We left NJ for Toronto yesterday morning at 5.35 a.m.. After being on the road for 2-3 hours and literally seeing the rain, sleet, sun & first snow showers passed by, we stopped at Denny's for a typical American breakfast - 2 strips of bacon, sausages, over easy eggs, hash browns and pancakes with a cup of
This is late fall foliage in Pennsylvania, taken from the parking lot of Denny's.We finished our hearty breaky and felt good. Then, we hit I-90W and was just about to exit the NY State Thruway near Buffalo/Niagara.
Yes, this very exit.
While we were at a complete stop waiting for our change at the toll booth, this semi/trailer rear ended us. Bam!!!!! The impact was quite bad and we hit our heads on the back of our seats.The first thing that came to my mind was that the bumper and trunk must be severely damaged. The toll booth supervisor called in a State Trooper/police and the driver of the truck came to see if we were hurt. The driver said that he didn't see us in front of him. Hmmmph! We believed he must be sleepy from long distance driving but he blamed it on the height of the truck.
Our poor car....second rear end accident in 2 years!This time there's 2 deep puncture "wounds", probably from the screws on the semi's vehicle registration plate, a long "gnash" line on the back and a scratch on top of it. We were quite surprised that in spite of the hard impact, the damage was minimal although heart breaking to see. Adrian works hard to keep the Toyota Camry scratch free from careless drivers at parking lots and shopping carts. This is a big whamy from a semi/trailer! Poor him :(
We are really thankful that we bought the Camry instead of keeping the old beat-up Honda Civic. If it had been the latter, we would have to cancel our trip and maybe end up with half a car. I supposed we should be thankful that we are not badly hurt and it happened at the toll booth while the speed was not as fast as on the highway.
So what does this all mean now? More work for us next week when we get back to Jersey. Quotations, adjuster, etc., before we can get Camry a new butt. *sigh*
9 comments:
Glad that you folks are alright. That's the most important thing.
fh2o: yes, thanks :)
Good that you two are okay. Now, you can take the trucking company to the bank! I was once rear ended by uninsured illegals, had to chase them down.
did NOT see your car? Buta ka apa? Thank goodness you guys weren't injured. Too bad about the screw marks on the car's rear end though.
What a bummer..!! glad you are alright though.. :)
cooknengr: thanks! talking about illegals, one of our church member's son got hit by an illegal driver and the poor fella is disabled for life. so sad!
millyvanilly: tidur, ah! yes, thank goodness we're ok. yeah, i hope we get a new replacement a.s.a.p.
hi Serene!
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don't worry about the car, thank goodness you guys are fine!
wuching: yeah, u r right there!
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