I'm waiting in an ER room while my mom's getting x-rays since it hurts her to move. I think most of it is whiplash and being scared.
Ive gotten everything done on my end with the cops and insurance and all that, but I'm worried about her. I have health and car insurance and it was 100% the other guy's fault, he didnt even try to fight it.
I was stopped completely behind a few cars stopped for a school bus. It was foggy and we were heading east (directly facing the sun). At the last second I heard his tires screech and saw his '89 F150 in the rear view mirror and thought, "Welp, I'm about to get wrecked."
I hit my head pretty hard on the steering wheel, I mightve broken my nose and am definitely gonna have a black eye but I'm alright.
I kind of feel bad for the other guy because he's so screwed, but it is what it is. As soon as I gathered my wits from the crash, I came out of my car screaming at the top of my lungs until I got to his window and saw how scared he was, probably a few years older than me (24). He was bumbling his words and gave me his insurance card right away. We waited till the cops came. I rode with the ambulance with my mom to the hospital since they said it wouldnt cost me anything.
Anyway, sorry for rambling, just kind of shakened up. I hope it's just whiplash but if it's anything bad that would really suck. She's a single mom raising my 8 year old sister, my step-dad's in jail for armed robbery, and she cant drive because of a couple DUI's, which is why Im visiting her before moving out to LA in October so I can take care of her and drive her around to her job and stuff like that (that's what we were on our way to).
I guess I'm sharing this because Im not really sure how to help her if this ends up being bad or how it works when the other guy is fully at fault. She's saying she has a tickling feeling going up her leg and back but I'll leave that up to the people who know what theyre doing.
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Ive gotten everything done on my end with the cops and insurance and all that, but I'm worried about her. I have health and car insurance and it was 100% the other guy's fault, he didnt even try to fight it.
I was stopped completely behind a few cars stopped for a school bus. It was foggy and we were heading east (directly facing the sun). At the last second I heard his tires screech and saw his '89 F150 in the rear view mirror and thought, "Welp, I'm about to get wrecked."
I hit my head pretty hard on the steering wheel, I mightve broken my nose and am definitely gonna have a black eye but I'm alright.
I kind of feel bad for the other guy because he's so screwed, but it is what it is. As soon as I gathered my wits from the crash, I came out of my car screaming at the top of my lungs until I got to his window and saw how scared he was, probably a few years older than me (24). He was bumbling his words and gave me his insurance card right away. We waited till the cops came. I rode with the ambulance with my mom to the hospital since they said it wouldnt cost me anything.
Anyway, sorry for rambling, just kind of shakened up. I hope it's just whiplash but if it's anything bad that would really suck. She's a single mom raising my 8 year old sister, my step-dad's in jail for armed robbery, and she cant drive because of a couple DUI's, which is why Im visiting her before moving out to LA in October so I can take care of her and drive her around to her job and stuff like that (that's what we were on our way to).
I guess I'm sharing this because Im not really sure how to help her if this ends up being bad or how it works when the other guy is fully at fault. She's saying she has a tickling feeling going up her leg and back but I'll leave that up to the people who know what theyre doing.
Pics of the damage:
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