Crumpled cars
Wed, 2014-11-26 08:49
News Staff
By Tom Haughey
Three weeks ago my wife and I were driving south on Raul Longoria Road (on our way home from a walk in Edinburg Park) when a woman from Reynosa traveling north in the turning lane decided to make a left turn into our path without looking. I stomped my brake with all my strength but realized an instant before the crash that there was no way I would be able to stop in time. When it was all over, her older model Jeep still had a front, although it had been somewhat rearranged. Our Chrysler Town and Country, on the other hand, had its right front smashed clear into the driver compartment fire wall. I wouldn’t feel pain until the next morning when I turned black and blue from my left shoulder across my chest and down my right leg (where the steering column had mashed against it while I was riding the brake pedal). My wife experienced immediate chest pain and was taken to the hospital for X-rays. Results were negative, and she was given a muscle relaxant and a shot for pain before being released. The driver of the Jeep was not injured. Our vehicle (which had only 40,000 miles on it) was totaled. Since it was several years old, our insurance will not provide enough for a replacement. We are now saving up, while at the same time searching to find a vehicle which is safe, sturdy, and economical to drive. I’ve discovered that the search is anything but easy.
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