once we all left the accident we all went to dinner at
House of Japan and had a good time together.
Once dinner was over, I took my girlfriend and her friends home. Then I finally got to go home. Once I was home I had all the family members
call me and check on me to see if I was ok.
Now you see why this is a day I will never forget, because this was one
of the most terrifying
days of my life and one of the longest days also.
I didn't know that even though i went to school with you i guess i never heard it but it was very described and i really liked how you ended the story.
ReplyDeleteI liked reading your story because I can relate to it in away. On January 29th of this year I was involved in a crash with my truck where a guy driving a Lexus came to an abrupt stop in front of me.
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