This morning I was on the way to work. I had spent the night at my ex-wife’s house, watching our son while she worked. Normally he comes over to me, but I have to work late this week so we did like we done in the past, she get him into bed and I go over there when she is about to leave for work. Anyway, this morning I woke him up, got him dressed, fixed breakfast and sent him to school. I then got into my car. About 2/3 of the way to work, I was stopped an the onramp to SH-360 in Arlington, behind a Sears service van. I had been stopped for about 10-12 seconds, when the car suddenly was thrown forward and smashed into the van in front of me. Of course I had the breaks applied, but that did not help. The front of my car was pretty damaged, headlights crushed/hanging, hood crumpled, radiator leaking… My back is a bit sore as well, despite me (of course) wearing seat belt. The guy that hit me (he was in a nice big Cadillac) also got some serious damages to his front, while my rear was not too bad. Luckily the airbags did not deploy. The third car, the van, had no damages. Seems like the rear of cars are much more sturdy than the front.
Both me and the guy that hit me have the same insurance company, they already have the claims setup, I have a rental car scheduled for lunch, and I hope this will be taken care of painlessly and fast. The only thing that worry me is my back…
Below you can see the front of my car. I was able to drive it to my work. You see the radiator fluid leaking out on the ground.
