Accident on Route 66

Yesterday, when we were driving home (me, my dad, and my mom) we got into a car accident. We are OK but I'm not sure about the guy who caused the accident.

What happened was we were driving east on 66, and the traffic was stopped. My dad stopped the car. The guy behind us was in a service truck and he had stopped. The girl behind him was in an Explorer, as were we, and she was stopped. The guy behind her, however, didn't stop. And slammed into her.

It seems like what happened was he tried to stop, too late, and was going too fast. His car flipped over, and I guess he wasn't wearing a seat belt, because my dad got out of the car to help and said the car was flipped over on the right side, and the man was hanging out of the passenger window, and the car was on top of his head. People nearby got him out of the car. The girl in the Explorer wasn't really hurt but she was very shaky. I brought her over to our car to sit. Her car was completely crushed. It's very lucky there was no one in the back seat, as the end of the car is now in the back. And the front of her car is completely smashed in.

The police came, the ambulance came. I had to be checked out because when we were hit, my head hit the headrest behind me and my head started to hurt. I'm alright. The girl in the Explorer was taken to the hospital. She said she was OK, but I felt like she should be checked out, so I'm glad they took her. A helicopter came and got the man, who was amazingly, still alive. My dad thought he was dead when he saw what happened.

So, if you were going eastbound on 66 near Gainesville, VA yesterday, around 3 - 4:30, and you were stopped, that was because of us! Sorry about that. I wish it never happened.