10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 1 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 43,172 miles
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At approximately 11:50 a.M. on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, I pulled out of our driveway onto spruce dr. Nw, going South and the car immediately started accelerating on its own, careening down spruce dr. Nw. I was desperately trying to miss parked cars on the street but my car was moving faster and faster, out of control through the intersection at the end of my block. Then my car was flying through the air, between 25-40 mph, slamming into a creek bank and ending on the driver side down a 30 foot ravine at the end of spruce drive nw. I was trapped inside the car with my seat belt on and according to the police report the side airbag had deployed. Thankfully, I did not hit any cars! it was truly a miracle that I was alive and that my neighbors heard and saw the crash. Within five minutes the metropolitan police department who were stationed at the mayor's house around the corner arrived and with my neighbors were able to pull me from the wreckage through the sunroof. Apparently the glass sunroof had popped open/off during the crash. The crash happened about 11:53 a.M. shortly thereafter, I was taken by ambulance to a trauma center in a local hospital. Fortunately I only had minor bruises but the trauma center staff gave me a thorough check-up. And no one else was involved in the crash.
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