Bad day

[valarltd]

We started the day at 5:45 with this:

Driver is okay following truck accident in Putnam Co. - WOWK 13 Charleston, Huntington WV News, Weather, Sports


That's Mudd's rig, on its side in a field in West Virginia.
The windshield is broken because first responders had to cut him free.

Full text under cut:

Driver is okay following truck accident in Putnam Co.

Posted: Sep 09, 2013 7:15 AM CDT
Updated: Sep 09, 2013 9:06 AM CDT
By Courtney Khondabi, Morning Anchor - email
By Lisa Robbins, Reporter - bio | email


A driver is lucky to be alive after an early morning accident in Putnam County, WV.
The accident happened on Joyce Road in Putnam County, WV around 6 a.m. The driver is from out of state. He told deputies he was trying to get onto Route 35.

He said his GPS took him on a detour through Joyce Road, which is an extremely narrow road. His truck flipped over when he tried to go around a curve.

First responders had to cut him from the truck.

The driver only had minor wounds.

Joyce Road was closed for a couple hours while wreckers removed the truck.


He's not okay. He walked away from it, sure, but an X-Ray shows compression fractures in his back. 12% of rollovers kill the driver. While roll-overs account for about 4% of accidents, they cause 58% of driver fatalities.


Luck, God or whoever was on our side.
He lived.
He has cracked vertebra, but he is not paralyzed.
I am worried, but not widowed.

Comments

[a-j-mirag.livejournal.com]

OMG! I'm glad that he's relatively fine. Poor Mudd!

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Are they going to fire him for this?

The D-Man Checks In

[(Anonymous)]

I am a man of many words, but must admit I am having difficulty easily finding them for this.

Mudd has always been lucky.
In our teens, we played AD&D, and I once saw & marvelled at him being able to roll on a single 1d20 die (which is darn near round), three 20's in a row, just when he & his party needed them most against a terrible opponent who should have easily squashed the lot of them, and which I seem to recall he needed at least 16 or higher to hit in the first place. Don't know why, but numbers & wild odds like this guy.

If the company's GPS guided Mudd onto that road, he should still have a job, if he still wants it, as this should count as a clear case of critical equipment failure. Mudd is not driving a sub-compact car. GPS had no business putting him on that detour, which was unsafe for a vehicle of his size & weight class to navigate, especially in the dark.

If the company's GPS guided Mudd onto that road, Workman's Comp' should pick up all the medical expenses, and the company should hope that Mudd does not sue them. Driver Error should not be argued successfully if the driver was doing what the company's equipment told him to do.

Mudd is coming home alive and with more or less full use of his body, which will heal in time. Your family is blessed.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

I am so glad Mudd walked away. I am so sorry about his back and the windshield. ::hugs::

[gabrielbelthir.livejournal.com]

Wow. I find myself in agreement with the lovely D-man. Be prepared for the raining bacon.

I'm here when you need me. *hugs* I know you'll be somewhat incommunicado with him headed home, so I'm at your disposal, sweetheart.

[maisfeeka.livejournal.com]

Thank heavens he's alive!

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Alive and mobile. He has one vertebra that looks like a squashed pop can but he's not in much pain.