Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, Thank the Lord you and your wife survived with as little damage as you have. The car looks like a mess, and it is good you both are OK. Have a safe trip home and a quick recovery. Best Wishes, Gene & Chris Duprey -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> > > My wife and I were involved in a one-car roll-over accident just east > of Barstow, CA on I-40. Jan may have fallen asleep. When I saw us > drifting toward the side of the road I said something and she awoke > with a start, over correct, and we began a series of escalating > swerves that ended up with us hitting the beginning of an Armco > barrier which we sheered off, became airborne, and came down having > turned 360 in the air and some greater amount after we hit the ground. > We came to rest on the passenger side of the car. Within moments two > good samaratins with EMT training were helping us. My wife was > bleeding profusely from a 6 cm cut in the top of her head, she was > hanging from her seat, supported by the seat belt. It took about 45 > minutes to get us out - they had to cut off the pillars on the drivers > side and peel it back. > > We were taken to Barstow where we added to an already full ER. We were > treated well, but slowly, since we were not experiencing any real > pain. After four hours we were x-rayed, CAT scanned, and finally about > 2:00 AM released. We had only my small camera bag and Jan's shoulder > bag. Fortunately she had her cell phone and our son in DC was able to > find a room for us for the night. Barstow has no taxi service so a > hospital nurse took us to the Holiday Inn Express. They had cut off > our clothes and we were drenched in blood and (it turns out) broken > eggs etc. All our belongings, cameras (save the Leica) were in the car > that was towed to a junk yard. > > The next day Jan talked a driver at the tow service to pick us up so > we could have clothes and rescue our valuables. Our daughter and her > boyfriend drove down from the Bay Area and we packed up the truck with > our belongings. We found my iPhone by calling it...it still worked. My > M8 still worked although the lens hood on the 35 sumicron had been > sheered off. The lenses seem well packed and survived. I have not > tried the 1Ds MkII or looked at the 560 teleyt. > > I have a broken left shoulder socket where some event pushed my arm > hard into the socket. > > Here are photos of the car from the iphone: > > http://gallery.mac.com/abridge#100015&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=6 > > We are blessed to be alive, to have honest people who stopped and > helped, to have kind caregivers and thoughtful people all around. I'm > sure the desk clerk at the Holiday Inn was shocked but she rallied and > found us something to eat and drink and had found an easy-access room > for us. > > There are miracles. I do not know what I have ever done to deserve > this one but I hope to, somehow, pay it back. > > Adam & Jan Bridge > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information