[Ohio-talk] Driving I 95 from Florida

[J.W. Smith]

Wow, what an experience indeed!

Thank God for traveling mercies.

Jw


Dr. J. Webster Smith
President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701
740-592-6326

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From: ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Carol Akers
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:14 PM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Driving I 95 from Florida


 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
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