Down yet another Taco... :/

Well, last night coming home... had a green arrow everything seemed to be clear. There was a car coming fairly far in the distance but.... no reason they shouldn't stop for th red. Start going, do a left check for peds in the crosswalk (they're really bad about just walking regardless there). as I look to my lane I see in the corner of my eye this car barelling toward me... before even having time to hardly react hit (jetta tdi). Truck spun around, airbags, all that. Shoved the door open (didn't want to open) and ran over to see if they were ok... their car went at least 200ft+ after the collision and narrowly missed the light poll thankfully. They were cut up a bit and really shook up but otherwise seemed to be ok. Everyone went to get checked out... and that's all I got. I'm good at least... only thing I received was a slight burn mark and a few singed hairs from the air bag. It was actually pretty surreal... had was asking myself if it really happened and how I had no injuries. I even had to turn the truck off... I'm amazed how well the truck held up and protected me... R.I.P. '08 Taco.


Now I just have to wait to find out what's going to happen with insurance and all that. I had a witness that knew it was green, he wast turning just next to me and was surprised as hell by it as well... fortunately they weren't involved. I'll defiantly be getting another taco... this time 4x4 hah.

 

Glad that you are OK Jake.

 

Was at Price and Dobson down in Chandler. Was getting off work...

Yea, ironically I had a schedule for today to look into trading into a '10 TRD Off-Road BSP double cab 6spd.... well that's cancelled for now but I'm still going to go for it after the insurance stuff is done.

 

That sucks- Luckily you are okay and the rest can get worked out!!

 

Glad you are okay

 

Glad you're okay.

 

Glad you made it through... damn bad drivers.

 

Glad to hear another Taco sacrificed itself for the occupant. Now go get yourself a new '10 4x4!

 

Sorry about the truck, but definately glad to hear you are OK. Be on the look out for delayed symptoms, though.

 

WHOA! At least you are walking and in good health.

I got hit by a drunk driver head on at 50+ mph. It was brutal, but I came out walking. Sometimes ya just gotta count your blessings.

 

Thanks everyone. Yea cars and toys get replaced easy... health and lives don't. Really glad it turned out as well as it did.

 

This is very true. Two weeks ago I lost a family member to a 10 year battle that ensued after a horrible car accident that left her paralyzed and almost brain dead from accident, until death. It is easy to forget just how lucky we are when walking away from accidents of any proportion

Looks like there was some baby making going on with a telephone pole!

 

bummer about the taco man. glad to hear you are ok though, thats all that matters. good luck with everything.

 

Glad your ok.

 

Glad you're ok. At least you were in a tacoma. I'm curious to see how the other car turned out

 

What a great send off for your TACO

 

Um, aren't Dobson and Price parallel? Or do they meet up somewhere down by the 101 and 202?

Glad you're OK!!!

 

nope, they do cross. thats just up the street from my work. sorry to hear about the accident

 

glad you're OK. How'd the cops write it up?