Serious accident, safe truck!

Well my trophy truck is gone. On the way to our annual Deschutes River steelhead guided trip on hwy 97 north of Madras, we were involved in a terrible accident caused by an oncoming jackknifed truck pulling a travel trailer hitting us and sending us into a ditch. Thankful that all in both vehicles were able to walk away with minor injuries.

Luckily I bought gap insurance, which needless to say is paying for itself 10 times over. Frame damage and other serious damage has insurance looking at a total loss. It has allowed me to get a better truck at the same monthly payment with no money down for a shorter term. Saved me about $5k in the long run. Put a deposit down to hold a new 2016 TRD OR Long bed AT in inferno for a very good price. Will post pics soon of the new rig, but very thankful for a quality truck. For all of the grief this new design has been taking, it sure held up its end of the bargain safety wise. Good on ya Toyota. And so far State Farm has been relatively easy to work with, so that's been surprisingly good!

 

Glad to hear there were no serious injuries...and good to see some positive feedback for the truck...hope everything goes well in getting another!

 

Glad that everyone is ok! Hope the next Tacoma takes care of you aswell.

 

Damn.
Glad everyone was okay!

 

Wow! Glad everyone is OK. That looks like a nasty crease down the side. I wonder if the changes made to improve small offset crash worthiness helped at all? It does look like the impact got deflected outward slightly behind the front wheel where the cab mount was reinforced.

[Edit: looking again, it seems the impact came in well above the cab mount. Also, thinking about what it would have been like to have the same accident in my '86 truck gives me shivers.]

 

I've seen at least 4 major accidents with Tacoma's (city Firefighter)Little to no injuries involved on the Tacoma passengers. Extremely safe vehicles. Glad you guys are safe.

 

Glad the truck did what it was supposed to do and everyone walked away to tell the story. Good for you and congrats on the upcoming purchase!

 

That sucks about the accident, glad everyone is ok.

 

Damn dude, glad your alright! Glad your insurance is taking care of you!

 

Wow! Glad everyone walked away from that one!

 

Glad everyone walked away form it safely. Thinking about getting the gap insurance now

 

Damn. Well tickle me upside down and call me Nancy. Glad everyone's ok OP.

 

Holy crap! Glad everyone is ok!!

 

Wow. Glad everyone is good, and your insurance is stepping up.

 

Just kidding. I'm glad to be in one of these trucks when something like that happens. Knock on wood it never happens to anyone.

 

Wow gap ins is a must with the price of these tacomas. Glad to see how it saved you.

 

Yes glad your ok. I had gap or what we call new vehicle replacement on my Mazda and came out way ahead.

 

Thank God you're safe! Glad everything is ok!

 

Glad you're ok. But I have to ask, not waiting for the '17?

 

Yikes.
Glad all were ok