It snowed again yesterday morning. The roads in Davis County were fine; they didn't start to get icy/snowy until I reached North Salt Lake. Any how, there was a major accident ahead of me on the freeway. The electronic bulletin boards that stretch across the freeway suddenly changed. The new warning said, "Crash 1300 S. / Black Ice Possible / Use Caution." Well, some idiot drivers think this means, "Slam on your brakes and try to get in the passing lane!" Unfortunately for me, I was cruising along in the passing lane.
There were suddenly 100's of brake lights in front of me as traffic started slowing. Some guy tried to come into the passing lane without checking for me in his blind spot. Anyhow, I saw him coming and tried to compensate for where he was going.
Only problem here is that I was now going 60-65 MPH on a sheet of black ice. So, at 8:30am in rush hour traffic I was the next April Day's Fool to loose control of her car and hurdle helplessly off the road!
I miraculously spun 540 degrees. My car spun from the far left passing lane, across 4 lanes of traffic, and off the West side of the road. I had near misses with about 8 different cars (seriously by just millimeters). I missed every sign, post, and guardrail. I slid sideways & backwards 150 feet down the freeway embankment. And, finally, I came to a stop just 3 feet from a 15 ft. drop into the canal.
I sat in my car 100% STUNNED! A few cars stopped. Two different men ran down the hill to check on me. Those first two men that got to my car kept saying, "Oh, wow! You didn't roll! You didn't roll!" "Are you okay?" "Are you hurt?" "I'm calling 911 right now!" They both thought that I had rolled the car because it was such a steep drop to the bottom. "I thought for sure you were a goner because your car was whipping so fast and then it just dropped down the hill and I couldn't see you!"
Anyhow, I am safe! I am 100% percent convinced that there was divine intervention in my safety!
Oh, wait! There's more! It took 3 tow truck drivers to get my car out of the mud! The first tow truck driver showed up. He laughed and said, "Wow! That must have felt like a Disneyland ride." I told him, "Um...yeah...but not so Disney."
The first driver said that he only had 100 ft. of cable so he was going to have to call a 2nd tow truck driver to bring him some more cable. After the 2nd driver got there, they decided that the only way to get the car up the hill with minimal damage was in the "exact angle" that I went down the hill. But, in order to do this they were going to need a 3rd truck that had 4-wheel drive. They were excellent at their job and did get my car back up the hill as safely as possible.
So, total cost of today's damage?
The cover on the air compressor was smashed into the air compressor, replacement $76.00.
The engine mounts broke, repair $186.00.
And new allignment, $85.00.
YAY! That horrific and terrifying experience only ended up costing me $347! (So far.) I will also need 4 new tires which is going to cost me about $540 more, but that is not damage from the wreck.
THE CANAL:
CANAL FULL OF WATER:
THE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO GET THE CAR OUT:
THE CANAL IS 3 FT. IN FRONT OF MY CAR AND 4 FT. FROM THE SIDE OF IT:
LOOK AT HOW MUCH GRASS I DUG UP WITH THE CAR SLIDING SIDEWAYS:
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Your story still seem so unreal to me. I am happy that you survived.
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