Well friday night my friend was on his way to my house and he didnt make it. He got about a mile from my house and had an accident. He came around a turn at a decent rate of speed to find that they had covered the section of road in gravel and sand ( when the roads get a lot of tar on them thats what they do). He then spun, hitting a large tree backwards, then proceded the flip and slide down the road, coming to a halt in the middle of the road. The ambulance found him outside the car, just sitting there.
He was flown to Westchester medical center and treated for a broken back and multiple cuts and bruises. It turned out that when the car was sliding on the driver side he had used his arm to keep inside the vehicle. He came home yesterday, and is walking a little, and friday he will find out if he needs pins in his back. Someone was definately on his side

I have more pics, and will post them later....







Modified by 98ITR#0020 at 11:59 AM 6/1/2004

 

Dammm...........hope he gets better

 

dang sorry to hear that.

 

damn that sucks.hope he gets better

 

Damn Sven thats nuts. I talked to Brian yesterday and he said that J was out of the hosipital and able to move around so thats good.

<<< hates when they gravel and tar the roads

Best of luck to Jimmy and a full and speedy recovery

 

whoa! he's lucky to be walking after that wreck...

 

wow, hope he gets better. so i take it the R was his and is now totaled?

 

holy crap... thats incredible though, friday night with a broken back and they released him already?

I hope things work out for him... do you know if they issued a reckless driving (or assoc. ticket) to him?

 

Sorry to hear this. Glad he is ok!! He is very lucky. They don't put caution signs up when doing this to the roads??

 

wow.......glad he is still with us. caRs are replaceable....lives are not!

 

[edit] thanks Ryan, regardless hope he's alright and gets better soon.


Modified by 1GreyTeg at 11:02 AM 6/1/2004

 

another one bites the dust

 

Glad he's ok, sorry about the car.

 

damn, that does suck. hope the driver holds up. they have that dumb "chip and tar" on hte roads around my house. its soo shitty. me and my friend in his ls were drivin around EASY and started sliding in some of the corners with that tar stuff. i think it shouldnt be put down, i say just straight tar....

...can you buy you R back from your insurance company? i would salvage whats good to getr somethin outta that....but thats just me

 

wow, glad j0r friend is alive!

 

I hate seeing bad things happen. Prayers.... I hope his back gets better, but I always thought if you broke your back you were dead. How do you break your back?

 

Glad to hear he is ok.

 

whoa, that's some crazy picture. Glad he's okay

 

That's to bad!!

 

glad he's ok and hopefully no pins

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 00MRSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sorry to hear this. Glad he is ok!! He is very lucky. They don't put caution signs up when doing this to the roads??</TD></TR></TABLE>putting that stuff on the road is the dumbest thing i ever heard...i'd be so pissed, i'd sue the city-seriously. any average civil engineer would tell you its dangerous

good luck to your friend. find him a good lawyer.

 

He broke a few vertabrate, but they didn't touch the spinal cord. So he can stand up or lay down, he just cant sit.
As far as the road, I think they are extremely dangerous, asphalt is much better. I guess it all comes down to money

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98ITR#0020 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">He broke a few vertabrate, but they didn't touch the spinal cord. So he can stand up or lay down, he just cant sit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, hope he gets better soon.


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98ITR#0020 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">As far as the road, I think they are extremely dangerous, asphalt is much better. I guess it all comes down to money </TD></TR></TABLE>

I know many places that do this including my home town. I agree that regular asphalt is better but being a careful and safe driver is also important. You can't blame the town for his mistake really. In most cases I remember on the roads treated this way there were warning signs posted for at least several weeks after such an application. Usually bright orange with "caution, oil road resurfacing".

After seeing the pics of the rear, he is one lucky guy. Best of luck on his recovery.

 

Your friend is lucky. I hope he recovers fast.

 

wow, those pictures give me chills. Sorry about the wreck, glad your friend is ok. Give him our best wishes.