I was in a car accident Friday leaving work. My car is totaled. I have a bruise on my right knee and my sternum. The knee makes it hard to walk, but the sternum makes it hard to do anything. Even coughing hurts. My injuries aren’t that bad. I will heal completely but I am still unable to move around much. This is my first car accident since I received my license 12 years ago.
I was driving East on Lansing road about to get onto 496. A mini van in the west bound lane tried to turn left across my lane to Old Lansing Road. They did not yield and turned directly in front of my car. I was going about 40-45 and they were prob going 20 or so. We hit pretty much head on (from what I remember). The driver and passenger of the mini van were Okay. They had to use the jaws of life to remove them and took them in the first ambulance. The police officer notified me that the driver of the mini van was born in 1919. (That’s 89-90 for those of you playing at home).
I called Strandt to give me a ride home, but the police officers and paramedics highly recommended I go to the Emergency room by ambulance. When I arrived at Sparrow’s ER everyone was freaking out. They wanted to give me an IV, MRI and CT. I thought they were going way overboard. It took me a while to settle them down but finally I convinced the nurse Laura and she helped me. After a quick (3hrs) chest and knee x-ray everything looked fine.
Video of the car damage…
Google street view of the accident…
I’m selling my motorcycle now. If this would have happened on my bike I would be worm food.
RIP 
3 responses so far ↓
1 Seth Swan // Jan 6, 2009 at 10:49 pm
…fucking hell trav…very glad you’re ok…and apparently lucky as hell to have received only the injuries you did…hope to see ya soon…be careful with yourself…
2 Jim Brumbach // Jan 7, 2009 at 4:03 am
Glad to see the car did what it was designed to do and crumpled accordingly. Otherwise, you would have been in much worse shape. There’s no way to heal quickly, so take it easy and stay safe. We like having you around and don’t want anything else to happen to you.
3 sonya // Jan 12, 2009 at 5:34 pm
wow, trav! SO glad you’re OK. Have you talked to the old man who did this to you? I love that you know when he was born!
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