Again Looking Death In The Eye

Again Looking Death In The Eye was Originally Posted on February 2, 2015 by lavarock

I don’t want to sound melodramatic but I had a very scary day. Actually, most of the day went smoothly until the accident.

I was driving the truck up to the post office to pickup a rear tail light assembly which was broken. Turns out I don’t need it now. As I approached Captain Cook Post Office there were some cars stopped in the road ahead of me. I stepped on the brakes and it appears the rear driver side wheel locked up. There was screeching and a pull on the wheel. I pulled to the right and the truck flipped on the drivers side and kept going. My arm scraped the ground and then flipped back upright and pulled to the left. When I stopped, the drivers side was facing the traffic behind me.

I pushed the drivers door open ans stepped out, much to the amazement of those behind me. I was a bit shaken up and my shoulder hurt a bit, but other than that, I did not pass out. I believe the insurance company will total the truck, but then again, I probably won’t get much for it.

It doesn’t look all that bad in the photos, but it did slide on the drivers side and righted itself again.

Note the pigeon-toed tires in front now.