It started last Sunday on Sept 4th.
I was using my smoker to smoke some chicken. I was adding more charcoal to keep the heat up; as I was doing this the charcoal ended up dropped on the ground (also should say that the BBQ/Smoker is on a wood deck). As I was trying to clean up the hot coals quickly before the deck catches fire, I had lost my footing and land in the pile of the hot coals with my left hand. In all I ended up going to the ER to find out I ended up with a superficial burn to left side of my neck, along with a small cut on my forehead, and 2nd degree burns to my left hand.
Now last night Friday September 9th about 9 pm I was heading south on HWY 99 in the city of Lynnwood @ about 40 to 45 mph (speed limit is 50) in the center of a 3 lane road in either direction, from the right side I see an dark colored S-10 had decided to attempt to make it across the south bound traffic to make a left to go north on HWY 99 right in front of me. Well he didn’t make it across the south bound traffic & now my Infiniti G35x is totaled. I can’t walk & no broken bones. My right shoulder and neck is sore, along with my right foot & knee swelled up to a grapefruit. Once the aid car got me to the ER I was told that the guy had just left his 50th high school reunion DRUNK!!!!!!! And was on probation on a prior DUI; Thank God My Wife & Son were not in the car when this happened.
From what I was told was that there was a cop 3 cars behind me that saw the whole event. Along with that, there was an EMT in the car behind me. She was at my car door with in seconds to check if I were ok & kept me calm.
The police officer had told me @ the ER that the move I had did right before hitting the S-10 was what saved him. Once I knew I was going to hit him & it was going to be straight in to his driver’s door square in the middle. So I yanked on the steering wheel to the left to hit front of the S-10. My thought process was if I went right I would have spun him in to my passenger side causing more harm to myself & if I would have hit him in the door could have killed him. Also so you know there was 3 lanes of traffic going north (aprox 10 cars) So couldn’t go completely left or would have gone head on with the north bound traffic. So I aimed right for his front tire/fender. The driver & the passengers in the S-10 were completely unharmed and was able to walk away; the driver although was arrested.
I will say this I am very happy with the results of the cage for the passanger compartment of this car, it saved my life is how I feel. I will post pic's once I see it today.
Hope for a better week next week lol.
