A Very Bad Day

Reuben and I had a very interesting morning today. I couldn't figure out why Reuben hadn't shown up from work. From what I knew he was coming straight from work. Well, it was about an hour after the time he normally gets home and he still wasn't home. I was starting to get worried so I called his cell and asked him where he was. He told me that he was in a tow truck. I asked him if he had broken down and he said well....sort of. I asked him what that meant and he said that they were almost to the house and that he would talk to me when he got there. Well come to find out he had been in a car accident. He was coming home from work and had just come around a corner on the highway in Fruitland and a lady turned left right in front of him and Reuben ended up t-boning her at 40 mph. As you can see from the picture it smashed in the driver side front part of the car. It actually did more damage to her van than our little Honda. With the lady's van the impact ripped the axle off of the springs and shoved it into the body of the car. Something that was pretty amazing was that a piece of our bumper got shoved between a rim and a tire on her van and the tire was still inflated. Kinda crazy. Anyway, she had a little boy with her and Reuben said that he was a little banged up. His eye immediately began to swell and he probably had whiplash. The paramedics took him to the hospital to get him checked out. Well, this lady saw Reuben coming but thought that she would be able to cross over into the other lane before Reuben got to where she was. Well, that was definitely miss judged. Well, Reuben's back is pretty sore but I think he'll be okay. The Sheriff's department still has to do the paperwork so they said we won't here anything until Monday but the lady was cited. I guess we'll see if they total out the car or repair it. It's old enough and has enough miles that it would be better just to give us the money for what it's worth but I guess we'll see. We'll let you know what happens. You all take care and DRIVE SAFE! Keep an eye out for other drivers!