This past weekend, I got to travel to Tucson with 7 others in a rental to a leadership summit held there. Upon entering Phoenix, the highway bottle-necked and everyone braked pretty hard, including the driver of our van. However, the guy behind us did not brake in time and rear-ended us causing our driver to lose control. He was able to avoid the line of cars that had come to a complete halt and somehow avoided hitting the rail on the median (we were on a bridge at that point). We finally stopped on the median grass--after the bridge--with minor injuries to one person only.
Turns out that we had clipped a car in traffic as well. As far as the guy who hit us, he disappeared. Thankfully, somebody who had witnessed the accident collected a bit of information about this person's vehicle.
Looking back, it could have been a lot worse, and I am so thankful God protected us. Interestingly enough, all of us on the trip grew closer together, despite being sooo different. On our way back home, we actually laughed at some of the stuff that had happened on the trip. Good memories were created...
5 comments:
Yikes Nate. I'm glad you all made it out fine. You weren't the one with the minor injuries, were you? Seriously, the people in Phoenix are crazy! (Tucson people aren't far behind, I've learned...)
Hey Dawn, no, I wasn't the one with the injuries. I actually love Phoenix and normally enjoy driving through. It's just that this time, the highway bottlenecked quickly, not giving our driver too much time to react, especially with a heavy vehicle with 8 passengers on it.
Did you have a bad driving experience in Phoenix or Tucson on your way to NC?
Aside from the strangly high number of ladders in the middle of the freeways, no.
Though, I have a friend who's husband was shot and now paralyzed from the waist down because of "road rage" in Phoenix.
And Tucson, my buddy Sergio Acedo lives there, so I can't be safe. ;)
Wow Nate, that's crazy! But i'm glad you guys are ok.
Wowsa Nate! Glad to hear that everyone is okay!!! Glad I live on the East coast... with all the slow drivers! LOL!
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