I was 19 at the time. My older brother and I were heading to work.It was about 6:00 in the morning,tools loaded down(he is a framer,so saws,sawblades ,drills nails,air compressers,hammers,chisels and everything else!) n the back of his truck sipping on coffee and on the move....
You know how the ground and roads are wet with dew in the mornings? Well this morning wasn't any different.It had been storming the last 2 days.
We were driving down this road, a 45mph zone,going about 35.There was 2 cars in front of us,So nothing crazy, my brother decides to pass.
We got over, started to pass the the first of the 2 cars. Got to about the drivers door of the first one, well, he apparently didn't see us and decides to pass too!Well, kinda caught my brother off guard a little, so he kinda over reacted! (He is a great driver, drove racecars) Well, when he yanked the steering wheel to the left to keep hitting the car, the truck starts sliding.Back end is sliding to the right.He turns into the slide,and the drivers front wheel is off the road a little.We are pretty much sideways at this point.Well, the backend comes around to the left hard and fast.Now we are half on the road and way sliding down a ditch embankment(not good I'm thinking at the time) He turns the wheel to the left, I'm thinking, heck yea that's how to dirttrack on a public highway!!
Well,the truck is already leaning towards the drivers side from the slide, its basically totally sideways at about 55mph now.The drivers side back tire hits the pavement and here we go!!!!...........
I remember leaning down in the seat towards the passenger door(I'm in the passenger seat),because the truck is basically on the driverside front tire ONLY and now its starting the flip!(OH, NO SEAT BELTS ON

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Well the truck flips on the roof(at 55mph) and the windshield shatters and sliding on the pavement going back across the road to the right side.The sound was something I will never forget!!
We hit the other side of the grass(ditches on both sides of the road)and I see dirt flying now!We both were flying around in the cab of the truck.There is a powerplant entrance right where we were sliding with 6 foot tall concrete walls up on each side pf the driveway with a drainage tube under the drive way for the water to pass through(you guys know what I'm talking about)
So the truck is on the roof, sliding at 55 mph,on the roof, with 2 people in it with no seatbelt on, never a good scene!!
It hit the ditch bank, I remember getting slammed into the windshield and seeing the rear view mirror in my face then it was lights out!I guess it knocked me out because everything went black.
I woke up hanging half out the door of the truck ALMOST as high at the telephone poles, with the truck in the air, UPSIDE DOWN, and looking at the cars and people on the road!The truck was flipping in mid air over and over.The truck landed upside down with the back of the bed hitting the ground first,then it rolled on top of me .Passenger side of the truck on the ground now.My feet was in the cab,my head was at the bottom of the door.My stomach was on the door like I was leaning out of it(if it had been the other way, it would have broke my back.
I realized I am pinned with this 4000 pound truck on top of me!!I start trying to push this truck with my feet, I could feel the weight lifting off of me,I thought OK,this wont be so bad after all.I felt liquid dripping on my face and I'm thinking I hope that's not gasoline!Well, it wasn't, it was battery acid!!I could taste it!It doesn't taste good...LOL
I started screaming for my brother.The weight of the truck was slowly crushing me.Everytime I screamed, it was getting harder to breath.
Then everything turned white.(Did I pass out?OR did i die?)
I quit moving,I was at ease, there was no more panicking, or kicking or yelling.I can remember 2 shadows standing there.Everything is white.There were about 10 feet from me.It looked like they were waiting on me , had their hand out like for me to reach for their hand and take me somewhere.
Well,then all of a sudden I come falling out of the truck.The people from the power plant and people that was behind had flipped the truck off of me!.I remember yelling for my brother, ans He came walking over to me,with blood coming out of his neck like a water faucet.He got thrown out.We assume through the driverside door window.One of the saws or something had slashed the side of his neck and his face.He said are you OK, I said yes.I said are you OK,he said yes, then passed out. There was this older fella kneeling down over me, I said are we OK?He said just relax.It was hard for me to breath.It felt like the truck was still on top of me.I said is someone standing on my arm, I cant move it.It was over my head.he said don't try to move or do anything.Then I seen the helicopter hovering!! I said is that for us? Then I got real scared!!!He said it might be we have to evaluate you fellas. The paramedics were there by now, the helicopter took off so I was thinking,well that's good!!I could see them over above me working on my brother(I was laying o the embankment of the ditch)
So, they load us in the ambulance.I asked the paramedic if he could move the neck brace, it was hurting my shoulder.he said where? I said my left shoulder area.he said there is nothing there.I knew right them I broke my coller bone again, the same one as I did when I got run over!
We get to the hospital, got some more stitches, in my right eyebrown, they dug some glass out of my back,put some stuff on my face for the acid burns from the battery busting, give me a brace for my broken coller bone(it broke in the same exact place from when I was 6) stitched my brother up, and home we went that night!!!!
ALWAYS WHERE YOUR SEATBELT.!!!
The state trooper came up there and told me if I had been under that truck another 30 seconds, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you!You could see my body imprint on the door of the truck.
NOW ready for this?Remember when I said it was storming the days before this? The ground was soft enough that the weight of the truck smashed me into the ground a little!!! TALK ABOUT LUCK!!!
Oh my brother got a ticket for us not wearing a seatbelt too!!!...
