We were just talking about accidents because of micro's close call over the weekend, and today my wife was rear-ended by a 24-year-old kid driving the company van. She was at a light; it turned green; she took her foot off the brake and WHAAAM!
I guess the guy behind her wasn't a big fan of the 5-second rule.
The van took very little damage. The bumper looks a bit loose and is clearly pushed in. My wife, on the other hand, has been experiencing numbness in her face and ear. Not much pain, but the back of her head hurts - where it slammed into the headrest.
She said the kid was furious that she called the police. I asked her if he was at all apologetic. She said "No. He was just angry."
On the brighter side, while she was standing next to her car, my wife spotted something a few feet away in a ditch. She waited until the police and the kid were chatting, then walked over and picked up a 100 dollar bill. I guess that's one of the silver linings in this story.
The other is that the doctors checked her out and pronounced my wife fit. They think the stress spiked her blood pressure causing the numbness. If she takes it easy, in a day or two the effects of the accident should wane.
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