I met with the Technical Traffic blah, blah, blah, today. He still doesn’t have the full coroner’s report but he did let me see one photo of the vehicle after the accident. It was a front shot of the vehicle; it was a Chevy Equinox, basically a SUV/crossover. In the b&w photo it looked like a Honda Accord that looked like it had been in a bad (but not fatal) accident. C went with me and suggested afterwards that that photo was chosen specifically to minimize some of the more horrific aspects of how badly the car was damaged. I also suspect it was chosen because either one of the side shots could have shown blood depending on which side HE was removed from. You couldn’t really tell how very badly the front end was caved in since there was no perspective. ‘Tho CMJ did mention that there was some “intrusion”, basically the engine etc ending up in the front seat. Before seeing the photo he filled us in on some other technical details involving the black box (located in the same compartment that the airbag’s in) and the data it recorded. It was actually pretty interesting despite the fact that we were talking about the last 10 seconds of HIS life. And that’s CMJ’s (unofficial) conclusion, it happened fast, HE was unaware of what was happening and it was over quick. That makes me feel better, thankful even.
I’m also thankful for CMJ; he’s great at his job, really, really great, especially at handling me and somehow making these meetings a lot less of an ordeal.
So how am I doing? I’m ok…infact I think I’m doing too ok? I wanted to see the photo to help jar the little bit of denial I have loose. Problem is the vehicle in the photo looked nothing like what HE had driven to work that morning, so I’m not really sure it worked. Or maybe I’m in shock and it’ll sink in gradually? I guess time will tell…I hate time.
I’m also really grateful again for my friendship with C. She drove me to the appointment, sat with me during it, reassured CMJ that I was doing ok in general, laughed with me a bit, didn’t pat my hand or anything when I did cry, had the good sense to leave me alone for 10 minutes so I could cry some more, returned with some chocolate covered jujubes, then took me to lunch. I hope to be like her one day.
During the meeting we also talked briefly about Bruce Willis, he is the lead investigator for the accident seeing as he was the first officer on scene. And again, I respect the job he and others do and am thankful for him and others being there and trying to help my husband.
That being said, CMJ confirmed as well as having a big heart Bruce is also a bit off a goofball.
Apparently there was an incident involving Bruce’s cruiser getting stuck on train tracks and trains having to be stopped while the cruiser was rescued.
That’s all CMJ told us at first, and I’m sorry, but having met the guy, that’s just funny and totally believable. But the whole story goes right into Wile E Coyote territory.
So how does an officer of the law get his cruiser stuck on train tracks?
Well, they receive a call about a stolen ATV and that it headed down a certain rail route. After getting the cruiser stuck while driving on the tracks Bruce carried on by foot and eventually met up with a driver of another ATV who offered him a lift. For whatever reason Bruce ended up driving the ATV…Ended up driving the ATV over a cliff.
Both he and his passenger were injured, but not badly and now had to walk back to the cruiser, which was still stuck on active train tracks. Trains were stopped...in their tracks…and I guess much paperwork had to be done after the cruiser was rescued.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the ATV had an ACME logo on the gas tank and the bottom of the cliff hosted cactuses.
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