Yes, that's my Ford Pickup at the bottom of a ravine, after it had rolled over at least twice with me in it! I survived this wreck with nothing more than bruises and scratches, by scrambling out of the passenger window (which was my only exit point out of the vehicle after it came to rest on the driver's side with me still behind the steering wheel) and dropping to the ground below. Unlike the clarity which can be seen in the light of day (when this picture was taken that next morning), this crash occurred at approximately 9:00 pm at night, out in the middle of the wilderness, with no one around for miles. I fumbled around in the dark before climbing up the hill onto the dirt road and beginning the walk out of the wilderness area...I walked in the dark for about 4-5 miles before finally catching a cell phone signal and then called for my son John and wife Kim to come and pick me up and was in the Emergency Room of the local hospital by about midnight that night. Thanks for your help, John and Kimberly! What happened? Mechanical Failure! I guess that is why the acronym F.O.R.D. has come to be known as Fix Or Repair Daily? While negotiating an easy curve at no more than 15 mph (with a freshly-killed 3 point buck in the bed) the steering went out!...my front tires remained dead-on straight, despite my frantic turning of the steering wheel and the truck simply dived right over the edge of a cliff! Go to hell, Ford Motor Company! but Thank God, I'm alive, uninjured, (other than being really sore all over) and ready for another day!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
I Survived this !
Yes, that's my Ford Pickup at the bottom of a ravine, after it had rolled over at least twice with me in it! I survived this wreck with nothing more than bruises and scratches, by scrambling out of the passenger window (which was my only exit point out of the vehicle after it came to rest on the driver's side with me still behind the steering wheel) and dropping to the ground below. Unlike the clarity which can be seen in the light of day (when this picture was taken that next morning), this crash occurred at approximately 9:00 pm at night, out in the middle of the wilderness, with no one around for miles. I fumbled around in the dark before climbing up the hill onto the dirt road and beginning the walk out of the wilderness area...I walked in the dark for about 4-5 miles before finally catching a cell phone signal and then called for my son John and wife Kim to come and pick me up and was in the Emergency Room of the local hospital by about midnight that night. Thanks for your help, John and Kimberly! What happened? Mechanical Failure! I guess that is why the acronym F.O.R.D. has come to be known as Fix Or Repair Daily? While negotiating an easy curve at no more than 15 mph (with a freshly-killed 3 point buck in the bed) the steering went out!...my front tires remained dead-on straight, despite my frantic turning of the steering wheel and the truck simply dived right over the edge of a cliff! Go to hell, Ford Motor Company! but Thank God, I'm alive, uninjured, (other than being really sore all over) and ready for another day!
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