Ryan Schaecher
Well-Known Member
Yep.... Been driving for 4.5 hours and literally 5 minutes from my in-laws hit some black ice and away she went. Sideways down the road, into a ditch and (crunch). Tree.
Pardon the length, I have yet to talk to an insurance agent, other than to initiate the claim and want to put something down so I don't forget it.
My wife was in the passenger front seat (banged up elbow and glass in her lap), 4 year old daughter was on the driver side rear and 18 month old son was on the passenger side rear. Dog on the floor in the back.
Everyone is fine, son was laughing, I was shaking and have still not calmed down.
Don't have pics yet, get them in the morning. Passenger front door heavy damage (pushed in and barely touches the seat), window gone, door pull gone, ventvisor destroyed, step bar is now a shallow "v" shape, door won't open. Rear passenger side door won't close (hopefully it's just the hinges knocked out of place...). Wrinkle on the skin above the door where the tree hit. Ran into a barbed-wire fence so some paint missing off the front and my bug guard is broken.
My father-in-law was 5 minutes behind us (unknowningly). He hit the same patch of ice and slid around a bit in his sedan. He stopped and we loaded the daughter in the back with the dog and my wife held my boy in the front seat. He came back shortly with their 4x4 Durango and some chain. The guy who's fence I hit came out and helped. got the ST out of the ditch and onto the road. Drove it back to the in-laws, parked in the garage, unloaded all the christmas presents and disconnected the battery (rear-door ajar).
Scared of what the insurance will say. Full-coverage and paid for, so that's the good news. 100987 miles on an '02... the bad news.
Supposed to meet up with my parents tomorrow for a show and traditional christmas eve pizza. Don't know if that's going to happen yet. Depends on if there is a car at the in-laws to borrow.
Best news is that everyone is A-OK. What a way to start 10 days on the road.....
Pardon the length, I have yet to talk to an insurance agent, other than to initiate the claim and want to put something down so I don't forget it.
My wife was in the passenger front seat (banged up elbow and glass in her lap), 4 year old daughter was on the driver side rear and 18 month old son was on the passenger side rear. Dog on the floor in the back.
Everyone is fine, son was laughing, I was shaking and have still not calmed down.
Don't have pics yet, get them in the morning. Passenger front door heavy damage (pushed in and barely touches the seat), window gone, door pull gone, ventvisor destroyed, step bar is now a shallow "v" shape, door won't open. Rear passenger side door won't close (hopefully it's just the hinges knocked out of place...). Wrinkle on the skin above the door where the tree hit. Ran into a barbed-wire fence so some paint missing off the front and my bug guard is broken.
My father-in-law was 5 minutes behind us (unknowningly). He hit the same patch of ice and slid around a bit in his sedan. He stopped and we loaded the daughter in the back with the dog and my wife held my boy in the front seat. He came back shortly with their 4x4 Durango and some chain. The guy who's fence I hit came out and helped. got the ST out of the ditch and onto the road. Drove it back to the in-laws, parked in the garage, unloaded all the christmas presents and disconnected the battery (rear-door ajar).
Scared of what the insurance will say. Full-coverage and paid for, so that's the good news. 100987 miles on an '02... the bad news.
Supposed to meet up with my parents tomorrow for a show and traditional christmas eve pizza. Don't know if that's going to happen yet. Depends on if there is a car at the in-laws to borrow.
Best news is that everyone is A-OK. What a way to start 10 days on the road.....
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