Our neighbors were on their way to pick up their 12 year old son at the mall a few days ago and opted to take the back roads instead of the freeway due to traffic. They were traveling south on Scholls Ferry Road just outside Portland when an Accord Coupe made a left turn right in front of them. The guy made the turn so close he wound up hitting them head-on with a closing speed of probably 50 mph. I wish she'd been driving their Odyssey or even better, their Volvo XC90 because she has a broken tibia, broken arm, broken neck, and several broken ribs. The Passat is a total write-off and you can see they had to cut off the roof and jam up the dashboard to get her out. They had to cut the roof off the Accord, as well.

 

Damn.
Sorry to hear. Always be on your guard everyone.

 

Wow! sorry to hear

did they flip over?

 

Wow. Scary stuff. Hope she recovers fully.

 

it looks terrible hope she will recover fast but VW are good and safe cars

 

WOW hope she has a smooth recovery.
Lately I have noticed more and more stupid ass driving on the road. To the youth(sorry to stereotype but just from what I have seen on the road) there is a difference between defensive driving and the shit that some of them do.

 

Damn, hope your neighbors get better soon. That is one serious accident.

 

There are a lot of CARELESS drivers out there who think they are invincible when they are driving on the road. Everyone be careful out there, especially if your area has snow. It seems like people become a lot worse when there's snow on the ground.

Hope your neighbor recovers 100%

 

Jeez, Glad she lived...hope she makes a full recovery.

I hope the other guy gets sued to hell and back.

 

as glad they are okay

but is that driver side rear door buckled?, part of the reason for the cutting of the roof


and considering how much damage was done; they may not have "walked" away from the accident, but still got away without too many broken bones though

and yeah the volvo would have been better, in that they would have been "above" the accord, but i almost be more worried about the wheel coming into the footwell though, and completely taking out her legs instead (compared to the frame taking the impact)

and then the odyssey, again above the accord, but not much "framerail" up front though, to absorb the impact


but then again they are heavier vehicles, so the accord would have had to take more of the impact then lol

 

Wow, impressive impact. Hope your neighbor makes a speedy trouble free recovery...

Age of Accord driver?

 

She's lucky to be alive. Hope she recovers soon....

 

Well, the other driver is going to be broke.

 

 

Wow, that's a lot of broken bones.
Hope she makes a full recovery.

 

+1

those germans need tough cars with that autobahn. I hope everything ends up ok

 

wow thats a bad wreck and the structure didnt hold up good at all. Hope they get well fast. no body should ever have to go through shit like this.

 

I can't see the pics at work, but I just want to say I focking hate stupid left turners.

 

Damn! They're lucky to be alive. I hope everyone recovers quickly.

 

Prayers for all involved for a full recovery and for her to get back to her life as she had known it!!!!! ...any head injury that you know of?... that's the main thing I worry about in accidents like this!

 

good thing she lived

man that is horrible stupid ass drivers in the world

everyone stay safe

 

Wow, they're definitely lucky to be alive

 

Fixed

 

wow

 

Sorry...

 

Wish her a speedy recovery! Wow those pics are terrible.

 

Actually really what the problem is, is that most people who drive now just do not pay any attention to other people and are oblivious to all surroundings, here is an example, I used to drive an 18 wheeler sometimes in the military to transport aircraft parts to langley AFB, I generally Drive in the center lane just due to the fact that these retards will pull out in front of a truck not even trying to merge, or will jump in front of a truck and slam on the brakes.


Never mess with 100,000 lbs of moving metal, hell because of that and the way people drive nowadays there is no way that I would ever drive a semi now, I would purposely say if there was an accident, "that fucker jumped in front of me and hit the brakes there was nothing I could do."

 

ouch.. best to your neighbor and their family! Glad she survived.