Near miss...

As I read the stories in the papers today, I realize that things could of been much worse...



Let me explain from my point of view:



Around 10:45, I was in our back yard staining the deck and getting the ground under the deck ready to build a rock patio. Isaak, my 4 year old son and Tillie, my 7 year old daughter were in the house watching Hanna Montana or something. Wendy and my 9 month old son, Jonah, were running to Home Depot and Target in Centerville.



Our neighbor, Ashly, came over and told me that Wendy was almost in an car accident and called but couldn't get through to us. The phone was inside and the kids didn't answer the phone.



I called Wendy on her cell phone and she was very shaken up. She and Jonah were alright but she said that she narrowly missed a very serious accident. http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6491661


Wendy and Jonah are in this story, but their names do not appear - Wendy was the south-bound driver that had to swerve out of the way as the vehicle that crashed came directly at her at an increasing speed.

Wendy told me that she tried to get out of the way to the right but the car kept coming so she ended up going into the oncoming lane (knowing that nobody else was coming in that direction). The other driver looked slumped over and the passenger appeared to be trying to grab the steering wheel. The silver car then struck a large metal power pole and then struck the man working in his yard.

Nobody knows why the car came into the Southbound lane and then veered all the way back to the other side, but it looks like there may have been a medical condition.

Wendy and Jonah were safe - but it was a near miss, and a frightening experience. Our mini van wasn't touched, but a can of deck stain spilled in the vehicle.

I for one am happy to clean the deck stain out of the carpet in the van when I think of what could have happened.