Have you or a relative ever been involved in a serious motor vehicle accident?

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Thankfully this has never happened to me or a relative I know of but it has to other people I know. Accidents which claim lives or limbs are so devastating. Sometimes I cant understand why or how people can gather to view these gruesome incidents. I feel as if I just want to burst out crying at the thought of people hurt and mangled like that with metal. A church brother of mine crashed and died a few years ago. He was a cab driver and had a special group of people he was contracted to take to work early every morning. I was on my way to work when someone at the bus stop mentioned his name and that he had died in an accident just minutes before, maybe four miles from where we were. I was in shock. Plus I would have to pass the accident site. Thankfully just as my bus made its way up to the car the firemen covered his side of the vehicle and proceded to cut him from the wreckage. I saw his wife and step son standing a little away from the car. People say he died with a smile on his face. He just seemed to know there was nothing else he could do to avoid the accident. Thankfully his passengers got hurt but were safe. According to reports he crashed headon with a truck which was driving with only one funtioning headlight. It was early and visibility was not very clear as it was December and it gets foggy then. Other motorist would have thought that truck was a bike. He apparently did and proceeded to over take. Even if the truck had only one functioning headlight why didnt it have reflectors. That would have helped a lot. Sometimes a headlight goes bad and the driver is not aware until someone points it out to them so I'll reserve feelings on that and give the truck driver the benefit of the doubt. But where were his eflectors. trucks usually have a number of reflectors all over them to aid with visibility to other motorist and it even help to give an idea of its size. Its hard to accept the death of a loved one more over to live with the knowledge that someone's neglegence had taken them from you. Gone too soon. I wish the police had spotted that driver that morning before the accident occurred. Some motorist take chances with the law and in the long run end up hurting their fellow men. It is better if he had been caught and ticketed rather than charged for manslaughter. No lives would have been lost and he wouldnt face imprisonment and maybe leaving a family for which he is the bread winner. Have you ever been on the undesirable side of pain and loss due to an accident? Sometimes one man's story helps another to heal so feel free to share your story here.