What passing out speeding in a culdesac does to a house
What passing out speeding in a culdesac does to a house
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Happened a year ago so we’re almost finished with construction.
My car was parked on the right side on the break in the concrete. He was going 45-50 mph and pushed it over 5-10ft of concrete, through a windstorm certified garage door, and into a filled garage.
If my car hadn’t been there he would’ve driven right into one of the front bedrooms.
Had the pictures pop up in my memories and decided to share the crazy experience!
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What did he pass out from? Exhaustion, illness, some substance? It's important to differentiate between genuine accidents, recklessness, and malice.
Unless it's from some issue they weren't aware of, that's not really an excuse. Exhaustion is something you are aware of when getting behind the wheel. It's essentially the same as choosing to drive dunk or high or whatever else. You're in an impaired state. If it's a medical issue they didn't know about, then it's an accident. Almost anything else was a choice.
Edit: OP said in the original it may have been related to diabetes. There's a potential it was an accident, but they seem to have been aware of their medical condition and something caused them to pass out.
Former EMT here: I ran more diabetic / hypoglycemia car crash calls than drunk driving calls. Really confused me
They took too much insulin to become hypoglycemic?
Huh? That's one possible way to become hypoglycemic, but certainly not the most common, in my limited professional experience.
Oh ok, what are the other ways, what is the most common way?
I'm not diabetic, so I am relation my perspective as a former EMT:
The most common I experienced was folks not managing their daily diet perfectly. It can happen that they miss a meal or whatever, and "forget". Then, while driving, the impacts of becoming hypoglycemic hit. Since they "forgot", the onset of symptoms is unexpected. If it hits fast enough they don't have time to realize what's happening, and go from a competent driver to a "drunk", with reduced mentation, focus, dexterity, etc. They can even pass out.
People often try to get to the hospital when they know they're crashing.
I will say that, anecdotes what they are, a friend got a concussion in 1992 in a mild soccer collision but seemed fine; but they think it contributed to his later accident with his car, as the stress and constant awareness required for driving caused a near blackout where he wasn't able to stop the car in time before he lost focus. And, on the highway, it can be a few seconds to stop properly, and he just didn't have enough time. He saved for years to buy a beautiful car, too, and it was all gone. Thankfully he survived and lived until covid.
Man, what a roller coaster of a story. Glad he made it out of that wreck okay at least.