The Accident

Please remember: when you view these pictures, that WE WERE NOT HURT. Cathy received a small scrape on her arm. As for Greg, he had a few stiff muscles. The ER staff at the Wythe County Community Hospital were fantastic, good-humored and caring!

You might wonder how they inspect trucks and trailers in the South. It is slightly complicated but they get a great view.

In the wrecker's yard we collected anything that we wanted. It was amazing how things scattered hither and yon in the trailer. However, the stuff in the fridge didn't move!

As we lay upended on I-81 a local insurance company phoned to say that our windshield would be repaired. (Earlier in the morning a lawnmower in Hillsdale had rocketed a stone into my windshield.)
I eventually phoned them back to say that was not really necessary any more!

Grandma Cathy is fitted with new kind of space helmet! She was fine. Just to be safe they wrapped this around her neck and strapped her to a board to take her to the hospital. We all sat on the guard rail and talked for a long while. We had to wait for a tow truck to pull the brand new ambulance out of the ditch where they were stuck.
I wanted to know if I could take her home still strapped to the board!

Seriously, this event could have ended quite differently, but , it didn't. Seatbelts played a big part in this story having a happy ending.