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Totaled My Truck (Pics)- little long

Posted on November 16, 2008 at 05:58 PM.

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Well last night at around 12:40 AM i fell asleep on the way home and lost control of my truck hitting a tree. I`m very blessed to have been able to walk away from the truck.

Yesterday i got up at 6 and went over to my cousins so that we could head up to Ann Arbor for the Michigan Vs Northwestern game. It was quite miserable during the game but there was no way i was missing out on the game (even if we downright stink) it rained and snowed the whole time, never stopping for a minute. The results of the game are not what i wanted, but it doesnt suprise me with the way this year has gone. One big bright spot was we got to see the basketball team scrimmage, and meet the players and coaches afterwards. By the time we left Ann Arbor it was after 5. John Beilein is very talkable and friendly with all fans.

By the time we made it back to my cousins in Marion it was around 8. We got ready to go out and see his brother and Dads band play. We stayed and watched the band play untill around midnight. I then took my cousin and his girl back to his apartment, I usually just stay at his place instead of driving back to Mansfield. Its about a 40 minute drive from Mansfield to Marion. I was tired but i just wanted to be in my own bed so i decided to head home. I figured that there were plenty of times in Iraq and i was tired but drove each mission with no problems. Well on the way home i was getting tired, i thought i was still fine but apparently not.

I just remember waking up and in the ditch, and missing a a road sign and the next thing i knew i was into a a tree. Luckily i was able to get out of the truck and walk. I went up to a house across from the tree and tried to get help, but the guy at the home would not open the door. I understand it was late and their are a lot of crazy people out there but if you saw someones vehicle into a tree and the person was bleeding on your porch wouldnt you at least open the door. Well since i didnt know if he was calling for help or not i decided to go out and find my phone thankfully it was on the drivers side floor board. Help arrived pretty quickly, while i was waiting i decided to see if i could find any of my things in the truck. I found my psp and my bookbag of clothes, and somehow i had found my poster that i had gotten the basketball team to autograph. It had gotten thrown out into the field. I think the everyone on the scene thought i was on crack for worrying about a poster and a video game system. Apparently the State Highway Patrollmen joked withy my wife that i found my PSP and Michigan poster so everything was going to be okay. lol

I was very forunate that no one was with me and smart enough to wear my seatbelt as would have more than likely been thrown from my truck. I`m still kind of in disbelief that last night was real. All i ended up with is a bunch of stiches in my arm, a sore back, and a sore hip. Very blessed considering the way the truck looks. This is the first time i have ever been to the emergency room i hear a lot of bad things about it, but everyone was nice and took good care of me. If your ever to tired to drive just pull over and wait or call and have someone pick you up, its not worth taking a chance

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# 1 thescoop @ Nov 16

Thank God you're ok, man. Seeing those pictures lets me know you're truly blessed and lucky. I don't know you, but having read your story I just had to say thank God you're ok and just sore.

This just reminds us all that we never know what could happen.

# 2 bronco92 @ Nov 16

Unbelievable... Did your truck has airbags? Thanks for sharing this.

# 3 sportznut02 @ Nov 16

Yeah it did thankfully

# 4 hdaniel1 @ Nov 16

Wow! Lucky you had no passengers. The right side of your truck was just ripped apart.

# 5 Steve_OS @ Nov 16

Woah, someone was watching over you. The truck can be replaced, glad you made it out OK! (for the most part.)

# 6 rspencer86 @ Nov 16

I can barely tell that heap of metal was ever a truck. You are lucky to be alive, man.

# 7 sportznut02 @ Nov 16

yeah i`m very happy that no one was with me, little suprised to see what the truck looked like today, i dont remember the top being peeled of like a can of soup