Wednesday, April 05, 2006
The drivers who came up on the scene were positive that whoever was in that black Explorer that had just rolled a couple times and once end over end, wasn't going to get out of the vehicle on their own. They said that as they neared the sight, a young kid crawled out the passenger side front door. He was staggering around, but otherwise, seemed ok. He had only suffered a bad seat belt burn on his neck and a gash in the back of the head (probably sustained from tools flying around inside the car).
When the driver's side rear tire separated, the kid (15) had held it on the road as long as he could and then just curled into a ball and held on to the steering wheel as tight as he could when he started to flip. He said he could see the ground by his head a couple times as the SUV rolled.
Lesson Learned - Always Wear Your Seat Belt and Have a Guardian Grandma
