Thanksgiving Day multi-car accident (which we were part of)...
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My wife, one of my sons and I all headed up to Lummi Island for Thanksgiving to stay with her family for a couple of days. Things were going fine until we got to Everett Washington and a tricky part of I-5 where there's a left lane exit only that causes significant bottleneck slowdowns. Traffic started slowing down rapidly, I came to a hard stop about a foot away from the car in front of us, and then got rear-ended and pushed into the lead car. Multiply that by eight cars, and you have an idea of how my Thanksgiving went.
The damage doesn't look that bad, but it did something to the engine which prevented me from restarting the car and driving away. The back has nothing more than a broken reverse light in the bumper. Six of the eight cars were trucks or SUVs, and they were able to continue on. The other car about five back was a Honda Accord that got the worst of it. Major accordion effect there.
So... We got a taxi to take Sue and Cam to the body shop, then AAA got a tow truck to take the car there (about 1.5 miles away). Sue's brother-in-law drove the hour or so down to pick us up and take us the rest of the way, so we had some place to stay. We had to leave the car in Everett (about 3.5 hours away from Portland), and will have to head back up there in a week or so (hopefully).
So... I'm thankful that no one was hurt in the accident, and that all went OK so far as getting the car dropped off and such. Now we just have to figure out how to get it repaired, work with the insurance company, etc.
Sigh...
My wife, one of my sons and I all headed up to Lummi Island for Thanksgiving to stay with her family for a couple of days. Things were going fine until we got to Everett Washington and a tricky part of I-5 where there's a left lane exit only that causes significant bottleneck slowdowns. Traffic started slowing down rapidly, I came to a hard stop about a foot away from the car in front of us, and then got rear-ended and pushed into the lead car. Multiply that by eight cars, and you have an idea of how my Thanksgiving went.
The damage doesn't look that bad, but it did something to the engine which prevented me from restarting the car and driving away. The back has nothing more than a broken reverse light in the bumper. Six of the eight cars were trucks or SUVs, and they were able to continue on. The other car about five back was a Honda Accord that got the worst of it. Major accordion effect there.
So... We got a taxi to take Sue and Cam to the body shop, then AAA got a tow truck to take the car there (about 1.5 miles away). Sue's brother-in-law drove the hour or so down to pick us up and take us the rest of the way, so we had some place to stay. We had to leave the car in Everett (about 3.5 hours away from Portland), and will have to head back up there in a week or so (hopefully).
So... I'm thankful that no one was hurt in the accident, and that all went OK so far as getting the car dropped off and such. Now we just have to figure out how to get it repaired, work with the insurance company, etc.
Sigh...
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