Ford Explorer Rollover Accident
Atlanta, Georgia
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My name is Dave, and I'm 28 years old. On March 3, 2004 I
was driving to Atlanta on I-75 Northbound in my 1999 Ford Explorer
Sport. At one point I needed to change into the lane on my left,
but when I did, the vehicle in front of me in the lane I wanted
to pull into cut me off by slowing down all of a sudden, and
had I continued into the lane I'd have hit it. Instinctively
I swerved in the opposite direction to avoid it, and then I started
to lose control. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't bring
it back into its rightful lane and traveling in a straight line!
I was already really scared, but then I felt the truck start
to spin around, and the next thing I knew, it was starting to
tip over! I remember the loud crash and the explosion of broken
glass as the driver's side hit the road, and then it kept on
flipping, blowing glass everywhere and causing the airbags to
deploy. All I could do was just ride it out as if it were a tornado.
Eyewitnesses said my truck flipped a total of 5-6 times.
It came to rest on the driver's side on the grassy part of the
shoulder. Somehow I knew that the back window had been shattered
in the crash, so I knew that was how to get out. So I unfastened
my seatbelt, ducked down low, and got out that way. Several people
had stopped to help and had me lie down on the ground until the
ambulance arrived. I wasn't badly hurt at all -- just a few cuts
and bruises, bruised ribs on my left side, a contusion to my
right shoulder, and a couple burns from the airbag. Yet due to
the severity of my crash, the paramedics sent for a helicopter and had me airlifted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta, as they didn't
want to take any chances. Fortunately, tests found no other injuries.
The paramedics and state troopers all said that if I hadn't been
wearing my seatbelt I'd have been ejected. And then I'd have
probably been killed or at least been badly brain damaged, horribly
disfigured, or paralyzed. So please, wear your seatbelts! They
do save lives; I'm living proof!
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