A Touch of Whiplash

[hwango]

On Wednesday, kaiwoklaw and I participated in a chain reaction collision. The pickup truck in front of us stopped and waited to make a left turn, we stopped behind it, and a lumina sedan stopped behind us. Then a jeep crashed into the lumina, which hit us and pushed us into the truck. Since we sort of got pushed under the back of the truck, the hood of kaiwoklaw's car bent and her headlights were shoved out of position, but the overall frame of the car looks like it's okay. There's some damage to the back where the lumina hit us, too. Not sure how severe the damage is, but it got towed away and some of her friends were kind enough to come rescue us off the side of the street.

I was fine for several hours after the accident, but as more time goes by my neck has gotten really sore. What am I supposed to do for whiplash - heat or cold? Ow.

Comments

[hwango.livejournal.com]

Eerie...it's like you were there! It's my understanding that the jeep guy was in fact on his cellphone and not paying attention. However, I don't see how that makes this less of a misfortune for us. Of everyone involved in the accident, we were the most upset by the whole thing. Considering that we were the only ones who had our car towed away, this seems rather appropriate, too.