Yikes!

[Tabonga | 2,345]

My younger brother was in a rollover in the mountains yesterday.  He was only going 20 mph and hit some black ice - bounced off of the guardrail and flipped.  He spent about 15 minutes hanging upside down until he was extracted.   The police officer who responded had bounced off the same guardrail a bit earlier and had called it in to get the area sanded - the crews were obviously busy though.  My brother didn't get hurt other than a sore shoulder and the truck suffered a lot of body damage.  He says he has the parts already to repair it.  I am glad he was wearing a seatbelt and that his truck is pretty old - the emergency responders said a newer pickup would have wound up with a collapsed cab that likely would have crushed him to death.   Too bad about the truck but he survived with minimal injuries.

 

Edited January 2, 2023 by Tabonga