Our youngest was in a car accident last night

[Omaha Steve]

I never felt comfortable in the lounge where this probably belongs. I spend more time in the Labor Forum since it started. But traffic and posts by others is increasing. So the day is coming when I'll have more time here again. GD has a down to earth feel, and most of my friends are here.

Last night our youngest daughter was in a car accident. She saw the other driver coming the wrong way in a parking lot and stopped her car. The SUV had four kids in it and wasn't even looking. It spun the front end of beanie's car around. The air bag didn't deploy in her taurus. She did have her seat belt on even though she was only going from where they parked to the curb for a chair they bought at ShopKo. Her husband was at the curb and could only watch it happen. ShopKo and several witnesses came to their aid. The manager offered the surveillance tapes if needed. The follow up investigation clearly shows the other car at fault.

Beanie is four months into her pregnancy. She lost her first one a few months into her first term. There were some tense moments in the family. Three hours later we were told both Beanie and child are fine. The driver and four kids in the SUV are ok too.

I'm glad it is Sunday and have time to let my nerves settle down.

[mainer]

1. Oh,scary,scary. It is everyone's worst nightmare

I raised two boys, and every night they were out of my sight, I would always imagine the worst that could happen. That's a parent's job, I suppose, to imagine the worst that could happen.

I'm so glad to hear your daughter and her unborn child are okay.

[lisa58]

2. I'm so glad everyone is okay...

...I know the feeling - you need a day to freak out about all the possibilities going through your head.

[Mabus]

3. I'm grateful that your daughter is fine

I'm also glad that her pregnancy wasn't affected.

All I can do is give you a cyber hug. :hug:

[a kennedy]

4. *hugs*

and my prayers are with you and your family.

[MethuenProgressive]

5. Glad to hear they're OK, Steve.

:grouphug:

[fight4my3sons]

6. how scary for you all

I'm glad everyone is ok. We call our youngest 'beanie' too. :)

edit for spelling

[fed-up]

7. glad everyone is okay! nt

[gem4obama]

8. I'm new here but...

I'm glad everything turned out ok for your daughter and her unborn child. I'm also happy to hear that the passengers in the other vehicle ar ok as well.

[Omaha Steve]

17. Welcome to the DU

And thank you all for the kind words of comfort. I'll be out this morning to get Beanie's car tows off the lot etc....

[Breeze54]

9. Scary to have any accident but glad she and the baby are healthy.

What a scary thing for her to have happen, especially after her first pregnancy. Whew! Close one!

[glowing]

10. Oh, sending good vibes and speedy recoveries..

[Longhorn]

11. Thank goodness she's okay!

:hug:

[lpbk2713]

12. Glad is wasn't any worse than it was.

Was there any BushCo stickers on the SUV? Somehow it wouldn't surprise me.:eyes:

:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:

[Fumesucker]

13. Parking lots are incredibly dangerous...

I hate walking through parking lots thanks to something that happened to me when I was twelve.

Just be glad your daughter was not on the way to get her car.

You trained your daughter well, she had her seatbelt on.

I'm glad everyone was OK.

[knitter4democracy]

25. I hate them.

My closest calls have almost all been in parking lots. People drive too dang fast in them.

[wellstone dem]

14. I'm glad she's ok, and as a parent I understand

the feeling from both ends.

I live in fear for my daughter each time she takes the car. And she has been the cause of an accident. It was a snowy day, and she was trying to cross a busy street, 3 cars were behind her so she felt pressured, and she went and hit a car. There was little damage, however we found out later the other driver was pregnant--everyone was ok. She got a ticket and had to go to court because she was 17--and I had to go with her. She had a long list of things to tell the judge that she had learned from this experience. And I was proud of her for figuring out what she did wrong. I remember her thinking she was going to go to jail, so I had to help her gain perspective without letting her think this wasn't a big deal.

It's been nearly 3 years, but she still talks about what she learned.

HOpefully the driver in this case learn some of the same lessons.

[AngryOldDem]

15. Wow.

How frightening. Glad everyone is OK.

[Berry Cool]

16. Thank goodness all is well for everyone.

Sometimes you just need to vent when that anxiety and fear builds up inside you. Then you can relax again.

[LWolf]

18. I'm glad everyone is okay.

:hug:

[City Lights]

19. Oh, Steve, I'm so sorry to hear about the accident, but am relieved that

everyone is fine. :hug: to you and yours.

[helderheid]

20. OMG, I'm so sorry! That is terrifying. I'm glad they think they'll be okay!

[w8liftinglady]

21. Steve-I'm SO glad your precious is OK...My son did this the day before my pacemaker last week

KIDS!!!you never quit worrying about them.Thank God they are all OK.:pals:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

22. Steve my friend

Such good news, my best to the whole family, especially her husband. That's an awful place to be, helpless and only able to look on. :(

Unwind as best you can and hug the entire family for me please.

:grouphug: :loveya:

[spanone]

23. went through it with both of our kids...airbags deployed both times...scary

[Beaverhausen]

24. Oh Steve- I'm so glad everyone is OK

You've been through so much lately. :hug:

[knitter4democracy]

26. I'm so glad she's okay.

I've got some other baby hats to make for a friend of mine. Would she like green? I have a bright kelly green in a super soft yarn that I'm itching to knit up into some baby hats. They're super helpful to keep the heat in and keep a baby calm.

[Omaha Steve]

27. I'll check

And I'll get back to you. Thanks. The DU is such a wonderful place.

[knitter4democracy]

30. It's more fun to knit for someone I know than to drop it off somewhere.

I'm horribly slow at afghans and shawls, but baby hats are portable and easier to do anywhere.

[Omaha Steve]

34. Green would be great!

The bad news. Beanie will be home for at least two weeks. Strained muscles & tendons in her back and neck. She can't take pain killers because of the baby. She is swollen.

[mwb970]

28. People no longer pay attention when they drive.

Especially SUV drivers. I guess they think SUVs can drive themselves somehow. Glad everyone is all right! What an ordeal.

[mnhtnbb]

29. We got our phone call at 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning: "This is Officer X with the Highway Patrol

Your son is ok but he's been in a car accident."

I think I aged about 5 years in those 5 seconds as I shook myself awake.

He was 17--and supposed to be at a friend's house overnight playing computer games. They all decided to go drive (two cars of two boys each) real cars--instead of the simulated ones--and he spun out on a turn. He took out a road sign. Thank God it wasn't a telephone pole or tree or he'd probably have been dead. The whole left side of his car was smashed where he wrapped around the sign.

Amazingly, this officer was sitting in a parking lot nearby, and when he saw the other car of friends
pull a u-turn (they'd seen our son spin out in their rear view mirror)to go back to the accident, he followed. Thank goodness he was on the scene immediately. Hubby had to go get the boys. He said it was a pretty quiet car ride home.

He got off with a ticket for speeding and we made him pay the $500 deductible for fixing the car.

So glad to hear everyone is ok.

[Breeze54]

31. I'll bet parents of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have that sinking feeling daily... n/t

[w8liftinglady]

35. yeah,they do..I spent 995 days worrying.

[hyphenate]

32. My thoughts go out to you and your family

I'm glad everyone came out of it alive. Good luck to your daughter and her family! That airbag needs to be really, really checked, unless the impact was at a speed less than the ordinary deployment? (I'm helpless with cars, unfortunately) I hope the ones in the other car learn something from this accident, too. Perhaps they will think twice about driving if they can't devote their attention to doing so.

[EFerrari]

33. Someone decided to total my car on the freeway with me in it

when I was six months along. The worst thing that happened was that I had to call my husband and tell him the car was gone.

If she's all right, that's all that matters.


:hug:

:grouphug:

[Hekate]

36. How scary for you all. I'm so glad it all seems to be well now.

:hug:

Hekate

[OhioChick]

37. What a scare you had, Steve!

I'm happy to hear that your daughter, her child and the other kids are fine.

:hug:

[Cleita]

38. I'm so happy that what could have been bad turned out

not to have any serious injuries. I hope that other driver though has a day in court. Sending my best wishes to you and your family.

[annabanana]

39. O Wow that is scary! I'm so glad that she & the baby are ok.

When it's the kids.. your heart just jumps into your throat, doesn't it...