[Ohio-talk] Driving I 95 from Florida

[Carol Akers]

 We traveled I-95 going home from Orlando and I have done some research on I 95 which runs from Miami all the way into Maine and looks like part of Canada.  Long crazy highway which has been called the deadliest highway in America.
Why the reasearch?  Trying to find an update on a tragedy we came upon.  We had just left a pecan/fruit  shopping stop not far into Georgia, when we came upon an accident which had just occurred.  (If we had not shopped, it might have been us) A Ford SUV was crumpled up in the tree line and two passengers were thrown quite a ways from the car.  Gramma did not make it and was somehow pinned under the twisted mess.  The 8 yr old boy, so frightened, said they were on their way home to S Carolina returning from vacation at Daytona Races with family (3 cars of people) and "the guy kept hitting us."  "Why did he keep hitting us?" He was really cut up and  scraped up from hitting the sandy dirt arms and legs first.  His aunt was in much worse shape landing in the ditch.   The reports say a car was seen slamming into their vehicle multiple times from the left side and finally at the rear, causing auntie to lose control and roll numerous times before
 landing in the trees.  All three were ejected and not wearing seat belts.  Would that have made a difference? Not likely.  A trooper told them they would have all been dead if they had had their seat belts on due to way it crashed.  The guy just kept driving after he hit them the last time did not stop!  Law enforcement is still looking for the white sedan, possibly Toyota Camry with New York plates that caused this fatality and obviously has damage to his car.Thank you God for traveling mercies!  Our first thought was that we hoped it was none of our convention goers, esp since I saw the same type of Red/White and Blue necklaces that we sold at our table--tangled in the wreckage.  Needless to say the rest of our travels were guarded and sad.  We had stopped to do what we could to help until EMS and police arrived.Reminds me that you never know what can happen.  We may be good drivers, but not everyone is.  Please remember this family in your
 prayers.
Carol Akers