SavageSS27
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Well, on my way to my Dad's house this past wed. (27th) I was rear-ended at a stop light while heading up the Berlin Tpke. in East Berlin, CT. Here's the aftermath.
Basically, this road is a 50MPH zone, i'm guessing the guy that hit me was probably doing 55-60 at least before he slammed on the brakes. Unfortunately, not quite soon enough. He swerved to try to get into the left-turn lane to my left, but didn't quite make it there. I don't have any pictures of his truck as of yet, and i may not get any, being as both the trucks are in CT, and i live in NJ. but we'll see, i know the cops took some pictures, maybe i can get some from them. The impact was enough to knock the faceplate out of my stereo and set off his airbag. he apparently smoked the clutch trying to downshift to slow the truck down. His little Ranger is MUCH worse for wear than my KJ. It looks almost like his whole front clip shifted to the driver's side. the coolant bottle popped, his clutch is gone, the passenger's side fender is toast, and the same with the right-front suspension. the hood might be fixable, but i'm guessing the insurance company is just gonna total his truck. As for the KJ, well it's looking like it's gonna need a new bumper, fender, rear-end, taillight, wheel and a couple pther little trim peices. The best thing is that no one got seriously hurt (i don't think). I mean, they hauled him off to the hospital in an ambulance, but he had gotten himself out of his truck, his lip was split, but for the most part i think he's fine. So, my visit to NH was cut short quite a bit by this little mishap, but i did get my skids for x-mas, but, with no truck to put them on, they're kinda useless. The estimate i got from the guy who towed my truck was probably 5-6K worth of damage and about 3 weeks to fix it, needless to say, this is gonna be one HUGE pain in the @$$!!!
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Basically, this road is a 50MPH zone, i'm guessing the guy that hit me was probably doing 55-60 at least before he slammed on the brakes. Unfortunately, not quite soon enough. He swerved to try to get into the left-turn lane to my left, but didn't quite make it there. I don't have any pictures of his truck as of yet, and i may not get any, being as both the trucks are in CT, and i live in NJ. but we'll see, i know the cops took some pictures, maybe i can get some from them. The impact was enough to knock the faceplate out of my stereo and set off his airbag. he apparently smoked the clutch trying to downshift to slow the truck down. His little Ranger is MUCH worse for wear than my KJ. It looks almost like his whole front clip shifted to the driver's side. the coolant bottle popped, his clutch is gone, the passenger's side fender is toast, and the same with the right-front suspension. the hood might be fixable, but i'm guessing the insurance company is just gonna total his truck. As for the KJ, well it's looking like it's gonna need a new bumper, fender, rear-end, taillight, wheel and a couple pther little trim peices. The best thing is that no one got seriously hurt (i don't think). I mean, they hauled him off to the hospital in an ambulance, but he had gotten himself out of his truck, his lip was split, but for the most part i think he's fine. So, my visit to NH was cut short quite a bit by this little mishap, but i did get my skids for x-mas, but, with no truck to put them on, they're kinda useless. The estimate i got from the guy who towed my truck was probably 5-6K worth of damage and about 3 weeks to fix it, needless to say, this is gonna be one HUGE pain in the @$$!!!
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