I totaled my car and broke my neck

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:20 pm

On Friday night I went to see Grindhouse with my friends. (SEE IT IT IS AWESOME) At about 11:30 I started making my way home by way of the expressway. Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention, and as a result was going about 10-15 mph over the speed limit.

I also didn't realize that I was in the lane that curves sharply to the right rather than gently to the left. By the time I realized this I was almost off the road. I hit the brakes and tried to turn into the other lane, but it was too late and I shot off the road and up the hill.

For some reason I was braking when I was on the road, but when I hit the grass I stopped braking. I guess I panicked or something because, judging from the swath I cut in the weeds, I didn't really try to turn at all once I went off the road.

Anyway, I hit the metal part on the underside of the overpass, and the car stopped immediately. I was pretty dazed, so I couldn't really see much of what had happened except for a shitload of blood and glass shards. I got out my phone and called my parents while I kicked open the door and climbed out of the car. Someone had already called 911 and an ambulance was there within a couple of minutes.

I ended up with an abrasion on the top of my head that took a lot of my hair. I also had some glass in my hands and a broken sixth vertebra in my neck. From what I heard from the paramedics and my dad, the roof of the car had actually been sheared off by the metal part of the overpass, and the car was kind of suspended there. I must have ducked or something right before impact because the windshield had come into the car and probably would have taken my head off.

Anyway, I'm pretty okay and once I get out of this neck brace in a few months I should be in tip-top shape. It's a good thing I was driving a late-eighties Volvo; they have the double advantages of being relatively inexpensive and built like tanks. I miss it though. :( I just hope the wrecking people didn't nick my guitar out of the car.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:57 pm

BEST OF!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:26 pm

Holy crap! I am... wow, I am relieved that you broke a vertebrae and are only going to have to be in a neck brace for a little while. If I heard that from a doctor I would have instantly shown him that my tear ducts work, which would have made for an awkward scene as he finds a way to tell me that, no Jackass, you're not paralyzed.

I had many a fuck-up in my own cars and small trucks when I was younger due to poor decision making but also a couple situations where you just don't realize what the true speed limits are on a particular stretch of road or expressway because so many speed limits are the way they are simply to satiate some dead 16-year old's mommy.

Very glad you're all right, man. Whew!

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:30 pm

YOU CAN STILL TYPE AND EAT CHEETOES! THANK GOD THAT IS THAT MATTERS!

Nihil Vulture · Post by **Nihil Vulture** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:52 pm

Sorry to hear about your accident... Jup, I remember being Vater Deutschland, and riding in my pops' Volvo, man that sucker was like you said, built like a freggin tank! It was like - a Panzer unit on the road, and then WW3 would be insuing soon! I remember listening to Panzerfaust (Darkthrone album) and thought, jup they must be singing about that Volvo... But heheh, I was wrong :razz:

Anyways, my deepest condulences, and great delight you will be oki and not paralyzed from the neck down :smile:

Take care man

Nihil Vulture

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:03 am

How is that album? I've only ever liked a few songs by them, mostly off the newest release.

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:20 pm

Crash death porn fantasies always play through my head when I'm driving a little too fast. This leads to generally no distraction.

Roody_Yogurt · Post by **Roody_Yogurt** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:34 pm

Sounds like you're.... DEATH PROOF!!!

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:50 pm

Worm wrote:Crash death porn fantasies

"Vaughn died today, in his last car crash."

Or "Warm Leatherette" for the musical version.

The movie wasn't bad either.

Bruce

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:58 pm

Can we get back to talking about black metal?

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:20 am

who wants wreck photos

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:32 am

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:22 am

Can we embed some death metal music with those pix?

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:57 am

Is your hair still in the back seat?

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:43 pm

That doesn't look like something someone should have survived. I think my next car will be a Volvo.

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:06 pm

Yeah, seriously, along with getting some more metal up in this thread, take care of yourself. It'll take awhile to heal, but like we're TOTALLY here for you man. All sarcasm aside, we're glad you're ok and alive to post those really frightening pics.