My poor kid!! He went on a little road trip up to Devon with a friend. On their way back by Leduc, he crashed into a guardrail. Spun back and hit it again. THANK GOODNESS there wasn't anyone in the other lane. THANK GOODNESS the people behind him where back far enough to not be involved in the accident. THANK THE POWERS THAT BE that he and his friend WEREN'T hurt!!!!! The people behind him called 9-1-1, the cops and EMT guys came. I guess there has been numerous accidents right there before his! Jeez!! Think maybe there should be something done about it????? And some accidents weren't so lucky - there has been roll overs and even fatalities!!! The EMT guys were surprised that P's air bags didn't even deploy. But he said he wasn't speeding, doing about 112 km/hr.
He couldn't reach his dad on his cell phone, so he & his friend ended up taking a taxi to RD. At a cost of $140!!!! 'Cause the cops towed the car right into Leduc, right away. Before he had a chance to do anything else with it. And of course, he's young, and it was his first accident, and he didn't know what kind of things to do. Poor kid!
Then the quote came in to repair it. About $6600. It's a 2002 Saturn. P's dad then wants to see if Dave could repair it cheaper. So Dave & Dwight went thru the quote that was faxed down here - the best they could do would be $4500. With Dave doing the labour @ n/c. And paint at cost. We faxed the info back up to RD, and then P's dad figured we could break down the cost by 3 - he'd pay 1/3, Patrick would pay 1/3, and I would pay 1/3. Thank goodness for Patrick, who TOLD his dad that "Mom doesn't have that kind of money!". He was rather disgusted with his dad, I think. See, give the man enough rope, and he WILL hang himself!! I WISH I could help Patrick out!! ~big sigh~
So the poor kid is hoofing it for now. Lots of walking. Sucks to 18 and have no wheels. Wait, I was 18 once, and had no wheels!! LOL I'm still very grateful that it was only his car that got wrecked!!
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