rokrash
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- flat ol' Nebraska
What happens when someone pulls a u-turn in front of you at interstate speeds
I didn't know where to post this up, but after a week of wheelin in Moab and Montrose, it was time to head home to Nebraska. About 10 hours into the trip we blew a tire on the trailer. Fixed it in record time and hit the road again to repass the folks that we had recently passed.
My buddy was drivin' my rig and about 30 miles down the road we were discussing how well my recently purchased Excursion was towing we had an 81 year old woman decide to pull a u-turn from the right lane into the median. We later found out that she had missed her turn and was being told by her onboard nav. system to "make a u-turn!" She was about 3 car lengths ahead of us, so we drilled her!
When the dust settled, I was frantically digging my 6 year old son out from under our bags. He did not have a scratch on him! I just about cut my finger-tip off. My buddy took a good shot of the airbag, but we all walked away!
Long story short, 3/4 roll with the Ex, Jeep seems to have flipped end over end a couple of times! Elderly man was ejected but did not have any REAL major injuries (ribs and a lung) and the woman hit her head.
Now we are left, greatfull to be alive, but trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces!
Be safe out there folks!
I didn't know where to post this up, but after a week of wheelin in Moab and Montrose, it was time to head home to Nebraska. About 10 hours into the trip we blew a tire on the trailer. Fixed it in record time and hit the road again to repass the folks that we had recently passed.
My buddy was drivin' my rig and about 30 miles down the road we were discussing how well my recently purchased Excursion was towing we had an 81 year old woman decide to pull a u-turn from the right lane into the median. We later found out that she had missed her turn and was being told by her onboard nav. system to "make a u-turn!" She was about 3 car lengths ahead of us, so we drilled her!
When the dust settled, I was frantically digging my 6 year old son out from under our bags. He did not have a scratch on him! I just about cut my finger-tip off. My buddy took a good shot of the airbag, but we all walked away!
Long story short, 3/4 roll with the Ex, Jeep seems to have flipped end over end a couple of times! Elderly man was ejected but did not have any REAL major injuries (ribs and a lung) and the woman hit her head.
Now we are left, greatfull to be alive, but trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces!
Be safe out there folks!
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