Son was in an accident yesterday...

[MushyMushy]

Thankfully he's okay! But it was such a close call and very scary. We had snow like most of the Northeast. He was giving a friend a ride and they ended up making a wrong turn on a back country road -- think one-lane road that plows won't even attempt. He was going down a curvy hill and ended up sliding right off the road over an embankment.

Here's the lucky part -- much of that road has no guard rail or fence protection of any kind, not even trees. It just happened that this particular curve had trees and a barbed wire fence, so the car sort of landed on its side into the fence, otherwise they would have rolled all the way down that embankment into a field. They were able to climb out the passenger side. Then they couldn't get cell service way out in the boonies, so they had to climb all the way to a top of a hill to call me, but we still kept cutting out. It took my husband and me a harrowing 45 minutes to find them. It was a horrible drive even in my 4wd!

When we finally got a tow truck out there, they had to actually lift it up out to set it back on the road. Believe it or not, the car's still drivable. The tow truck driver was nice enough to follow us all home because the roads were still bad. Oh, and we asked him how fast he thought DS was driving and he was certain that DS was telling the truth that he was just inching along because the fence wouldn't have held otherwise, plus he would have spun around. So we're glad he was at least trying to be careful, although we were ready to kick his butt for being out in the boonies in the first place.

Anyway, be careful out there. I'm so relieved he was okay.

 

[luvmy3]

Thank goodness he's okay.

 

[Hillbeans]

How scary, thank goodness him and his friend are ok. Those 45 minutes must have been some of the most frightening for you.

 

[kafitty]

i'm glad he's okay!! i catered a party last night, the drive home was ...we saw one person that was completely turned around on the side of the road, and then we passed other spots where people clearly had to get pulled out.

 

[MushyMushy]

How scary, thank goodness him and his friend are ok. Those 45 minutes must have been some of the most frightening for you.

Oh yeah! We couldn't find him at all. He wasn't familiar enough with the roads to communicate it to me. Plus even though he said he was okay, he's the type of person who would be sitting there with a bone sticking out saying he's fine. All I could think about was the two of them freezing to death or something and not being able to find them (there are no houses for miles on some of those roads).

You know how mothers can make up all kinds of worries in their heads. I even had one scenario where a serial killer came upon them and took them by surprise. yes, I'm a whacko.

 

[Lovely2CU]

Glad he is okay. The roads are treacherous here too, like skating rinks.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I'm glad your son is ok.

My SIL was hit by a snow plow last night when she was driving home from work in blizzard conditions. Her car was totaled and she broke her leg, but the police officer on scene said the fact that she was in a big car probably saved her life.

 

[4nana]

How very scary, thank God your DS and friend are ok and you could get to them.

Our DSIL was struck by someone trying to beat a yellow light on slick roads, right in front of the hospital where he was going to work . As he lay there bleeding and dazed, the other driver, who was not hurt, never even came over to ck on him...some passer by called the ambulance! His car was totaled and he was rushed to ER as he sustained more injuries than usual as his Acura air bags did not delpoy . Thankfully he's going to be ok, but did have stitches in head, neck sprain and torn rib cartilage ~ still scary times.

 

[Micca]

Close call Mushy, glad things are ok with your DS.

 

[C.Ann]

Wow! He certainly WAS lucky!! Glad to hear he's fine..