Bangswitch
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Two adults and one child who went to the hospital (not me) first got out and walked around. Two other children from carseats also went, FIVE in total for the ambulances. One lady walked around carrying a child...until a family member showed up, at which time she passed the child off and promptly laid out on the ground waiting for a spine board. ONE occupant, a minor child, had a laceration of about a half inch on her earlobe, from striking it against...ready for this...the UNSECURED car seat of a younger sibling (the mother wrote the Trooper a statement admitting not securing the two carSEATS(!) that the one child sat between in the middle of the back).
Their vehicle appeared physically repairable, but I don't know how cost vs. value went on that, fixed or paid out. My unit, less than a year old, was totaled out due to having spun up over a curb and crushing in by the pillar just behind the driver's door, damage to structure beyound replaceable outer components making it a parts pile for the barn to salvage from. I rode a really crappy pool unit for a while until our department got our first Tahoes and I got one of those.
My wrist was a little sore, and the doc at the urgent care where I had to go pee in a cup required an x-ray of my chest because (I'd not heard specifically of this before) people in crashes of moderate, and sometimes even seemingly insignificant impact, can suffer initially minor tears of the aorta due to internal shifts on impact, leading to sudden bursting and quick internal bleed-outs (or so she explained). Made me slightly nervous to think of kicking in bed later in the night unexpectedly, but all looked well.
As for the dollars-to-durinit math, I can't figure how they reached $50K, it might have been based on poundage per cheek...
What is sickening is how unashamed and blatant these dirtbags get running these scams because they know they will get paid either way.
I’m still a little fuzzy on the fun-zone closures, I’m guessing they gave their husbands the old headache excuse. I’m so confused on how that works. Those body parts are on opposite ends of most people’s bodies?