Last Thursday my sis was driving south on the 410 (just passed the 401 bridge) (for those not familiar with Ontario, 410-401 = major highways) when the vehicle in front of her slammed on the brakes for no apparent reason.
She couldn't react in time so she swerved into the left lane. When she corrected to the right the back end swung arund and it flipped over. It did this in front of the car that slammed on the brakes, indicating that there was nothing close enough in front of that car to warrant it slamming on the brakes as it did.
Anyway, it rolled 3 times before rolling into the ditch and tipping onto the drivers side.
Luckily, there was an undercover cop behind her when this all took place, so help came very quickly. The fire dept had to use the jaws of life to cut the passenger side B pillar in order to get the door open as the frame was twisted and neither of the passenger doors would open. they ripped off the front pass. door and and ambulance took her to trillium Hospital.
She was examined and x-ray'd and 2 hours after the crash, she was released with no bruises, cuts or scrathces of any kind. The only pain she had was from the seatbelt which undoubtedly saved her life.
It was towed to a yard and my Father and I went the next day to deal with it. Because it wasn't worth very much there was only liability insurance on the vehicle. We found someone who was willing to give us a decent price for it and come and take it away.
When he got there, he couldn't fit the tow truck into the area the Jeep had been parked so, we deliberated about how to get it out.
Dad put the key in the ignition turned it over and...viola! It started right up just like it always has. At which point, I DROVE It off the lot, to the road so it could be taken away to it's final resting place.
the officer that witnessed the crash wrote the report, and said that my sis handeled the situation as best as she could have. He also said that the vehicle in front of her braked suddenly for no apparent reason and her reaction saved that idiot's car and possibly other vehicles that were around at the time. He did not charge her with anything.
She didn't hit anything else remarkably, but the most incredible part of all this...
she had a load of groceries in the back. a case of pop, cans of soup, frozed food, ceramic dishes, a T.V, a T.V. stand and a storage unit. There was stuff everywhere, but not a single thing hit her!
She walked away....
She couldn't react in time so she swerved into the left lane. When she corrected to the right the back end swung arund and it flipped over. It did this in front of the car that slammed on the brakes, indicating that there was nothing close enough in front of that car to warrant it slamming on the brakes as it did.
Anyway, it rolled 3 times before rolling into the ditch and tipping onto the drivers side.
Luckily, there was an undercover cop behind her when this all took place, so help came very quickly. The fire dept had to use the jaws of life to cut the passenger side B pillar in order to get the door open as the frame was twisted and neither of the passenger doors would open. they ripped off the front pass. door and and ambulance took her to trillium Hospital.
She was examined and x-ray'd and 2 hours after the crash, she was released with no bruises, cuts or scrathces of any kind. The only pain she had was from the seatbelt which undoubtedly saved her life.
It was towed to a yard and my Father and I went the next day to deal with it. Because it wasn't worth very much there was only liability insurance on the vehicle. We found someone who was willing to give us a decent price for it and come and take it away.
When he got there, he couldn't fit the tow truck into the area the Jeep had been parked so, we deliberated about how to get it out.
Dad put the key in the ignition turned it over and...viola! It started right up just like it always has. At which point, I DROVE It off the lot, to the road so it could be taken away to it's final resting place.
the officer that witnessed the crash wrote the report, and said that my sis handeled the situation as best as she could have. He also said that the vehicle in front of her braked suddenly for no apparent reason and her reaction saved that idiot's car and possibly other vehicles that were around at the time. He did not charge her with anything.
She didn't hit anything else remarkably, but the most incredible part of all this...
she had a load of groceries in the back. a case of pop, cans of soup, frozed food, ceramic dishes, a T.V, a T.V. stand and a storage unit. There was stuff everywhere, but not a single thing hit her!
She walked away....
