Firebird Formula Accident
Canton, Michigan
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Here are pictures of my head-on collision of 05/14/2004, in Canton, Michigan, in my 1988 Firebird Formula. I wasn't sure which you could use so I attached them all. I also attached before pictures.
This is the story: It was a Friday night, about 9:00 pm. I had met my husband
for dinner in Canton, he was driving our other Firebird. We were
getting on I-275 from Ford Road, he was right behind me. This
is an entrance where it curves up onto the bridge over the road
you just came off on. Well, I was part of a line of cars. Last
time I looked at my speedometer, I was going about 30- I couldn't
go any faster than the people in front of me, and in fact I was
slowing down. Firebirds are not so good in bad weather. Once
I crested the hill, the car started to violently fish-tail. I
was correcting it maybe 2 or 3 times when it suddenly whipped
to the left, my back end throwing me to face on-coming traffic
in the middle lane. I looked up and saw a flash of white and
than the hood flew up in the air. I closed my eyes and actually
thought to myself, this is it. I waited to die.
When I opened my eyes a split second later, I was lifting my
head up from the steering wheel (no airbags in those older cars),
after the impact. I didn't realize until later that night that
I had hit the steering wheel, when I felt my tooth chipped, and
my chin was sore. I think my brain shut down trying to protect
me or something. Needless to say, a car was right there and we
had hit each other. We bounced off of each other and ended up
parallel, with our back ends against the wall. I heard screaming
and realized it was me, so I stopped. Luckily, no one else hit
us. I had crossed right over the path of a semi. Also, luckily,
I was sliding at the time so I was kind of moving backwards at
about 5-10 mph, so even though the lady was going probably 55-60,
no one was killed. She walked away as did I. Her passenger went
to the hospital having breathing problems, the airbag impact
on their car hurt him. I had several back strains, a neck strain,
shoulder strain, and a nice bruise/burn down my chest and shoulder.
It reminded me how grateful I am for seat belts! I also hurt
my leg from the front of the car being pushed into it, there
is still a bruise and it still hurts to the touch, 3 months later.
I am also grateful that the front of the Firebird is so long,
if I had a shorter car, I probably would have been seriously
hurt or even killed. I wasn't issued a ticket. I still don't
know how it happened, I wasn't going fast at all. My husband
(who was right behind me, and pulled right over and called 911)
said it looked like I hit a dry spot maybe as I was correcting
the car, from probably hitting a big puddle of water collecting
on the hill.
Thank you!