Serious Accident.

oblongmelon · 10-01-2007, 07:00 PM

Today at 11am, my daughter Elizia and two of her friends were in a serious mva. Car totaled, All three were taken by ambulance to the hospital. The two in the front were both treated for head and neck injuries,one of the girls who is pregnant complained of abdominal cramping but she is ok. The driver has burns on her face and arms from the exploding air bags. Liz was in the back on the passenger side and was tossed around the car-she slammed into the back of the seat a few times and has severe facial swelling and bruising,shoulder, back and neck contusions, and alot of pain in her pelvis. Luckily THANK GOD she did not get cut, or break any bones. I have her home with me now under strict observation orders. She has a severe headache,and is extremely sore all over.. originally the doctor thought she broke bones in her face because of the swelling. CT Scans confirmed no breaks,or fractures. She's in alot of pain and sleeping now..but if you guys think about it..say a nice one to the Big Man for her to feel better soon..and for keeping her "safe".. I almost had a heart attack,literally, when I got the call. I barely made it to the hospital.I am thankful that no one was killed. I don't know how they got out of this car. Totaled wasn't the word..more like smashed,pulverized, and crunched into a ball of metal and glass.

Pretty pathetic though, the parents of the two other girls never showed up at the hospital, and the father of the driver (who lives across the street from me)told his daughter (when she called him to tell him she was just in an accident)to retrieve the face plate from the stereo out of the car..he could car less if she was hurt..so not only did I have to stay with my own daughter, I was worried about this other girl too because I've known her so long. How could a parent be so uncaring???? Anyway, I've had a long night. I'm turning in in a few. But not before I say ALOT of prayers.

ShawnLee · 10-01-2007, 07:10 PM

Oh my. I'm so glad to hear that they're all (relatively) fine.
I can't imagine what the fear must be like to receive that call and go to the hospital...

Jenny · 10-01-2007, 07:16 PM

Ouch, glad they seem to all be ok really! Was your daughter wearing a seatbelt? Were any of them? Being tossed around like that, doesn't sound like it. They were VERY lucky.

cruelpupet · 10-01-2007, 07:31 PM

Glad to hear theyre all okay, but thats pretty ballsy asking about the stereo face plate. Did he know how bad the accident was? Or did he assume she was okay since she was calling?

BTW what were the events that led to the accident?

renovation · 10-01-2007, 07:50 PM

glad the daughter seems just bruised up. keep a close eye on her for the next day or so still.the other parent a ***** hole.your kids are always first. then materal thing's last i been thinking about .

chrissy · 10-01-2007, 07:55 PM

OM Goodness obby! You both will be in my prayers and thoughts in the coming days!

Take care of her and give her lots of love.

DarkFury · 10-01-2007, 07:59 PM

Wow Obby...

I'm glad your daughter is OK... hope she gets well soon!

uncledaddy · 10-01-2007, 08:19 PM

Your daughter as well as her two friends will be in my prayers as will you. I wish you all well.

The Happy Squirrel · 10-01-2007, 08:29 PM

hope she does better concusions suck had a relaly bad one myself back in '04 watch her closely for about the next week sometimes people get kinda wonky and start wandering around for no reason after a head injury dont want her falling down the steps or something your family and friends will be in our thoughts and prayers and please kkeep us updated

ufcrusher · 10-01-2007, 08:43 PM

Glad to hear she is ok. Hopefully she will feel better tomorrow.

molecularfire · 10-01-2007, 11:10 PM

Man, that sucks. Glad that it wasn't worse than it was. Hope she (and you) feel better.

guiseppewv · 10-02-2007, 12:14 AM

Obby, glad everyone is ok and I will say a prayer for them tonight.

Were there other vehicles involved in the mva? I am really glad that it wasn't more serious.

johnnymk · 10-02-2007, 04:08 AM

Two of my nephews had similar accidents , each occurring about ten years ago. They weren't that fortunate, both suffering very serious injuries.

Glad she's OK.

Markel · 10-02-2007, 07:26 AM

Wow. Glad that the injuries weren't as severe as they might have been. Unbelievable that some parents wouldn't care enough to show up at the hospital.

I know that your daughter will be watched over.

mojo · 10-02-2007, 10:12 AM

glad to hear she's ok. i had an accident myself, last year. they're no fun

eSDee · 10-02-2007, 12:17 PM

Glad she's ok Obby. Keep us updated.

Memo · 10-02-2007, 12:31 PM

Good to hear your daughter came out ok. Car accidents are scary :/

RoniMan · 10-02-2007, 01:09 PM

HOLY MACKEREL!!! What happened? Well, definitely good to know that your daughter, as well as the other girls are ok. Get some rest and keep us in the loop.

zippyjuan · 10-02-2007, 01:13 PM

Sad that the neighbor cares more about stuff (the car stereo) than life (that of his daughter). Hope everyone is OK.

Sirrich3 · 10-02-2007, 02:13 PM

Thank goodness they are alright...

LPMiller · 10-02-2007, 04:31 PM

accidents suck, but you can bet your butt I'd pick my daughter up at the hospital. Cars are just things.

oblongmelon · 10-02-2007, 07:03 PM

Thanks everyone. *update*.... Liz is doing "ok" today. She had an appt. with her own physician and he was PISSED. Apparently, they only sent 4 of the 34 xrays taken,to his office, and none of them were of her head/face/neck and chest..but only of her lower back. They didn't even send the CT scan reports over. Her doctor is having a fit because when they did her xrays they took her neck brace off and never put it back on her. She is having MAJOR head and neck pain today and can't turn her head too much from side to side, and she's had major muscle twitches on the left side shoulder and arm... I've tried pretty hard to keep my cool but my nerves have gotten the best of me and I spent the better part of the night puking while she was sleeping.

The thought of losing any of my kids just makes me physically ill. Liz did just get a phone call from her friend who was in the front passenger side that she was going back to the hospital tonight because she started cramping up and bleeding pretty heavy and she's five mos. pregnant. The driver who got the burns on her face and arms from the air bag chemicals is blistering up nicely today and her father has YET to call her or go see her, although he did stop over at my house because he knows Liz is staying here with me till she feels up to going back to her own place.

Now here is what happened ...apparently they were only going about 55mph down a pretty busy parkway (for those of you who know the area-and there are some of you, they were on the Vestal Parkway Near the Walmart Plaza)...apparently the light up ahead changed to red, but the girl driving didn't notice because she had turned to the left to look out the window of the car because someone on the other side of the road was laying on their horn. When she looked up she was only inches from a stopped, brand new SAAB that was in front of her..she tried to hit the breaks but it was too late and she slammed into the back of the car, which deployed the airbags. Her car bounced back from the SAAB but she floored it when the airbags opened up and rammed her car almost completely under the SAAB.

The car is nothing but a tangled mess of wires, glass and metal. She hit so hard that the car battery literally split in two..A car that was right behind them missed hitting them in the rear by seconds and instead swerved and hit the median, luckily for Liz who probably would have been trapped in the back (2 door car)...the first impact caused Liz who was not wearing her seatbelt in the back to smash at full speed into the back of the seat in front of her with her face and chest. Then she was thrown back and on the second impact she was slammed to the floor of the car with her leg trapped between the front seat, front door and seatbelt in the front. I asked her what happened after that-she doesn't remember as she had a slight black out. There was a Vestal Cop car 4 cars in front of them who saw the accident in his rear view and quickly turned and got back to the scene. Both girls in the front had belts on. And managed to get out of the car pretty fast. They had to help get Liz out. The cop had them sit down and he called for emergency services. All three girls were sent by ambulance to the hospital. There literally is no front of the car, the roof is smashed down to the top of the headrests on the seats..The ******* across the street had the car towed to his house by his brother in law before taking it up to his farm to use for parts. As of this morning he still hadn't seen, nor called his daughter to see how she is doing. I think he's worried about a lawsuit..I'm just glad my daughter is alive. Thanks again everyone for all your good thoughts and prayers. From my entire family.

Jenny · 10-02-2007, 07:24 PM

Ouch.

Sounds painful! I hope she wears her seatbelt from now on though! Might have saved some pain!

I hope the one that is pregnant gets through it ok! Hope Liz and the other girl heal up quickly!

uncledaddy · 10-02-2007, 10:04 PM

Obby, still praying for all of you. Surprised the ER didn't send all the x-rays. The CTs are extremely important to diagnose possible head and brain trauma.

I only assume this from what my Doctors have said about my CTs. Sad to hear of the pregnant one. Though the mother was belted in, the unborn can still get bounced around.

The Happy Squirrel · 10-03-2007, 12:04 AM

yup can attest tto those airbags too they suck had slight burns on my face in mine and a very bad abrasion on my cornea <sp> lost alot of vision in one eye

hope she recovers fast!!!

10-01-2007, 07:00 PM	#1
oblongmelon Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: In a nutshell Posts: 9,676	Serious Accident. Today at 11am, my daughter Elizia and two of her friends were in a serious mva. Car totaled, All three were taken by ambulance to the hospital. The two in the front were both treated for head and neck injuries,one of the girls who is pregnant complained of abdominal cramping but she is ok. The driver has burns on her face and arms from the exploding air bags. Liz was in the back on the passenger side and was tossed around the car-she slammed into the back of the seat a few times and has severe facial swelling and bruising,shoulder, back and neck contusions, and alot of pain in her pelvis. Luckily THANK GOD she did not get cut, or break any bones. I have her home with me now under strict observation orders. She has a severe headache,and is extremely sore all over.. originally the doctor thought she broke bones in her face because of the swelling. CT Scans confirmed no breaks,or fractures. She's in alot of pain and sleeping now..but if you guys think about it..say a nice one to the Big Man for her to feel better soon..and for keeping her "safe".. I almost had a heart attack,literally, when I got the call. I barely made it to the hospital.I am thankful that no one was killed. I don't know how they got out of this car. Totaled wasn't the word..more like smashed,pulverized, and crunched into a ball of metal and glass. Pretty pathetic though, the parents of the two other girls never showed up at the hospital, and the father of the driver (who lives across the street from me)told his daughter (when she called him to tell him she was just in an accident)to retrieve the face plate from the stereo out of the car..he could car less if she was hurt..so not only did I have to stay with my own daughter, I was worried about this other girl too because I've known her so long. How could a parent be so uncaring???? Anyway, I've had a long night. I'm turning in in a few. But not before I say ALOT of prayers.

10-01-2007, 07:16 PM	#3
Jenny Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Kansas City area Posts: 10,923	Ouch, glad they seem to all be ok really! Was your daughter wearing a seatbelt? Were any of them? Being tossed around like that, doesn't sound like it. They were VERY lucky. __________________ Check out my spoilers for over 20 shows @ SpoilerFix.com Check out my TV blog, where I post weekly & daily TV schedules, TV news, interviews with TV stars & more! All new TV forums as well @ TV Is My Pacifier

10-01-2007, 07:31 PM	#4
cruelpupet Admiral Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 5,005	Glad to hear theyre all okay, but thats pretty ballsy asking about the stereo face plate. Did he know how bad the accident was? Or did he assume she was okay since she was calling? BTW what were the events that led to the accident? __________________ Am I alone here? Is that it? Am I the only one who sees. Maybe we can learn to be just like him. Wear a little uniform. Yes, sir. No, sir. Thank you, sir.

10-01-2007, 07:50 PM	#5
renovation Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: by a lake in michigan Posts: 3,400	glad the daughter seems just bruised up. keep a close eye on her for the next day or so still.the other parent a ***** hole.your kids are always first. then materal thing's last i been thinking about . __________________ be careful of what you wish for . you may get a ton of junk e-mail ! smile or f-off

10-01-2007, 07:59 PM	#7
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 33,168	Wow Obby... I'm glad your daughter is OK... hope she gets well soon! __________________ DarkFury's Pimptopia - Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the Game! Home of the Original OG Pimp (accept NO imitations)

10-01-2007, 07:55 PM	#6
chrissy Vice Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: OKC Posts: 4,939	OM Goodness obby! You both will be in my prayers and thoughts in the coming days! Take care of her and give her lots of love.

10-01-2007, 08:19 PM	#8
uncledaddy Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: With Me, Myself, and I...wondering why we can't get along! Posts: 2,029	Your daughter as well as her two friends will be in my prayers as will you. I wish you all well. __________________

10-01-2007, 08:29 PM	#9
The Happy Squirrel Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: the castle beyond the goblin city Posts: 2,569	hope she does better concusions suck had a relaly bad one myself back in '04 watch her closely for about the next week sometimes people get kinda wonky and start wandering around for no reason after a head injury dont want her falling down the steps or something your family and friends will be in our thoughts and prayers and please kkeep us updated __________________ Lion face / lemon face!

10-01-2007, 08:43 PM	#10
ufcrusher Admiral Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boca Raton, FL: By way of: Poway, CA; Gainesville, Fl; Penn Valley, Pa. Posts: 5,532	Glad to hear she is ok. Hopefully she will feel better tomorrow. __________________ Welcome my son, welcome to the machine...Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been....

10-01-2007, 11:10 PM	#11
molecularfire Admiral Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Walking through a lemon grove looking for one good orange Posts: 6,132	Man, that sucks. Glad that it wasn't worse than it was. Hope she (and you) feel better. __________________ Disclaimer - The above opinion should not be taken as medical advise. My only advise is to talk to your doctor. If you are stupid enough to take anything I say seriously, you have nobody to blame for your cranio-anal inversion but your stupid self. I may not be smart enough to do everything but I am dumb enough to try anything. - Beastboy.

10-02-2007, 12:14 AM	#12
guiseppewv Admiral Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The land of the rising sun Posts: 5,768	Obby, glad everyone is ok and I will say a prayer for them tonight. Were there other vehicles involved in the mva? I am really glad that it wasn't more serious.

10-02-2007, 04:08 AM	#13
johnnymk Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2000 Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA Posts: 12,459	Two of my nephews had similar accidents , each occurring about ten years ago. They weren't that fortunate, both suffering very serious injuries. Glad she's OK.

10-02-2007, 07:26 AM	#14
Markel Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 10,754	Wow. Glad that the injuries weren't as severe as they might have been. Unbelievable that some parents wouldn't care enough to show up at the hospital. I know that your daughter will be watched over. __________________ stay low... keep moving...

10-02-2007, 10:12 AM	#15
mojo Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: about 2 min away Posts: 7,798	glad to hear she's ok. i had an accident myself, last year. they're no fun __________________ these matches say you're lying

10-02-2007, 12:17 PM	#16
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10-02-2007, 12:31 PM	#17
Memo Admiral Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,652	Good to hear your daughter came out ok. Car accidents are scary :/

10-02-2007, 01:09 PM	#18
RoniMan Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Temple City, CA Posts: 5,071	HOLY MACKEREL!!! What happened? Well, definitely good to know that your daughter, as well as the other girls are ok. Get some rest and keep us in the loop.

10-02-2007, 01:13 PM	#19
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10-02-2007, 02:13 PM	#20
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10-02-2007, 04:31 PM	#21
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10-02-2007, 07:03 PM	#22
oblongmelon Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: In a nutshell Posts: 9,676	Thanks everyone. update.... Liz is doing "ok" today. She had an appt. with her own physician and he was PISSED. Apparently, they only sent 4 of the 34 xrays taken,to his office, and none of them were of her head/face/neck and chest..but only of her lower back. They didn't even send the CT scan reports over. Her doctor is having a fit because when they did her xrays they took her neck brace off and never put it back on her. She is having MAJOR head and neck pain today and can't turn her head too much from side to side, and she's had major muscle twitches on the left side shoulder and arm... I've tried pretty hard to keep my cool but my nerves have gotten the best of me and I spent the better part of the night puking while she was sleeping. The thought of losing any of my kids just makes me physically ill. Liz did just get a phone call from her friend who was in the front passenger side that she was going back to the hospital tonight because she started cramping up and bleeding pretty heavy and she's five mos. pregnant. The driver who got the burns on her face and arms from the air bag chemicals is blistering up nicely today and her father has YET to call her or go see her, although he did stop over at my house because he knows Liz is staying here with me till she feels up to going back to her own place. Now here is what happened ...apparently they were only going about 55mph down a pretty busy parkway (for those of you who know the area-and there are some of you, they were on the Vestal Parkway Near the Walmart Plaza)...apparently the light up ahead changed to red, but the girl driving didn't notice because she had turned to the left to look out the window of the car because someone on the other side of the road was laying on their horn. When she looked up she was only inches from a stopped, brand new SAAB that was in front of her..she tried to hit the breaks but it was too late and she slammed into the back of the car, which deployed the airbags. Her car bounced back from the SAAB but she floored it when the airbags opened up and rammed her car almost completely under the SAAB. The car is nothing but a tangled mess of wires, glass and metal. She hit so hard that the car battery literally split in two..A car that was right behind them missed hitting them in the rear by seconds and instead swerved and hit the median, luckily for Liz who probably would have been trapped in the back (2 door car)...the first impact caused Liz who was not wearing her seatbelt in the back to smash at full speed into the back of the seat in front of her with her face and chest. Then she was thrown back and on the second impact she was slammed to the floor of the car with her leg trapped between the front seat, front door and seatbelt in the front. I asked her what happened after that-she doesn't remember as she had a slight black out. There was a Vestal Cop car 4 cars in front of them who saw the accident in his rear view and quickly turned and got back to the scene. Both girls in the front had belts on. And managed to get out of the car pretty fast. They had to help get Liz out. The cop had them sit down and he called for emergency services. All three girls were sent by ambulance to the hospital. There literally is no front of the car, the roof is smashed down to the top of the headrests on the seats..The ******* across the street had the car towed to his house by his brother in law before taking it up to his farm to use for parts. As of this morning he still hadn't seen, nor called his daughter to see how she is doing. I think he's worried about a lawsuit..I'm just glad my daughter is alive. Thanks again everyone for all your good thoughts and prayers. From my entire family.

10-02-2007, 07:24 PM	#23
Jenny Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Kansas City area Posts: 10,923	Ouch. Sounds painful! I hope she wears her seatbelt from now on though! Might have saved some pain! I hope the one that is pregnant gets through it ok! Hope Liz and the other girl heal up quickly!

10-02-2007, 10:04 PM	#24
uncledaddy Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: With Me, Myself, and I...wondering why we can't get along! Posts: 2,029	Obby, still praying for all of you. Surprised the ER didn't send all the x-rays. The CTs are extremely important to diagnose possible head and brain trauma. I only assume this from what my Doctors have said about my CTs. Sad to hear of the pregnant one. Though the mother was belted in, the unborn can still get bounced around.

10-03-2007, 12:04 AM	#25
The Happy Squirrel Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: the castle beyond the goblin city Posts: 2,569	yup can attest tto those airbags too they suck had slight burns on my face in mine and a very bad abrasion on my cornea <sp> lost alot of vision in one eye hope she recovers fast!!!