[Shotimes] SHO is DEAD

[Grant]

the woman was driving a PT Cruiser, and BTW if you didnt figure it out I am
a police offcicer. LOL,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Heese" <heese@digi-net.com>
To: "SHOTimes List" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHO is DEAD


> Grant,
>
> Sorry to hear about your injury and the demise of your SHO, thankfully
> you weren't more seriously hurt.  Out of curiosity, what was the woman
> driving?  Do you know how she and her car fared? Doubtless her car was
> totalled too, but was she hurt?
>
>  - Jon
>
> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 05:27, Grant wrote:
> > Well ,while doing a part time job today I had me a little accident. I
was
> > sitting on a IH-10 East doing construction safety for a local road
> > construction / repaving company, it was 7pm when we started, the SHO got
> > killed at 7-29pm, a driver that had clear view of my car for about 3/4
of a
> > mile with all the emergency lights going said she never saw my car unitl
she
> > was right up on me , she hit her barkes after she had hit me, which
meant at
> > that time her speed was estimated at approx 100 mph, but I say prob
85-90 at
> > least. I was sitting still with the car in drive , left foor on brake
and
> > right foot on the gas and an exit planned for any mishap that might
occur,
> > well at 150 yds or so I saw that she wasnt going to change lanes or hit
her
> > brakes because the nose of her car never dipped down indicating she was
> > braking. I nailed the throttle and was doing about 15-20 when I got hit.
So
> > I braced myself and pushed my back into the seat and leaned my head back
and
> > held it tight to the head rest knowing that most damage is caused by the
> > second movement foward and the brian impacting the back of my skull. The
> > skid marks that the other car left were only about 10-15 ft. long that
tells
> > me she hit the brakes at the time of impact, my skid marks taking off at
WOT
> > were almost that long.  (LOL) and then being spun around for about 100
ft.
> > My first reaction was to get out of my car and check the other driver,
but
> > the back and neck said no, you aint going anywhere, so I didnt, I just
> > waited for EMS to get to me to get me out. The back seat is not there
> > anymore its just the front drivers seat, passenger seat went almost into
the
> > front dash while my seat broke and was laying down The roof is creased
up
> > about 6-8 inched all the way across, like I said the car looks like it
has
> > been put in the compactor and crushed until  the rear bumper cover met
the
> > back of the front seats. Well don't know if another SHO is in my future
> > although this crash makes me a firm believer that this is one of the
safest
> > cars on the road , the EMS crew and fire dept. said from whats left of
my
> > car I must have had the hand of God behind me cause I should have been
more
> > seriously hurt or even died. I pulled my self out of the passenger side
door
> > and onto the back board so I could be transported. When I got to the
> > hospital all the attending nurses and Dr's. were asking me for 6 numbers
> > between 1- 56  ( our lotto game card numbers) , saying it tradition that
all
> > drivers who survive accidents like mine that souldnt have are very lucky
and
> > they want a little of that luck and play the numbers I gave them. So as
for
> > me I'm in a Apsen Collar for the next 2 weeks, with nothing
> > broke,dislocated, just gonna feel the aches and pains of whiplash in the
> > next few days. I might have some good parts for sale after I see what
the
> > insurance is gonna do so stay tuned.
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