Thank you Toyota and RIP 4Runner

[shawn474]

Was hit by a guy blowing through a red light at 45-50mph. Every airbag deployed and frame snapped in half but the truck did its job and I walked away unscathed. Time to start looking for a tundra.....I will post images once I can figure out how to do so

 

[Toffees]

Was hit by a guy blowing through a red light at 45-50mph. Every airbag deployed and frame snapped in half but the truck did its job and I walked away unscathed. Time to start looking for a tundra.....I will post images once I can figure out how to do so

Wow, glad you walked away. I want to see the pictures.

 

[thegreatchangsby]

I am glad you are okay!

 

[Pathfinder!]

Was hit by a guy blowing through a red light at 45-50mph. Every airbag deployed and frame snapped in half but the truck did its job and I walked away unscathed. Time to start looking for a tundra.....I will post images once I can figure out how to do so

Wow that's pretty amazing. Were you the only person in the car? Also what happened to the person that hit you?

 

[SpeedyKevin]

We are from Gaithersburg too! (not too far from the Post Office)

Glad to hear you're ok though. The car can be replaced, you can't!

 

[shawn474]

Guy was driving a 2013 jeep wrangler rubicon with two small kids; all walked away unscathed thank God. He clipped my front passenger side and spun me so hard I hit him in the back on his way by. Scary but could have been a lot worse. Paid it off 2 days ago...…

 

[shawn474]

If anyone knows how to upload photos let me know please.

 

[SpeedyKevin]

If anyone knows how to upload photos let me know please.

There's a few ways to do it but they require accounts. If you have a facebook, you could upload it there and then grab the link of the photo (if it is shared to the public)

 

[shawn474]

There's a few ways to do it but they require accounts. If you have a facebook, you could upload it there and then grab the link of the photo (if it is shared to the public)

I don't have any social media accounts.....I have flickr but it seems to link to my entire account which I would rather not do.

 

[Soneill]

I don't have any social media accounts.....I have flickr but it seems to link to my entire account which I would rather not do.

I use postimage.org

 

[Outfront]

I'm glad to hear that nobody was hurt!

 

[SpeedyKevin]

 

[mteolus]

Reply/Manage Attachments/Choose File/Select pic/Open/Upload

Once you hit submit pic will be posted.

He was probably on the phone. Sucks that you just paid it off. Get a lawyer.

 

[Brick Sprickly]

That looks pretty gnarly.

Yeah, I'd get a lawyer if I were you. I don't like to litigate, but if I had just paid mine off I'd be 'out for blood'.

Above all, if you can walk away from that, it's a good day.

 

[BCMUSA]

You don't need a lawyer. Do it yourself.

I was rear ended a few months back, my brand new car was totalled.

I submitted my own claim, typed up my own demand letter, and got 15K from the other driver's insurance company. They paid off my car too obviously.

Point is, don't get a lawyer. They keep like 30%.

Glad you're ok.

 

[ForRun]

You don't need a lawyer. Do it yourself.

I was rear ended a few months back, my brand new car was totalled.

I submitted my own claim, typed up my own demand letter, and got 15K from the other driver's insurance company. They paid off my car too obviously.

Point is, don't get a lawyer. They keep like 30%.

Glad you're ok.

Not saying it's right or wrong but a buddy in an 80s Accord got rear ended. Two years later had a new car, paid off the house with a room addition. Do not admit or make a statement to anyone, call the lawyer 1st

 

[PaulB-2006 T4R]

Glad you are okay but you maybe sore tomorrow. Sad to see a 4Runner in that shape but also mad at the idiot that needed to blow through the red light.

 

[cb1111]

You don't need a lawyer. Do it yourself.

I was rear ended a few months back, my brand new car was totalled.

I submitted my own claim, typed up my own demand letter, and got 15K from the other driver's insurance company. They paid off my car too obviously.

Point is, don't get a lawyer. They keep like 30%.

Glad you're ok.

In this case a lawyer is a necessity. Montgomery County is a tricky county because juries don't like to give out money. When I got whacked in Montgomery County, my lawyer said "next time, get hit in Prince Georges County"

You have no idea what you can get, so while you may have been happy with $15k, a lawyer might have gotten you $30k - so $20k to you.

If they just "paid off" your car then you got screwed there too.

 

[cb1111]

There is, unfortunately, no way that everyone walked away from that without any aches and pains.

Go to your doctor or the ER (the ER on 118 is not as busy as Shady Grove) tonight or tomorrow. Don't say "I'm sore but it will go away" - it might, but it may also come back to haunt you years down the road.

MD law requires that the medical costs are first paid by the medical portion of your car insurance (they are then reimbursed by the at-fault party).

You are, of course, entitled to a suitable rental car even if you don't have rental car coverage on your policy.

Do yourself a favor and get an attorney - not one of those that advertises on TV and promises you a zillion dollars but look in the Washingtonian magazine (online) for a top accident lawyer. Do that now and follow his or her advice to the letter.

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Yikes! That's a lot of damage. I'm glad the 4R kept you safe.