Traffic accident

Location, Home in CA

Last night around 11 PM we received one of those phone calls no one ever wants to get. Our youngest son C.. and a friend B…were involved in an accident near our home. The friend called us from the emergency room and told Clyda what had happened and that “C.. was in bad shape”. We immediately left for the hospital emergency room expecting the worst. They took us back to where C.. and his friend were and of course we were expecting the worst possible scenario. C.. had blood all over the left side of his head and face from a 2 inch laceration above his left ear which they had stapled but not cleaned up.

Both guys had seatbelt marks across their stomachs and shoulders and various other bruises. C.. has his left arm in a sling from the shoulder harness and B… has a very badly bruised right hip. Both had numerous x-rays and were kept over night. C.. was released this afternoon with a bandage covering his skull. He gave the staff such a fit that I think they were glad to get rid of him. B.. will remain for at least one more day.

C.. was making a left turn on a green arrow driving Clyda’s Chevy Tracker when they were hit by a large pickup which ran the red light. The impact spun the tracker around and shoved it into a car which was turning behind the Tracker. The pickup ended up jumping the curb almost into the local high school parking lot.

We were told the pickup driver was held for a DUI. We have no information about the driver behind the Tracker. So… today was spent talking to the insurance company, the storage lot, etc. We have not seen the tracker but believe it will be totaled as they used the “Jaws of life” to open the driver side door and both airbags deployed.

Both were very lucky…….