DILLIGAF
09-27-2007, 10:17 AM
after a Doc appt and I am behind a work van on my Harley. We are both taking a left onto LaPalma. There is traffic and a Brinks truck is turning right into the lot I am leaving. As I sit there I could not believe the van in front of me starts out to take his left. He gets broadsided by two vehicles...one is a Suburu kind of SUV with two ladies and the other is a mini van.
They collide hard and the Suburu is right in front of me while the mini van goes into the other oncoming lanes. The work van ends up in the center and the driver is knocked unconscious. The mini van is too far away but everybody I guess is all right as they did not head on anybody.
I get to the Suburu and get to the passenger door. I am yanking on it as there is smoke coming thru. Later I find out it was just the air bags but don't know it at the time. The driver is an elderly woman and her passenger is her daughter...mid 30's I would guess...The Mom is cool but the daughter is in shock and won't calm down. Even after her Mom got out and walked to the sidewalk the daughter is yelling for her Mom and won't calm down. While I am getting her out I figure out she has braces on both legs and her legs are shaking like crazy. She had a big cut on her forearm and still will not settle down. We get a walker for her and she finally gets to the side of the road.
I stick around to make sure the police get my name so I can make a statement as I was the best eyewitness. The cocky (that is my impression anyway) Anaheim PD motorcycle cop told me he really didn't need my statement. I insisted he take my name as I was right there and he did.
I went over and talked to the ladies a bit and the daughter had finally calmed down.
I don't know to what extent the work van driver was hurt but they loaded him into an ambulance.
I was amazed that the ladies that took the full force of this were not seriously hurt or killed. I am also glad that I avoided a major disaster. It could have been much, much worse.
Scary to see this happen right in front of you.
They collide hard and the Suburu is right in front of me while the mini van goes into the other oncoming lanes. The work van ends up in the center and the driver is knocked unconscious. The mini van is too far away but everybody I guess is all right as they did not head on anybody.
I get to the Suburu and get to the passenger door. I am yanking on it as there is smoke coming thru. Later I find out it was just the air bags but don't know it at the time. The driver is an elderly woman and her passenger is her daughter...mid 30's I would guess...The Mom is cool but the daughter is in shock and won't calm down. Even after her Mom got out and walked to the sidewalk the daughter is yelling for her Mom and won't calm down. While I am getting her out I figure out she has braces on both legs and her legs are shaking like crazy. She had a big cut on her forearm and still will not settle down. We get a walker for her and she finally gets to the side of the road.
I stick around to make sure the police get my name so I can make a statement as I was the best eyewitness. The cocky (that is my impression anyway) Anaheim PD motorcycle cop told me he really didn't need my statement. I insisted he take my name as I was right there and he did.
I went over and talked to the ladies a bit and the daughter had finally calmed down.
I don't know to what extent the work van driver was hurt but they loaded him into an ambulance.
I was amazed that the ladies that took the full force of this were not seriously hurt or killed. I am also glad that I avoided a major disaster. It could have been much, much worse.
Scary to see this happen right in front of you.