Even though official sunset was a good hour off, the sky was dark and all of the cars had their lights on. Needless to say it was a dreary, rainy evening. Not raining hard mind you, just enough to make you wish you had intermittent wipers. It had been raining for nearly a week.
Just before the exit there was a six car pileup. Everyone, of course, had to stop and look causing the traffic on my side to crawl to a near stand still. Almost forcing a bumper to bumper situation but I narrowly escaped it, making it to the exit. There was a line of cars, but they were moving.
I was getting closer to the line and seemingly at once their brake lights yelled at me. I pressed my brake in response before I are the trunk in front of me. My tires apparently couldn't handle the thousand plus pounds of my steel-laden heap.
My car began skidding and I had horrific thoughts of ramming the car in front of me, it slamming into the one in front of it, the car coming behind me creaming us all. I wrenched the wheel and thankfully veered around the vehicle in front of me. My tired refused to stick to the road and my body was just too heavy and I began to slide and fishtail beside the line of cars. I wanted to avoid the possibility of side swiping the other cards so I turned the wheel to the right, careening onto the grassy, mud covered slope away from the road altogether.
Cars weren't made to be mud skis. Not by any means. I knew trouble was upon me when I went sideways, down a muddy slope. The nose impacted into the crevice and the momentum took my over on the side and it rolled several times finally impacting the roof like a sledgehammer.
My body was tossed like a rag doll inside my car slamming my head into the roof, which was now several inches closer, like a hammer. My seatbelt, though a great safety measure, was cutting into me with every jolt until I finally stopped moving with my car pointing toward the interstate.
The pain was numbingly excruciating. Starting at the top of my head and leading down my back then to all point across my flesh. I was groggy, which is understandable. Several moments passed and the fog began to lift. My radio was now on and the engine, miraculously, was still running.
The radio refused to turn off so I was stuck listening to Shania while I do a once over of all my extremities. I could still feel them all and move them all so that was good to know. I give my car a quick look see. There was a lot of glass, dents and smoking from under the hood.
Concerned faces soon appeared helping to free the jammed door. I could see the flashing lights from the road and through the rain. The EMT's approached and helped get the doors opened. I was able to walk under my own power and after a short trip to the hospital for a scan I was cleared.
Support seatbelt law! Trust me on this. Saved my neck once again!
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