So last night dad was driving home (way too fast like always) when he hit a patch of ice, spun around, hit the snow bank and flipped his car over 1 and half times...
Luckily he wasn't seriously injured, just a bump on the head, a cut knee and a sore neck. But I thought I'd post some pics that I took of it today....
So this was last night just after it happened... Had ALOT of people stop, but the Sheriff kept the traffic moving. Thats my sis and my dad in the pic and his car upside down. It's a 1997 Mercury Mountaineer.
This is where the car landed after rolling. It's pretty smashed up....
When the car landed the door was miraculously propped open against those trees. Dad said he woulda had a difficult time getting out if it wasn't open like that....
Dad said he felt the car start to slip as he rounded the turn, then he held on as it spun around backwards. The next thing he knew he was dangling upside down in his seat by his seat belt... The car was still running so he turned it off.
I still can't quite figure out how the door ended up propped open like that; the doors were locked he said.... Haha, my truck in the background.
Door looked like it was in OK shape.
Inside the car. The rear widow busted out so thats how the snow got in there.
The back of the roof got pushed in. Haha, the lights still work.
Car ended up taking out about a dozen little pines...
Front end was pretty smashed up...
Drive train looks alright, it ran when it flipped. I wonder if we flipped it back over if it would drive?....
It looked really bad from the road.....
Has new tires and just replaced the ball joints... Bummer.....
We still are having issues with the towing company, so its still sitting there like that...
Veiw from road. Rolled down into the ditch.
Path the car rolled down.
Broken mirror.
Car had 144,000 miles on it. I guess we got some good life out of it...
Where it landed. And where it still sits....
So the towing company at first said they wouldn't tow it because its upside down. So we said that we'd flip it back over for them, but then they said they couldn't tow it at all. So we called another company and they said they'd get it first thing in the morning. Insurance company wasn't any help either. We didn't have collision on it, so they basically said, "We'll pay for the hospital visit, but your on your own with the car..."
Oh well, at least he wasn't hurt too bad. No concussion or anything, gave him a tetnus shot just it case.
Mom wants to keep the new tires and the new battery. Do you think we could unbolt those at the scrap yard? I have no idea...