Some bad news., :( Options

[johnnehh]

In some of my car pictures, you see a Dakota. That Dakota belongs to my best friend Mike.




After school yesterday, we were going to my friend's house named Joe. He is the leader of our car club.

We pulled up to the stop light making a left turn. There is 2 lanes to turn left. We were in the right one, so he had to get around the corner and speed up to get around the cars in the left lane, because the right lane turns off.

While we were stopped at the red light, we got onto our 2way radio. We were chatting it up waiting for the red light to turn green. I told him, "Hey, you're probably faster than me now that I have all this weight in my car" (I was carrying 3 15s for my friend, it weighed my car down a lot). And we both laughed at the light turned green. He went to the center of the intersection, and pressed the gas hard before fully straightening out. He lost control, over corrected and flew into the side walk, hit a tree all the way down the right side of his car which spun him into a concrete wall, still having enough momentum to make the truck fully lift off the ground and come to a complete stop in the middle of the sidewalk.

When he hit the tree, his side mirror flew off into his window and shattered on his face. He is a little cut up, but okay.

He has only had his license for 2 weeks. He has spent over $3,000 in modifications to the truck.

It has been all I can think about since then. I've seen many accidents happen right before me, but none like this. He is my best friend, he babies his truck, and I talked to him 2 seconds before it happened.

The truck is totaled. Luckily, no students were walking on the sidewalk where the accident took place. This could have been a lot worse. I'm glad we only lost the truck. He didn't swerve into me (behind him) or the car to his left, he controlled it enough to not injure anyone else.















Please keep him in your prayers. Very hard lesson learned. I've never been driving safer in my life.

This post has been edited by johnnehh: Nov 14, 2009 - 3:43 PM

[richee3]

Man, I can't rip on you or your friend for this. I used to have a single cab Dodge Ram with the 5.9 in it. That thing had an insane amount of torque. I know exactly what it's like to just have your license and a truck. I'd be lying to you if I said I was the most responsible driver. One of my exploits put me in a preacher's yard, where it was either take out his mailbox or take out the picket fence. I went for the fence just so it wouldn't be a felony. However, I did the right thing and went up the the guy's door, apologized for my stupidity, fixed the fence for him myself, and learned my lesson. It's bad that your friend lost his truck to learn his lesson, but at least he's walking out of this. Things could have been so much worse. I don't think we'll be seeing another thread like this about your friend. It sounds to me like watching this happen right in front of you shook some sense into you as well.