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Plymouth Breeze: Head On Accident
Canton, Michigan
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It was April 29, 2004 around 2:30 in the afternoon and I was
driving back from work in Canton, Michigan. Approximately 10
minutes into my drive I was struck head-on, and without warning,
by a car going 40-plus MPH heading in the opposite direction.
The car was driven by a 17-year-old kid who *obviously* was not
mature nor focussed enough to be behind the wheel of a car. The
impact sent my car (a 1997 Plymouth Breeze) sailing into oncoming
traffic.
As you can see in the pictures, my car was totaled. I was struck
with such force that the engine block was pushed UNDER the firewall.
When the paramedics arrived it took about four of them to pull
my mangled body from the wreckage. I had suffered a BADLY broken
right femur (thighbone) in which the bone almost protruded through
my skin, a fractured left tibia (shinbone), torn knee ligaments,
a badly sprained right ankle and internal bleeding, among other
things.
I was concious for the entire thing and had no feeling from the
waist down. It was the single most terrifying day of my life.
I thought I was going to die, or at least never walk again. I
spent a week in the hospital and underwent emergency surgery.
I have more surgery to come on my left leg in the near future.
Thanks to the fabulous orthopedic surgeon that was on call that
fateful day, my legs were saved. The kid that hit me walked away
uninjured. The moral of the story is: live life one day at a
time because you never know when something can happen and turn
things upside-down. Before my accident I was a very active, athletic
20-year-old. I now have a new appreciation for life, because
I realize how fast it can come to an end.
Be safe and be cautious,
Janice
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