Here is what a Ford Escort Wagon looks like after it hits a guard rail at 55 mph. If you think it looks bad from this angle just wait better pictures are coming. After looking at them you will understand why I am not at work this week.
This is where the guardrail entered the car just behind the left front tire. We tried to take a picture that showed the path it took through the car.
This shows the damage to the inside of the car. That's the left fender laying across the front seat. Let's move it out of the way.
Gee look at the hole in the passenger seat. That's where Ange would have been had she been properly buckled in the vehicle. We are very glad she was not buckled. Even though she got bruise up pretty bad.
This is just another picture of the outside of the car.
This is a picture from where Allysa was setting. Its not a very good one, but maybe we will get a better one later.
This is another picture from the passenger side of the car looking to driver side, notice the missing steering wheel. It fell off when they tried to secure the wheels for towing.
This is the view straight out the hole from the rear passenger door where Allysa was setting. The guardrail destroyed her door. She got a scratch on her finger.
Don't try this at home.
3 comments:
wow oh wow oh wow! What happened?? How did it happen? And what was Ange doing without a seat belt??
Just like any accident, we are not really sure. The girls were arguing in the back seat. Ange unbuckled and turned around to deal with them. I should have pulled over, but didn't. The next thing I knew the car was in the loose gravel at the side of the road and I couldn't bring it back under control. We hit the guardrail at about 50 miles per hour. That's all I know.
We took out about 20 feet of guardrail before the guardrail stopped bending and broke sending the second twenty feet or so through the car. The DOT is investigating the guardrail as it should not have done that. The bumper at the end of the guardrail was designed to rebound the car away from the guardrail. It didn't work. I think it shot over the car into the windshield and the car kept going through the guardrail. There must be some really bruised up angels out there somewhere.
Oh my heavens! Praise God that you are all okay!
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