Amazingly, everyone was Okay after this...

[A Horse With No Name]

[ocnblu]

Good, a totalled Prius in the pile.

Amazing how everything fell that way... everybody's alright.

[bobo]

This chain-reaction accident on the 14 Antelope Valley Freeway north of L.A. began when a big table fell off a pickup truck. One big rig was involved, and there were a couple of critical injuries. That there weren't even more serious injuries or fatalities is, I think, a testament to how safe modern vehicles are.

[A Horse With No Name]

Exactly....

Good, a totalled Prius in the pile.

Amazing how everything fell that way... everybody's alright.

And it ran into and totaled another Toyota product.... (the green Scion xB).....

[GMTruckGuy74]

But remember, that likely means sales of NEW Toyota products once the insurance companies settle out the claims

[A Horse With No Name]

People are stup[id, but they gotta learn some times...

[Turbojett]

I heard somewhere that modern cars are so safe now that you could get into a rollover at freeway speed and still walk away--worse for the wear, albeit, but you'd still at least be walking away.

[ocnblu]

Critical injuries are nothing to sneeze at. In my accident, the head curtain airbag in my Fiesta blew and knocked my neck sideways. It stayed that way and hurt for a couple of munts after that. I can't imagine being critically injured and dealing with the rehab time after that... perhaps feeling effects for a lifetime... things like this can alter a person.

My door window was open, if the airbag hadn't been there, my head may have hit the B-pillar though.

Edited June 29, 2012 by ocnblu

[A Horse With No Name]

Critical injuries still happen with modern cars. I have a guy I race against who has a modern BMW (1 series). He got rear ended, and spent 2 and a half months off of work and in rehab.

Insurance company fixed the car even though it had like 18 thou in damages...