On my way to work this morning, here in Kansas, where it's been drizzling for a while, freezing drizzle I might add, I wrecked. Basically, I was in the far left lane, and I was going about 55-60, a safe speed, as everyone around me was going that speed, or faster. I was following some random car, and I noticed a truck up ahead (a plow sort of thing, it had flashing lights), and it was going slow, so the car in front of me slowed down, so I did, nice and gradual as I always do. Well, it felt like my brakes barely worked at all, because i pressed on the brakes ever so slightly and not much happened, I knew I was screwed after that. I went sideways, across 3 lanes, missing everything, and about flipping my car, only to land in a ditch, and slam my left rear side into the ground/rock wall. My rear axle is most likely bent to hell, my back bumper is unrecognizable. My exhaust most likely sustained heavy damage. I have a giant dent/scratches (or no paint at all) on that back left side. My left rear wheel was halfway out of the tire, bent inwards. My front left corner lamp is busted. My windshield spider-webbed in about 4 places, because the car contorted in such a way due to the impact. Both aigbags deployed on impact. Random weather strppings and smaller things busted or broke off in the collision. After I got out, my car sat like so. Front wheels both on the ground, in mud. My left rear wheel planted firmly in the ground, bent inward. My right rear wheel completely off the ground, touching nothing. My car was basically over the ditch. This happened about 4 hours ago. My first big wreck/wreck ever. It's more than safe to say that my car is entirely totaled. I walked away from it, literaly, with just some random soreness in my left leg and arm, and a little whiplash/back pain. I'm aight though. I'll post some pictures up once I'm able to.
You can see what my car looked like in the pictures in the link below, so you can compare when I get the new ones.
Last edited by 97CS; 01/04/04 09:07 PM.
