10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 2 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 2 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 48,500 miles
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I was driving down the road on the freeway where the speed limit was 75 mph. While driving my passenger said I passed out, floored the gas pedal and jerked the steering wheel to the left. I then drove through the median and into oncoming traffic reaching 90 plus mph, missing two cars, and jumping a 4 foot barbed wire fence without touching the fence. I continued into the desert until my passenger was able to put the truck in park hitting a few trees and bushes along the way. I then woke up when paramedics and first responders were already there. Me and the passenger were both wearing our seatbelts and my passenger did not aquire any injuries. I had a siezure to cause the accident and have had multiple ones since then a month ago. The front of my truck was mangled and the frame was bent in two places. The issue is I suffered 4 fractures in my spine top of the lumbar and bottom 3 of my thorasic. I am curious after talking to the mechanic who looked over my truck as to why my airbags did not deploy during the accident. In summary I was in an accident that totaled my truck, and the airbags did not deploy and I suffered multiple spinal fractures.
- Flagstaff, AZ, USA
- Mars Hill, NC, USA