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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was driving southbound on the highway (probably around 75-80mph, far left lane on a giant Texas highway, so speed of traffic) and a car in the lane to my right changed lanes into me without checking his blindspot.  I spun out across the median and then across all 5 lanes of north-bound traffic before landing in a ditch on the other side.  The car that hit me bounced back into the middle of the southbound hwy, hit a different car, and spun around and followed me across all 5 lanes of northbound traffic to land about 35 yards away in the same ditch, facing the other way.

There was a 3-car pileup of cars on the northbound side trying to avoid hitting us, and an 18-wheeler intentionally (gently) jacknifed to stop traffic behind him to prevent a worse accident.

Everyone walked away, which the Sherriff who responded to the wreck remarked upon 3 different times.  "We get a lot of bad wrecks on this stretch, but normally someone would be decapitated with this many cars involved!"  (What's the cop equivalent of bedside manner?  His was not amazing.)

Fun extra fact: my crappy little Honda Civic was totaled out from that wreck but served me well for another 4 years.  As a college student, the check from the insurance company was welcome.[/quote]

That sounds like a scary experience. Glad you and everyone else were fine! [/quote]

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