This is a very good lesson that everyone should know about: secondary accidents are often more dangerous than primary accidents. People are way too distracted on the road these days with all the handheld smart phones. A few girls from my school were killed because someone swerved to avoid hitting a dog on the freeway which caused traffic to back up and someone then slammed into the backed up traffic and killed them. Things like this happen all the time, the only reason this one stands out to me is because I was stuck in the traffic jam caused by this accident and saw the mangled car that the girls died in, then I looked it up on google to see what happen and there were stories in the school newspaper about it. Just look for youtube videos of cop dashcams and see how often people slam into cars that are pulled over on the shoulder.

Manifesto7

Osaka27105 Posts

October 27 2011 03:22 GMT

First of all, I am happy that you are alive and well enough to write this blog. I hope everything works out well for you. I am sure your college will be understanding of your situation and allow you to get back on track.

But in response to your lesson, I give you Yueyue. This is the girl in China who was run over and then ignored by passersby for 15 minutes as se bled out on the road.

I don't really think you want that to be the lesson.

SargonTheGreat

United States217 Posts

October 27 2011 03:23 GMT

Sorry to hear that man thanks for letting the community know so we can all say tell you to heal up and get the fuck off the freeway! Really, I've pulled over to check on people on the freeway, but half the truck still on the freeway is definitely not the way to do it. It sounds like you did everything properly, and got smashed for it, kinda how the world works, you know? Well, stay positive, eat well, drink pure water, I'm sure your head will clear up soon!

Mooster

Canada43 Posts

October 27 2011 03:25 GMT

holy shiet, glad you survived the crash. Hopefully ur recovery goes smoothly :3

frogmelter

United States971 Posts

October 27 2011 03:28 GMT

Holy shit dude.... I hope you recover quickly...

Did the doctor say how long the brain damage would last? Or if it would even heal?

hongo

207 Posts

October 27 2011 03:30 GMT

Yeah Manifesto, I definitely wouldn't mean to ignore an accident at all. I just think if I was in the same situation again I would stay in my car and call the police and wait for them to arrive before I got out of my car. But I'm definitely just happy to be approving at this rate and thanks for all the encouraging words!

Yeah, the brain injury will heal but they don't have a time frame on it yet. We don't actually know the true extent of it yet, we're getting an mri on Saturday to know exactly how bad it is. They know that it's not like life shattering though because they did see it in the ct scans.

Obstikal

616 Posts

October 27 2011 03:34 GMT

I'm glad you are okay and recovering well. Sucks when you are trying to do a kind thing and something bad comes out of it.

I don't mean to sound like a guy whose always out to get someone or something but were you compensated ?

hongo

207 Posts

October 27 2011 03:39 GMT

#10

I do have a lawyer and we're going to get some compensation but it's going to be a long process. Not sure exactly how this stuff works out, like for a time scale or how much I should really expect either. I'm a total noob to this

Wrongspeedy

United States1655 Posts

October 27 2011 03:39 GMT

#11

On October 27 2011 12:30 hongo wrote:
Yeah Manifesto, I definitely wouldn't mean to ignore an accident at all. I just think if I was in the same situation again I would stay in my car and call the police and wait for them to arrive before I got out of my car. But I'm definitely just happy to be approving at this rate and thanks for all the encouraging words!

You can get out of your car, if there are no cars parked on the highway. You gotta be pulled all the way off the highway, and get out away from the side the highway is on. Even then it scares me to be outside my vehicle on the highway (but its happened). Don't trust other people to be paying attention : (. I'm really sorry man, hopefully you get back to school soon.

OrderlyChaos

United States1115 Posts

October 27 2011 03:40 GMT

#12

I'm glad to see you're all right. That experience sounds pretty terrifying. Especially some of the after-effects. I would completely flip out if I wasn't able to remember certain things. Still, it was good of you to stop and help out, even if all this happened.

Tortious_Tortoise

United States944 Posts

October 27 2011 03:48 GMT

#13

You sir, are a champion of men. I wish you speedy recovery and good health.

Risen

United States7927 Posts

October 27 2011 04:14 GMT

#14

You made it through sophomore year, don't worry about eng school just focus on getting better. Brave thing you did

DarkPlasmaBall

United States43529 Posts

October 27 2011 04:31 GMT

#15

Happy you're okay!

It's terrible that a good samaritan ends up becoming a victim.

I hope everything eventually goes back to normal for you!

a176

Canada6688 Posts

October 27 2011 04:34 GMT

#16

Thanks for sharing your story. You did the right thing by trying to help those people. I remember my last serious accident (although on residential streets), and an offduty nurse stopped to help in much the same way you did. I was very grateful to her.

Do you know what happened to the driver that hit the truck? ie any charges? ie people who cant fucking slow down when approaching stopped vehicles, let alone can't even fucking drive around them, get off the road?

Sephy90

United States1785 Posts

October 27 2011 04:41 GMT

#17

My cruel humor... I'll leave it out. But hey it's great that you're alive! Wow you really sustained some serious damage there T_T you should keep us updated yo <3

Mordanis

United States893 Posts

October 27 2011 04:43 GMT

#18

It always sucks when you have to pay the price for someone else losing control, as we have both learned from experience. Luckily, I didn't suffer nearly as badly. This summer I was doing a bicycle ride across the state of Iowa (500 miles in 7 days) and after doing 100 miles in a day one woman swerved in front of me. I went over my handlebars, breaking my arm in quite possibly the most mild way possible. Point is, I feel for you man. Good luck, hope the recovery goes well!

Duka08

3391 Posts

October 27 2011 04:45 GMT

#19

Wow. It sounds terrible, but you are lucky you got away with what you did! Thanks for sharing. I was recently involved in my first accident (t-boned at ~45mph, red light) and it's terrifying... Good luck on your recovery.

hongo

207 Posts

October 27 2011 04:49 GMT

#20

On October 27 2011 13:34 a176 wrote:
Do you know what happened to the driver that hit the truck? ie any charges?

The driver got some pretty bad injuries himself, the car ended up stuck underneath the truck and he had to be cut out of the car. I'm not sure of any actual charges though

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