ORIGINAL: A3Night

Before I go into my story, just wanted to let you guys know that hitting stuff at 60mph hurts like a *S(*DF*(&(*&!!! After what happened last night I'm probably going to take it easy on the roads now... cause you never know when sh*T like this is going to happen.

Anywho, to the point...

Last night around 9:15pm I was on Jamboree heading East towards the 5 freeway away from Barranca. I was in the number 1 lane curving left traveling at the speed limit. All of a sudden I hear a boom and feel the left half of my car lifts 1-2 feet. My instincts told me to slam on the brakes but that threw me into a 90 degree turn heading into a wall that was about 4-5 lanes away. I tried countersteering my way out of it but I got no feedback... I also mashed the brakes but I got nothing. All I could see was the wall, my doom, heading at me at 60mph. I remember hitting the wall dead on with the loudest crunch and force.After everything came to a stop I couldn't move.It felt like I was punchedby a pro boxer all over my torso at once. AfterI started regaining control of my body and after the adrenaline kicked in, I began to look my self over...family jeweles, check... broken bones, check, concussion... etc. Luckily from what I gathered, the only injuries I got wasfrommy bodieskinetic energy vs the seat belt.

After I got out of the car Iwas shocked as tohow much plastic this car has. It was everywhere on thehighway/road. I tried inspecting mycar to see how much damage was done but it was too dark (black car blends well). However,I do know that everything is smashed in from the battery back as I saw the battery on the freeway leaking its fluids (which is basically the whole car). I'm pretty sure the car is totaled though. My whole interior was bent up. My gloveboxhad to be pried open, the shfiter and center console was bent out and yea.

I didn't sleep much last night.The adrenalineis like caffine. I'm actually wide awake right now too. I'm planning to go down the theyard after lunch tosnap some pics. Going to be interesting...

Anyways, here's some takeaways... Dont drive fast,there's always the possability to hit crap. Hitting a wall at 60mph hurts like a ****... that nhsta vids of crash testing make it look like a walk in the park for the crash dummies but it really isn't! Airbags are not soft.. it basically took out my right bicep and I can barely lift 30 lbs now. There's probably more... but just stay safe out there.

Oh, and here's a pic of the path my car took. My path is in yellow... the red circles are the street lights. The stretch I was in was pretty dark and the oncoming traffic's glare didn't help too as they are coming down a hill.



Edit: I forgot to add what I hit. After talking with the police about the details of the accident we soon saw a whole bunch of firewood logs on the freeway!!! These aren't your "pine mountain 24 hour burn gurantee" logs but real huge pieces of tree!