Ok I'm here. Been taking care of all the crap I now face, picked up the jeep yesterday and a friend is letting me store I at his property in tollhouse. I feel like I have lost something or somebody close to me, a part of me is missing!! I know it sounds gay but when u put that much effort into a rig, all the work done with my pop or close friends, it tears u up.
U guys are well informed and even tho I was gunna post pics Aaron's are pretty much what mine look like, they speak for themselves! The tow driver, Andrew, had it rite too an LA city slicker (in a stock Cherokee no less) pulled out of a blind ass corner and took his time deciding on braking or gassing it!! It was an uphill 20* rt hand turn or so. I remember looking up at the hill to the rt and seeing dust and I thot something was up there, a horse some wild cows little did I think this guy wld be dumb enuf to pull out on the downhill side of a huge tunout where he cldnt see traffic coming at all. He gassed it I slammed on the brakes and tried swerve but it was of no use. When I looked at the skid marks they were straight which from my insurance friend is a good thing. Anyway, I hit him basically with my left headlite on his lft tail lite. The impact bent my lft axle control arm mount and my drag link. This I think caused the jeep to swerve hard left and rolled over. I remember saying out loud, "oh no!" Pretty lame but I knew that was it. I actually caught some air cuz when the roof hit it was on the driver A pillar, eat ur hrt out Eric!! Haha. The roof crushed in and forced me into a pretzel. Bella hit the ceiling but when she came down I caught her. When everything stopped I was upside down with the shifter in my face. I turned the ignition off unbuckled my belt and shimmied out the passnger window as I lifted Bella out. The bloody hand mark speaks for itself, pulled myself out while the other driver asked me if I was ok, ya I'm great, mr sensitive!!
Fire was there first, then HP then ems then the tow truck. No one saw it but ppl were there rite after. I guess the ppl who called, verizon had service, said someone was pinned under, then the second was I was pinned in, and the whole time I'm walking around bleeding from my hand, which the windshield crushed, and head. I was looking for my phone!!!! An old man found it and didn't know what it was, haha. My $50 Otter Box for the iPhone saved it for sure cuz the mount it was on was destroyed.
EMS were dicks, all pissed I didn't want to go with them. They took me away b4 I cld watch the guy roll it over. Douche bags. Then I signed the refusal form and took that ugly c-spine collar off and went back to my car. Wallet was in the glove box and I had to get it out, dicks. I got a ride from the tow driver and hung out in Shaver til my rents got there. The whole time atthe site no Jeeps came by w/a winch, I was hoping to shoo the tow guy off so I didn't have to spent $570 to get it towed. Got a trailer up there yesterday and got some of the doors open to get my stuff out. There was blood everywhere. I'm sure that grate saved me from flying debris too, thank god.
Thank u guys so much for ur concern. It does make me feel a little better to know ppl wish me well. Great pic Dave, hilarious!! Didn't get say bye to the 3 I wheeled in with, Dave, Brian BOD, and Nicci. Great wheelin with u guys and thanks for the company I had a great time. Too bad most of u gents and lady live elsewhere, let me know when u wheel this way again--Mark, Aaron, Eric, Ben, Dave, Lauren, Ed, Jon and everyone else thanks for a great time.
Had to get 32 stitches in my hand and finger and 3 on my head. I was pretty lite hearted the whole time, an ER nurse from Tulare was checking my spine and neck and I told her to keep going, lower, lower hey do u want my #, lol. She told me to ask her bf, I told him I was kidding, haha! I was so freaking dirty in the er the nurse had to clean me off to see if I had more wounds.
At this point I'm going thru all my receipts which I had a file for and entering them into an excel spreadsheet to make it easier for the adjuster to determine my vehicles worth. I've pretty much found everything. I'm just hoping the other driver didn't bend his story or is gunna change it so I get nothing. The tow driver told me the driver got to shaver and chickened out about driving it. Even tho the damage was veeeerrryyy minimal, the tow driver said it looked like trail damage. Taillite and hatch window, rear quarter and some bumper work. Chicken ass mf.
I'll try and buy it back from the ins company and disassemble. Everything is still good running gear, drive train, and suspension wise so when he time comes I'll find a straight body with windows and such. Who knows what will happen. Hoping for the best preparing for the worst.
Thanks again everyone