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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
IMO You crash into something at high rate of speed odds are you’re going to die no matter what you’re in
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About 7-8 years ago we were taking our kids to the airport in very light traffic, traveling in the right lane. A pickup truck towing a horse trailer in front of us suddenly cut across three lanes from the right lane to enter the service area (where the trooper barracks are). The truck made it into the entrance ramp, but the trailer was still on the road. A Mini Cooper in the left lane going (our guess) around the speed limit plowed into the side of the trailer and "exploded" in a cloud of glass and rolled not sure how many times into the parking area. We had to continue, figuring to stop on our way home if we could answer any questions as witnesses.
A trooper stopped us as we approached in the parking lot, and we explained that we had witnessed the accident and nervously asked about the car's driver. "He's right over there. You can talk to him" He was emptying personal items from the destroyed car, before it was pulled onto a flat bed. We told him we saw the accident, and seeing that he was alive and not injured, we said that we didn't think anyone could survive that accident.
He answered by saying that at the moment of impact, he didn't think he would survive either! "The airbags, the airbags" he kept repeating. The two horses were out of the trailer, grazing next to the fence. The driver of the pickup said that she made a sudden decision to stop at the service area and never saw the Mini Cooper.
We couldn't believe it. We still can't.