I can’t really put it better than her so here’s the update from her blog:
“No. Really.
I’ve not posted over the festive season because I’ve been at various houses, returning Wednesday.. Anywho, my family attended the funeral of someone we loved dearly yesterday, I wanted to go but because of Jonathan’s car breaking down we wouldn’t have all fitted, plus Sam was here and it didn’t seem appropriate to drag him to a strangers funeral… I was sad all day knowing that I wasn’t able to ‘honour’ his death, now I’m eternally grateful the fates conspired against us. At 9 I got one of those life changing phone calls that freezes your very being.
My mum was driving on the motorway in the middle lane driving at 60 MPH and a lorry in the fast lane completely misjudged and hit them when trying to get into their lane, my mums little daewoo car spun and spun until it was hit by another lorry – it then went flying through the air and landed upside down on the grassy verge… My mum has no idea how they survived, but they did; my mum is devastated, she NEVER cries but was barely able to hold it together whilst on the phone, both my sisters were checked over in Northampton Hospital (I guess it was closest) and my mum says it was absolutely awful – they’d been waiting on stretchers for two hours in the corridors surrounded by drunk people (my youngest sister will be completely freaked out by this as she absolutely hates drunk people). I just feel so useless, plus I know it is completely selfish to even think it but that could have been us as well – I just get so scared to think what would have happened to my little Bee who at 11 months probably wouldn’t have survived such a hideous accident.
Tyler has suspected broken ribs and potentially bruised organs – although nothing too terrible, Taryn has a smashed up face (although fortunately it’ll heal), and may have damaged her spine… My mum is in complete shock and has damaged her nose because of the air bag.. Jonathan and Chris who were also in the car are surprisingly fine. I’ve been crying loads this morning as the shock has truly hit me – that I could have lost the three people I grew up with and love unconditionally is terrifying, especially as I’d just seen them and suddenly you realise how much you ‘didn’t’ do… silly really. I am really worried for my mum because she’s one of those women who is always strong and I know that this will absolutely terrify and mortify her, I’m really relieved that she can’t blame herself, the lorry driver has taken full responsibility – not much but at least my mum can’t hold herself responsible.
So that’s that. It sends my blood cold every time I think about it. Lets hope this isn’t the beginning of a bad year, regardless it has highlighted the importance of celebrating and embracing life every damn day, cos really in a phone call things can change irreversibly.”
Since then we’ve heard that Tyler has no broken ribs fortunately and that the eyewitness to the event said he was scared to stop and go and see if everyone was OK as he was sure that everyone in the car was dead….
