Last night I was in a serious car accident, but no one was hurt seriously. In fact, all four carpool passengers are back at work in St. Paul this morning. I'm a little sore.
It was raining hard and we were headed north on 35W in the right lane, when a 1989 Cadillac dropped its left tires onto the softened shoulder, lost control, then careened into the side of our 2003 Buick LeSabre. Our car was turned to the left and we shot across the left lane, down into the grassy median--sideways--then north onto the southbound passing lane. Our driver, my mother-in-law, was able to steer the car back into the median before we were met by any traffic.
No one was seriously hurt--apparently the drivers of the Cadillac are OK, too. The drivers' side, side-airbag probably saved our driver's shoulder, but the woman on the left in the back seat was taken for X-rays as a precaution. Only one window shattered, but there was glass and mud everywhere inside. Both passengers in the back seats found glass later in their hair and clothing--even in their nose and ears.
We're thankful to be alive and I thank God for saving us. He's faithful.
'What does this have to do with stormwater?' you're asking yourself, right? None, really, except that rain contributed to the accident and a stormwater blogger has only a crick in his neck after what could have been a major disaster.
-Dan
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