Guys, I'm lucky to be alive. I was involved in a major accident last Saturday evening just a few meters in front of my house. I was rammed by a 10-wheeler truck carrying stones from a quarry.
I was slowing to a stop because I was about to signal for a turn to my left because I was about to go in the yard. Then all of a sudden, this huge truck suddenly veered to his left to allegedly avoid a lampost. Due to his stupid and reckless move, he hit my van square on the left side, ripping my doors to shreds and the left side of his truck missing me by inches.
I saw the accident coming. The time frame for an accident-free evasive maneouver was not in the situation to I did what I could: I put the van in 'D', jammed the accelerator and started to move to my right. If I had not done so, the left-side head of his truck would have hit me head on and I would have been dead. I knew from the impact that the truck would drag my vehicle. So when he hit, I put the shift into 'N'. Then, the truck dragged for nearly a good ten meters.
When I got out to assess the situation, my neighbors and I were horrified to realize that if my van would not have been there, the truck would have hit a house that only has a wooden-picket fence, and would have killed all the occupants of the master bedroom, which was facing the side of the road.
In a way, I'm lucky. Other than being thankfully alive, the ripped parts of the van could be replaced. But had I not moved right-forward, the situation would have been different. While he signed a written agreement at the police station that he would repair the van (we did bring to a repair shop of my choice yesterday - a shop that specializes in the restoration of SUVs and vans), he seems reneging on his written statement. So, I'm now preparing a demand letter, demanding that he have my van restored on the agreed date. If not, I have already asked my lawyer to file a criminal case against the owner (who was with the driver when the accident happened) and his driver.
Just look at the attached pictures. All of the bystanders thought I was dead. I mean, being hit hard and the van being dragged and all.
After the incident, I reflected back and had this re-affirmation that God really loves me and cares for me. That the accident was God using his bull-horn reminding me of my Christian duties to my fellow-men and to him.
I'm lucky and blessed to be alive.
