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New Driver, New Mitsubishi Eclipse Accident
Hatchett Mill Road- Spotsville, Kentucky
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"Mom, I had a wreck."
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Hi...My son, Chris had this 1992 Mitsuibishi Eclipse for a
total of 19 hours. It was his first car. I walked him out to
his car as he was getting ready to leave. I hadn't seen the car
yet so we talked about all the things he wanted to do to upgrade
it. I handed him my cell phone and my last words to him were,
"Please put your seatbelt on." I watched him pull out
of our driveway and head out.
His oldest brother pulled in. I got a call 3 minutes later from
Chris. He said, "Mom, I had a wreck." I jumped in my
car, his brother in his car as he is a first responder and firefighter
and we headed out to find him. Less than 2 miles from home and
5 minutes later we arrived. Chris's car dropped off the shoulder
of the road as he went across a one lane bridge and he overcorrected.
He skidded sideways up hill and across the road, hit a 9 inch
tree head on, tore it out of the ground and then side impacted
into another tree that kept him from flipping over. A family
who lived across from the accident had seen the whole thing and
ran to help him.
My son was fine, up walking and talking until he got to the hospital
23 minutes later. He went unconscious. After about an hour, he
came around and started improving. He stayed overnight in the
hospital. His injuries were multiple blunt body trauma, concussion,
scraped knee, scraped elbow (it went through the vents) and jaw
and chin trauma from where the rear view mirror came off and
hit him in the face and several loose teeth. He is slowly recovering.
The only thing in this car untouched was the seat he sat in and
his driver's side door.
The officer told me that if his 11 yr old brother had been with
him (he decided to stay home), he would most likely been killed
and if my son had not had his seatbelt on, he would have been
ejected and killed. He never wore a seatbelt before that day.
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