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Second time in 6 months someone ran into my truck 
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. This one is much worse than the first when I got rear ended in traffic.
I was running some errands yesterday when a car crossed the center line and smashed my truck from just behind the drivers door all the way to the rear bumper, tearing the rear axle out from the under the truck in the process. Both my 4 year old son and myself emerged relatively unscathed (bumps and bruises, he was a little shaken up) and no one was injured in the car that hit me.
The girl that hit me, must of been around 19 or 20, doesn't even have a drivers license. She had taken her sisters car to take an infant for a ride that was fussy and wouldn't take a nap. She thought the car ride would help the baby fall asleep. She also had a 3 to 5 year old boy with her. The police were asking lots of questions as they only found one car seat in her car!
She was driving way to fast on a twisty bumpy road and lost control on a left hand curve at the top of the hill. She started sliding right, got into some gravel/grass and lost it. She over corrected on her final attempt and shot back out on the road about 45 degrees to the center line. I moved onto the narrow right shoulder in an attempt to avoid her but she caught me on the drivers rear quad door.
She must of been going at least 50 mph when she lost control and her car seemed to speed up as the front wheels regained the pavement and shot back out onto the road. She didn't touch the brakes before impact. It scares me to think what the outcome would have been if I hadn't moved to the right as far as possible. If that car had hit me in the front end people in that car would have killed. I don't think my truck would have moved much and the windshield of that car would have gone under my front bumper, thank God that didn't happen.
The force of the collision spun the truck around nearly 180 degrees counter clockwise, sort of pivoted on the front wheels, and pushed the rear end of the truck off the road and into a farm field type fence (barbed wire and welded wire strung on metal posts). The rear bumper took out several posts, one of which wedged between the bumper and the passenger rear quarter.
The rollback operator had a heck of time getting my truck on the back of his truck ( F450 SD with a 460#ad
). He had to cut the fence appart with bolt cutters to free the truck from the fence. He had to winch the rear axle back under the truck, then work my truck onto the flatbed using the winch and sliding the bed. When he finally got it loaded, the drivers rear wheel had to travel on the tow rig behind his flatbed
The rear axle was torn from under the truck, frame looks moderately twisted. The drivers quad door and cab are damaged and the bed it trashed down the side below the belt line. My ARE cap is also badly thrashed. Lots of other damage on the rear of the truck as well.
I am going to have to fight to get this thing totaled. The car that hit me, 2000 Pontiac Sunbird, is trashed to and including the windshield.
I love this truck but I don't want it back. I don't think it will ever be the same if they try to fix it. If they do try to fix it I am going to pursue a diminished value claim. Anyone have any advice on how to handle the whole accident situation?
Dave Dee
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2001. 5 2500 QC, LB, 4x4, Auto, 3. 54, Everything but Leather, Bright Silver Metallic, ARE K Series, Diprocal EGT, Boost and Autometer transmission Temp(sensor in the line) in an Autometer Dash Pod, SW Fuel Pressure Gauge, Westin CPS Platinum Step Bars - Black on Stainless
[This message has been edited by Dave D (edited 05-05-2001). ]
#ad. This one is much worse than the first when I got rear ended in traffic.
I was running some errands yesterday when a car crossed the center line and smashed my truck from just behind the drivers door all the way to the rear bumper, tearing the rear axle out from the under the truck in the process. Both my 4 year old son and myself emerged relatively unscathed (bumps and bruises, he was a little shaken up) and no one was injured in the car that hit me.
The girl that hit me, must of been around 19 or 20, doesn't even have a drivers license. She had taken her sisters car to take an infant for a ride that was fussy and wouldn't take a nap. She thought the car ride would help the baby fall asleep. She also had a 3 to 5 year old boy with her. The police were asking lots of questions as they only found one car seat in her car!
She was driving way to fast on a twisty bumpy road and lost control on a left hand curve at the top of the hill. She started sliding right, got into some gravel/grass and lost it. She over corrected on her final attempt and shot back out on the road about 45 degrees to the center line. I moved onto the narrow right shoulder in an attempt to avoid her but she caught me on the drivers rear quad door.
She must of been going at least 50 mph when she lost control and her car seemed to speed up as the front wheels regained the pavement and shot back out onto the road. She didn't touch the brakes before impact. It scares me to think what the outcome would have been if I hadn't moved to the right as far as possible. If that car had hit me in the front end people in that car would have killed. I don't think my truck would have moved much and the windshield of that car would have gone under my front bumper, thank God that didn't happen.
The force of the collision spun the truck around nearly 180 degrees counter clockwise, sort of pivoted on the front wheels, and pushed the rear end of the truck off the road and into a farm field type fence (barbed wire and welded wire strung on metal posts). The rear bumper took out several posts, one of which wedged between the bumper and the passenger rear quarter.
The rollback operator had a heck of time getting my truck on the back of his truck ( F450 SD with a 460
#ad). He had to cut the fence appart with bolt cutters to free the truck from the fence. He had to winch the rear axle back under the truck, then work my truck onto the flatbed using the winch and sliding the bed. When he finally got it loaded, the drivers rear wheel had to travel on the tow rig behind his flatbed
The rear axle was torn from under the truck, frame looks moderately twisted. The drivers quad door and cab are damaged and the bed it trashed down the side below the belt line. My ARE cap is also badly thrashed. Lots of other damage on the rear of the truck as well.
I am going to have to fight to get this thing totaled. The car that hit me, 2000 Pontiac Sunbird, is trashed to and including the windshield.
I love this truck but I don't want it back. I don't think it will ever be the same if they try to fix it. If they do try to fix it I am going to pursue a diminished value claim. Anyone have any advice on how to handle the whole accident situation?
Dave Dee
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2001. 5 2500 QC, LB, 4x4, Auto, 3. 54, Everything but Leather, Bright Silver Metallic, ARE K Series, Diprocal EGT, Boost and Autometer transmission Temp(sensor in the line) in an Autometer Dash Pod, SW Fuel Pressure Gauge, Westin CPS Platinum Step Bars - Black on Stainless
[This message has been edited by Dave D (edited 05-05-2001). ]
