Saturday, January 17, 2009

Crystal struck by a car!!!


Yep, it is true! I was hit by a car on Friday, Jan.16, 2009 as a pedestrian.

Justin and I had went to Panera Bread for breakfast. Around 10 we left. As we were crossing the Parking lot street we saw a car stop at the end of the lane to turn on to the road we were crossing. We kept crossing and he kept coming. At first we thought the he was going to go around us but he kept turning into us. It was too late...I took out the drivers side of his car. He hit me hard enough to completely remove his mirror. It flew over my head and the car. Justin caught me to keep me from falling to the ground. The EMS and police came. I decided not to go to the Emergency room and to go to a Urgent Care facility instead. After a few x-rays the Doctor said I just had some bad deep bruising and that I would be sore for a little while. I am very grateful because it could have been so much worse. It easily could have been one of my girls. I posted a few pictures of the drama. As a side note, the young man was only 18. He was very sorry, very nice and very polite. He works at Panera until he is to be deployed via Army. He was as shaken up about the accident as I was.
As a side note...I did not post any pictures of my bruises because they have not surfaced yet. Because they are to the bone it will take a few days for them to appear. Maybe then I will take a few pictures and post.