My 1st Car Crash!

On Saturday, I was in my first car crash. Not my fault either. My mother-in-law was with me and we were headed back home after out shopping. Here's the story. I was at a stoplight in the left turning lane. A red pick up truck was beside me in the right turning lane. We had a green arrow, so we started turning left. After we turned (passing the turning lane and 1st straight lane across the street), my M-N-L said, "Brandy, that woman is not going to stop." This woman in a HUGE suburban in the far right straight lane ahead, speeding at least 55-60mph crashed right into us. I attempted (in my thought process) to beep the horn, slam on brakes, and just do anything, but it was way too late. She creamed us and then my Pilot did a 360 and came back towards the turning lane I originally started in to t-bone the red truck that was initially beside me. What a whirlwind!!! My heart was pounding and I was SO *ticked off* to say it nicely. I stormed out of my truck and made my way across 3 lanes of traffic without looking for moving cars and gave that woman a few good paragraphs of how I felt!!!!!!!! I cannot express in this blog how angry I was and I am still trying to maintain my composure when I tell others about this accident. It infuriates me so badly. The woman admitted to me that she was on her cell phone. That makes me even more mad. I am not sure she even knew there was a red light. Are you kidding me? Did she think this would make me feel better?! THANK GOD, Chase was NOT in the truck with us! I seriously think I would have hurt her. No one understands the rage that was inside my body for the first few minutes. Don't get me wrong, I was extremely THANKFUL my MNL and I were able to walk, talk and get ourselves out of the truck, but I didn't realize all of that until 5 or so minutes later. I was so irate that this woman made a dumb mistake and put us at risk. After Rich and Chase arrived as well as my family, they began towing and cleaning up the scene and that seemed like FOREVER! Our bodies felt like they were on FIRE! Everything was burning. We dropped Chase off at the house and my Mom and Rich took us to the doctor. My knee got bandaged (it continued to get worse as time passed) and my MNL's elbow got bandaged (it looked like my knee). We both had burns on our chest, arms, stomachs, back, and I have black bruises and burns on my pelvic area. I was so thankful I wore my seat belt because my body lifted up during the impact that's how the pelvic area got so banged up. I also have bruising on my right leg and my MNL has very sore feet. Good thing the doctor was nice and prescribed us Vicodin! Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we heal and get things sorted out. I am very heartbroken that I have lost my beloved Honda Pilot, but our lives were SAVED because of the safety features this truck possessed. I firmly believe that. We would not have been able to independently walk out of this crash if I owned a car. That lady was flying didn't hit her brakes until she was a couple of feet from crashing into a telephone pole on the grass. The police officer was amazed that she didn't even attempt brakes. My next vehicle will definitely be a SUV and will possess the best possible safety features just like this one! I will miss you PILOT! Thank you for taking one for the team!

*above* you can see Rich's Tahoe in the distance....but the other SUV on the road driving is where she initially hit me and I spun back around this way to hit that truck

*above* you can see the orange spray paint....those indicate my front 2 tires....as you can clearly SEE I was almost finished making my left turn. (the car in the distance straight ahead in the straight lane is the where she was speeding like a bat out of hell) ....if I was this FAR into my turn you KNOW her light was RED for a LONG time! NOW you must understand why I was so irate with her! I didn't deserve to get drilled like that and neither did the red truck.

This is what my leg looked like this afternoon. It looks a lot worse in person. The camera was having trouble focusing on it. My knee cap looks like a marshmallow.

This was my knee yesterday at the doctor. It continues to get worse. Yesterday it was swollen up like an elephant knee.