3800 damn it... I need your prayers now....

[Aircal]

http://www.wral.com/news/10185315/detail.html

Don't know why he was driving, don't know why he would ever drive that fast. Only has his permit. Don't even know the two of them got to his girlfriends work to take her car. The passanger has a license, so no clue why he didn't drive.
Basicly my son got his jaw wired closed today, 2 broken ribs. The other drive had her leg broke in two places, they operated last night.
His friend is who needs the prayers. He only had a 30% chance of living last night due to internal injuries. He did make it through the night and this afternoon they did go in and put a rod in his leg to correct the broken ankle. If he wasn't going to make it I doubt they would have done that. So I'm holding out hope there. He also has a crushed pelvis. When I meet his father today the only thing I could do was cry, I never wanted to receive a call like that, and for sure my worst nightmare would to ever have to be the father of a son that did that to another.

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[mybluegtp]

WoW sorry to hear about your son, and his friends as well. Prayers for all tonight. Hope your are doing ok too Tom.

 

[Aircal]

Some details from the officer last night. He was driving in access of 90 mph according to their measurments. He lost control and slide side ways for over 230 feet before over correcting and sliding another 260 feet before hitting the front of the other vehicle. The car he was driving slide passanger door first into the front of the other car. He was driving a Hundai XG350 and hit some type of Volvo. At time of impact he was doing 60 mph. The passanger side airbags did go off.

What I don't get is how could the car slide almost 2 football fields but only lose 30mph? Wouldn't it have flipped if it was going that fast? It was dry and sunny all day, so the road wasn't wet. The whole thing makes no sense.
And thanks to the news showing his name and address I have crying teens calling me all day wondering if it was true.

 

[phat_ridegt]

wow sorry to hear of the tradgedy. remember everything happens for a reason, even if we will never know that reason. i will keep your family and friends in my prayers. good luck!

 

[ltlqueen]

Prayers all around. Hope everyone makes a full recovery, keep us posted

 

[imported_Ron Vogel]

Not good, but you are blessed that it could've been worse. I imagine that there are some legal concerns with this, but take it one step at a time...the healing part comes first.

Good luck and my families' prayers are with you.

 

[chipmonk212121]

very sorry to hear this, i hope everyone gets through it all ok

 

[MrT]

WOW Tom.....sorry to hear this

 

[DaytonaPaceCar]

That sucks. I will def. keep your son and his friends in my prayers.

 

[LeeGTP]

Tom I'm sorry to hear what happen. My Prayers are with you and your family.

Lee

 

[Fish]

That sucks. Ill keep everyone in my prayers.

 

[dsk727]

Sorry to hear that Tom! We will keep prayers for your son and your family as well as his friends and their families as well!

 

[imported_GraFFix]

Wow, sorry to hear this happening to anyone. Hope everyone gets through it ok.

 

[gtphale]

Best of luck with everything going on right now. Our prayers are with you guys.

 

[Royalgtp]

Sorry to hear about the situation.

 

[framos242]

You and your family have my prayers...

 

[Mike K]

Sorry to hear... If it's any consolation, I don't think there is a single one of us here that can say we didn't do anything just as stupid when we were young. Some just have the misfortune of learning the lesson the hard way.

Best wishes for your son and for his friend.

 

[staceyyearsich]

Tom, sorry to hear about this, I will keep all of you in my prayers

 

[BumpinGTP]

Sorry to hear about this. You will be in my prayers.

 

[REDHOTT04GTP]

Im verry Sorry to hear about about all of this they all are in my prayers

 

[smug]

I am sorry and everyone will be in my prayers. I hope that everyone makes it through this mess.

 

[GTs_Se_GP_FAMILY]

I'm truly sorry to hear that, everyone is in my prayers I hope for the best for you, your son, his friend, and the rest involved.

 

[Aircal]

Thanks all, I hate this kind of threads......anyways we brought mine home tonight. He will have his jaw wired shut for at least 4 weeks. He has several chipped teeth that will have to be repaired and the brake in the jaw did go up through a wisdom tooth so they will remove it. Nothing to do with the broken ribs, he's feeling it now, no more morphine.
The other boy is doing much better, his blood pressures up to 120 from 73. I can't beleive how nice his father is, and I can't even say anything when we talk....
The girlfriends mother said she ordered that car to have side airbags, the police said to her thats why they are still alive.
We think now he came around a corner and paniced slamming on the brakes. From how she described the skid marks to me, they started off broken up...the way abs would do, then became solid just before the vehicle crossed the center line. The e-brake was found on, so I wonder if he didnt step on it on accident which caused the skid, he has a size 13-14 shoe, because again as described to me he hadn't lost control until the lines became solid.

 

[Blownbyyou]

Sorry to hear . You and your family will be in my prayers.

 

[630_GTO]

well at least everyone is going ok so far...i agree w steve weve all done dumb stuff it sucks that some people just get punished for it...Hope everyone turns out ok