Yesterday, Darby and Sadie were headed home from a visit with their Dad for Spring Break, and ended up right in the middle of a 15+ car pile-up on I-15 only about 20 miles from home.
Jason had sent me a message about 8:30a.m. that he was just leaving with the girls to bring them home. I asked him to let me know when they were close so I could take my lunch about the time the girls got home. Around 12:20 p.m. I saw that Jason was calling, and my initial thought was, "Wow, they made good time." Then Jason proceeded to tell me they had been in an accident and they were all ok, but they were pinned in the car.
The next little while was tense, and frightening. My friend, Carol drove me as close to the accident site as she could, then we waited for the Highway Patrol dispatch to call me to come get the girls.
It was horrible sitting, waiting, knowing the girls wanted me to get them, and I desperately wanted to see them and know for myself, they were ok, but I couldn't.
Ryan left work early and came to all of our rescues. He drove me North past the incident, then we turned around and drove as close as we could in the emergency lane. After that I got out of the car and ran up to where the girls were sitting in a fire truck staying warm.
This was the VERY welcome sight I saw when I got there.
These are pictures of the scene as it was being cleaned up, and of the car they were riding in.
2 comments:
Chloe sent me a picture of the car and my heart stopped. She had me so scared! I am so glad they were all okay! We brackens need to be more careful on our way to St. George, too many accidents! Love you all tons and miss you tons!
This made me sick! I'm so glad the girls are ok. What a terrible accident.
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