I was in a car accident today. Shook me up really good. I'm okay, but my back hurts. It could've been a lot worse.
I was going northbound on State St. between 4500 S and 3900 S in the middle lane (a 3 lane road each way, 6 lanes total plus the mid suicide lane). I had pulled into the middle lane (so a lane on each side of me of northbound traffic, the second lane from the right) because of road construction, half the road was paved in the far right lane and half was not. I didn't like driving on it like that, hence the lane change to fully paved road. I began to pass a white Chevrolet Silverado, in the right lane that had just pulled out of the costa vida parking lot. I was mid-pass when he pulled into my lane, hitting the back end of my car. I spun out, struggled to regain control of the car but managed not to veer onto the sidewalk or hit any other cars. I ended up turned around facing oncoming traffic/his Silverado. It was an effective PIT maneuver, lol
Just counting my lucky stars because if I'd been going any faster, I would've rolled. And my car, although damaged, is still driveable. Airbags didn't deploy. And I'm lucky I wasn't closer to any other cars because that could've ended badly.
Seeing as I had a long day, first day of work plus the accident plus IOP in the evening (where I was headed when the accident happened), and my back hurts, I didn't run today.
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