25 year old neice (that my wife and I raised) was involved in a crash yesterday. A truck ran stop sign or pulled out in front of her. She was likely travelling at least 55 mph when she hit the truck. She is in ICU. Abdominal injuries, multiple fractures, and lacerations. Already underwent one surgery with more to follow on her abdomen. Gonna be in hospital about a month. She was wearing seat belt and air bags deployed...which together saved her life, but she still received facial skull and spine fractures. The lower seat belt was the cause of the abdominal injuries, but that was the tradeoff for survival.

Wife was notified of the crash by a local. She immediately drove to the scene (a mile from our home) and observed neices' car with a sheet draped over back half the car. She lost it and barely made it back home to call me. Our sheriff was sitting on the ground behing the car with our neice, using the sheet for shade & waiting on the ambulance to arrive. My wife couldn't see that from where she turned around and drove away.

God has blessed her and us by saving her life, but she has a long recovery road ahead of her.

None of us are guaranteed tommorrow.

God Bless.

Thanks Boco.

Praying for all involved. I'm sorry this happened and will pray for you all (niece especially) to find the strength to get through this while maintaining a positive outlook.

Ah man, Praying for y'all.

Praying for a full recovery.

Prayers up for all concerned.

Hoping for a full recovery.

Praying for a good recovery.
God has plans for her.

Will pray for a speedy recovery.

All of you are in my prayers.

Prayers sent I was involved in a head on in 2006 seat belts and air bags are a blessing you and your wife take good care

Dang !

Long road ahead but thank God she made it

Prayers for full recovery

Prayers up Swamp Wolf

I am guessing some of us have expected close to death.
It is written in a book, are days are numbered.

Prayers to your family.
Use it to be stronger, not bitter.

Prayers for your niece.

Prayers sent

I hope your biological niece, who is your daughter, makes a quick and full recovery.

Keith

Prayers sent

God bless, prayers sent for your Niece and all of you

sending prayers

Prayers for your niece and the family. This will be a rough time for some time.

Prayers

I wish your family the best.

Prayers swamp!

Prayers for a complete recovery

Prayed

My prayers for all involved .In the blink of an eye things beyond our control can forever impact our world .

Prayers sent

I hope your niece gets the best possible outcome. It is easy to understand why your wife thought the worst seeing the condition of the car.

Sorry to hear of this...prayers sent.

Dang Patrick, what a deal.
Tell Kaylee we’re thinking about her.
Is that the intersection West of the river bridge?

Praying for your niece and her full recovery.

Prayers sent Swamp Wolf. Hate seeing things like this, but thankful it didn't turn out worse. Praying for a full recovery

Prayers sent for full recovery.

Said a prayer for all of you and a quick recovery for her.

God be with all of you.

Prayers to all affected.

Prayers sent.

Will do Clay. Thank you.

Yes....the intersection west of river bridge.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers from all you guys and gals on Tman!!!!!

I really appreciate it!!!

The driver and two passengers in the truck she hit were extremely blessed and only had air bag-caused burns/scrapes.

She impacted that truck (the one in the photo) on the front corner of driver's side. If that truck had of been further out in Kaylie's lane her Nissan Altima would have likely went mostly thru that crew cab.

The Hispanic male (burgundy shirt) was one of the occupants (all 3 were migrant farm workers for a local farmer.)

Prayers sent from Missouri

Prayers for your niece and the family.

Prayers sent.



Charlie

Prayers from Wisconsin.

Thanks again y'all for all the prayers!! Keep em coming! It's working! Thank you God!

Kaylie came thru her second surgery this afternoon on a positive. They repaired the damaged area, closed the opening from yesterday's abdominal surgery and removed the colostomy bag. Doc says her abdomen should begin healing now hopefully without complications.

Now, onto the broken bones....11 ribs and other fractures.

Thanks again Tman crew!

Thoughts and prayers with your family.

Hate to hear it Swampwolf … I’m hoping she pulls through no worse for the wear

Prayers sent

Prayers sent for a fast recovery

People are CRAZY on the roads now days, cellphone's usually the cause. Hope your niece heals up from all this.

Prayers sent.

Yep, Swamp Wolf, any given day.

I pray your niece fully recovers from the accident. Physics has no soul...

Prayers sent!

Hey swamp wolf prayers for your niece and family, hope for a total recovery for her.

Kaylie is steadily improving! This morning a therapist made he get out of bed and stand. She was ill, but did it. He told her it was gonna hurt bad but the sooner she's up, the quicker she's outta there.

Thanks again for all the prayers!!!!!

Keep the posts coming prayer works

Prayers for your niece. Hoping for a fast and full recovery.

The car did a decent job of protecting her , modern cars are designed to do that. Lots of people think the older cars with more metal are safer , not true. Crumble zones , air bags , seat belts , safety glass , collapsible steering collums and more help a huge amount. They save lives.
1:58 video

I've got a crash test dummy t-shirt ordered for her....lol

I had an accident years ago. '98? Nissan Sentra. Going through a green light and a guy turned in front of me. I hit him at least 40mph. His fault , I had right of way.

I walked away from it with just a slight limp as I put my knee through the dash. I had my seat belt on. The air bag just tapped my chest. The car folded up nice and took the brunt of the impact.

you are one cruel dude but I love it lol