Too close for comfort....

The other day had something happened that was just wow. I had gone to breakfast with my parents. They were in their car and I was in my truck. We were at a light and there was I believe 2 cars in front of them and then this pick-up truck pulling a trailer at the front. Everyone got onto the on-ramp and started to merge onto the freeway (2 lanes). The one car passed the truck since it wasn't even doing the speed limit. The next car was kind of close to the pick-up truck. Then we decided to change lanes and pass the truck. Now at that moment there was a car coming in the left lane. By the time we got into the left lane there was the truck and like 4 cars all right near each other behind the pick-up. The second we were in that lane I'm looking ahead and I see the trailer start to fishtail. My opinion is when it did that the driver freaked out and overreacted making it much worse.

Somehow all the cars behind the truck managed to make the right decision with braking and swerving to avoid hitting the truck. The truck swerved into the left lane, back into the right lane as the trailer swung around and the truck ended up flipping and landing on its one side. I don't know how it didn't end up being a bigger accident. It's a miracle honestly. My parents ended up stopped a little bit up from where the truck ended up. I stopped and pulled to the side of the freeway and was almost even with the truck. I slammed my truck into park, even heard the gears grind a bit because I did it while stopping, grabbed my cell, started dialing 911 and raced across the road to the truck. I didn't even think about anything I did. I mean now that I think back I'm lucky all the cars further back stopped and no one ran me over. Both guys were okay that had been in the truck. The one had to get his seatbelt cut because it wouldn't undo.

I was amazed at how many people stopped. 2 or 3 cars going the other direction even stopped to see if everyone was okay and if they could do anything. About 4 or 5 people called the police. It was kind of nice to see people come together like that. Then I unfortunately got stuck until the police showed up. I mean traffic started to drive through the open lane and I couldn't run back across to my truck. Finally one cop was trying to clear people out and asked who's truck it was. I was like mine so he stopped traffic so I could get to it. Then again so I could get on the road. I'm still kind of in shock that it happened.

Not much else is going on in my life. Went out with friends last night and had a blast as usual. And then this week my 2 fall softball teams start up which I'm so happy about. I've missed softball and it's been over a month since I last played. Always a fun time especially if it's a league that doesn't care if the field gets screwed up...that means playing in the mud!! Did that once last year and it was a blast. Granted I went home almost covered completely in mud but I loved it. Oh well let me wrap this up for now. Drop a note if ya feel like it and let me know what's new with ya and how it's going.