project 62

[Sam59]

haha ive been around joe, just been busy man finally graduated highschool and all that good stuff! sorry i missed the meet i was wantin to go, but i got caught up

[scotts62]

Well no progress pics on the truck unfortunatly but figured i would post this. My dad was headed to work about 1:45AM on friday when he noticed two high beams headed toward him at a high rate of speed, he jerked the wheel to the left but it was too late. He got hit in the right rear part of the bed by a County Sheriff that was headed to a call with no lights on and in the Northbound 2 lane highway headed South... Thank God it didn't kill him that night! The truck rolled 3 times before landing back on its wheels. He just had a bad bruised shoulder and some scratches and wasnt wearing his seatbelt.







Notice the first car toward top of the pic, thats where the cruiser stopped..

[Alan's Classic]

Man that's crazy, glad your dad made it thru without any major injuries. Did the deputy loose control or was he drunk.

[TimE]

Daaaaannnggg! Your Dad was unlucky by being in the wrong place at the right time but EXTREMELY lucky to have survived, for the most part, unscathed.

So what was the reason for the sheriff going the wrong way at a high rate of speed?

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Man that's crazy, glad your dad made it thru without any major injuries. Did the deputy loose control or was he drunk.

Well you see thats what we have running around out here with guns!

Originally Posted by TimE

Daaaaannnggg! Your Dad was unlucky by being in the wrong place at the right time but EXTREMELY lucky to have survived, for the most part, unscathed.

So what was the reason for the sheriff going the wrong way at a high rate of speed?

She got a call and just turned around thinking it was just a 2 lane highway, but it was actually a 4 with a grass center median, Funny thing is is she turned around at an intersection where she could have just went the right way.. And to boot is she had been up since 9Am that morning... yeah she is in a bad spot at the moment..

[jgh64pkup]

see, a woman driver that was the problem
im glad your dad is okay

[highperf4x4]

That's insane! I'm glad your dad survived. I'd be tearing some new assholes.

Best of wishes to everyone.

[scotts62]

Thanks guys yeah im glad too!

Yeah you know if you or I would have done that we would still be in jail for it... I have a feeling its going to be a long fight over this, just hope he doesnt get screwed over in the deal.

[monolith]

WOW!

Glad to hear that your dad's ok.

If he's the litigious type- he could be well on his way to having a new truck for each day of the week.

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by monolith

WOW!

Glad to hear that your dad's ok.

If he's the litigious type- he could be well on his way to having a new truck for each day of the week.

Yeah he wasn't mad until reality set in and he lost a truck that was paid for and or he could have been killed because someone wasn't paying attention.

[Bazooka]

Dang man! Glad everybody is okay..

[4dranch]

Scott,
Glad your Dad and the deputy are okay.
Could have been a whole lot worse. Tell your dad to get someone to represent him and not try to handle this on his own....

[scotts62]

Thanks David, Yeah he has a meeting today with a lawyer so we'll see how that goes.

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Well no progress pics on the truck unfortunatly but figured i would post this. My dad was headed to work about 1:45AM on friday when he noticed two high beams headed toward him at a high rate of speed, he jerked the wheel to the left but it was too late. He got hit in the right rear part of the bed by a County Sheriff that was headed to a call with no lights on and in the Northbound 2 lane highway headed South... Thank God it didn't kill him that night! The truck rolled 3 times before landing back on its wheels. He just had a bad bruised shoulder and some scratches and wasnt wearing his seatbelt.







Notice the first car toward top of the pic, thats where the cruiser stopped..

Glad to here ya Paw was ok!
Any word on the Depuity that hit him. Or was it one of those Good Ole' Boy hush hush deals.


Got 2 love those corrupt Good Ole' Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tiggamonsta]

Hopefully the po po doesn't try to sweep it under the carpet. I hit an officer going 70+mph through a red light in a low visibility intersection. I was going the speed limit (35). My vehicle moved about about 15 ft after the impact, and his was 200+ feet down the road. Because his lights were on, I was found at fault. It did not matter that he never slowed down, or that the intersection was at the top of a hill, so I could not see him until he entered it.

I would find out if the officer had a dash cam, and request a copy of the footage.

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by tiggamonsta

I would find out if the officer had a dash cam, and request a copy of the footage.

Thats a good idea i never thought about that...
She was completely at fault and admitted to it to all the officers on the scene they have everything in the police report about it too, she had been on duty for more than 18 hrs they blame her for being fatigued and just not paying attention. Luckily a lady and her husband were behind my dad and saw the whole thing and are willing to go to court for him if possible. What sucks though is his shoulder is still hurting him really bad. I have a feeling he will get screwed over most of the way through this but id like to hope not.

[highperf4x4]

Figure out how to make it public. Call a news station and get them to do a story. Community pressure is a beast.

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

News station would put the heat on the Sherriff to do something!!

[MacAttack]

Man, that was a nasty wreck - glad to hear he came through it okay.

Mac.

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by highperf4x4

Figure out how to make it public. Call a news station and get them to do a story. Community pressure is a beast.

Yeah we have thought about that too, but they are wanting to make sure nothing comes up wrong with him before he signs on the dotted line because then its too late.

Originally Posted by MacAttack

Man, that was a nasty wreck - glad to hear he came through it okay.

Mac.

Thanks Mac.

[tiggamonsta]

Keep the pressure on them. For my accident they gave me this whole speech how they would do this huge investigation and an accident computer simulation to determine the fault. When it was all said and done the police report was less then a half page and basically said his light where on and therefore it was my fault.

[michael bagby]

Originally Posted by joe231

yeah, just hit this button on each post(except the last one, see below) you want to quote and then hit the regular button on the last one. then it will take you to the advanced window where you can type between the quotes..


nevermind

actually thats cool i didnt know thanks

[scotts62]

Do i smell some thanks and rep points..?

[michael bagby]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Yeah we have thought about that too, but they are wanting to make sure nothing comes up wrong with him before he signs on the dotted line because then its too late.



Thanks Mac.

thats true my brother got hit 10:30 p.m. he had green light cop had no lights or siren spun him 5 times stopping 1/4 block away his floorboard of the 71 was only 8" wide he fought them a year got 1,500 for the truck keep the truck & hopital bills paid that was 20 yrs. ago but they aint changed

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by michael bagby

thats true my brother got hit 10:30 p.m. he had green light cop had no lights or siren spun him 5 times stopping 1/4 block away his floorboard of the 71 was only 8" wide he fought them a year got 1,500 for the truck keep the truck & hopital bills paid that was 20 yrs. ago but they aint changed

Damn!
Yeah but if the table was turned he would own half of a paved highway somewhere..and they would want their money asap. I just hope it works out for him.