Hey All, it's just crushing for me to be posting this but, my beloved Model S suffered a terrible crash this morning.
The lead-up to the accident is a bit sketchy in my mind - as I lost consciousness at the time of the crash - but, my 8-year-old son and I were heading to his school in Palo Alto on Hwy 101 in Redwood City when this happened.
We were taken to the Stanford ER and checked out just fine but for some soreness. My wife, who had to make her way back from San Francisco, was just thankful for how this car (and my son's five-point-harness booster seat) protected us.
There was apparently one other car involved - an Accord - that suffered some pretty bad damage but, thankfully, the driver checked out ok according to the paramedics on my ambulance ride. According to my son - who showed great composure through all this - we hit the freeway divider wall a couple of times before we hit the other car.
Minutes after the crash, Tesla called my cell and left a vmail inquiring about the alert that they received. Followed up with an email as well. They were really concerned for our well-being and I appreciated that.
Not sure if the car's salvageable (hardly looks like it), but, the interior looks as if it's straight out of a showroom (but for all the deployed airbags)! There was zero intrusion anywhere. My wife, who was in a state of shock for a while, was lucid enough to say that our next car has to be a Model S, come what may.
Because of the loss of consciousness, it could end up being that I may not get to drive for a while as the CA DMV has strict rules about it :| But, needless to say, I'll be spooling up an order for my next MS in due course!
Wanted to share this with all my comrades on here to espouse the virtues of this fantastic car once again.
RIP, VIN P03552; I enjoyed you for much less time than I waited for you...
The lead-up to the accident is a bit sketchy in my mind - as I lost consciousness at the time of the crash - but, my 8-year-old son and I were heading to his school in Palo Alto on Hwy 101 in Redwood City when this happened.
We were taken to the Stanford ER and checked out just fine but for some soreness. My wife, who had to make her way back from San Francisco, was just thankful for how this car (and my son's five-point-harness booster seat) protected us.
There was apparently one other car involved - an Accord - that suffered some pretty bad damage but, thankfully, the driver checked out ok according to the paramedics on my ambulance ride. According to my son - who showed great composure through all this - we hit the freeway divider wall a couple of times before we hit the other car.
Minutes after the crash, Tesla called my cell and left a vmail inquiring about the alert that they received. Followed up with an email as well. They were really concerned for our well-being and I appreciated that.
Not sure if the car's salvageable (hardly looks like it), but, the interior looks as if it's straight out of a showroom (but for all the deployed airbags)! There was zero intrusion anywhere. My wife, who was in a state of shock for a while, was lucid enough to say that our next car has to be a Model S, come what may.
Because of the loss of consciousness, it could end up being that I may not get to drive for a while as the CA DMV has strict rules about it :| But, needless to say, I'll be spooling up an order for my next MS in due course!
Wanted to share this with all my comrades on here to espouse the virtues of this fantastic car once again.
RIP, VIN P03552; I enjoyed you for much less time than I waited for you...