Last Thursday I was traveling to Peterstown, WV to help my friend with her computer. About a one hour drive from my home. It started to rain so I slowed my speed as Route 219 is a very curvy road. At one point I was going into a curve (my speed was 25mph) and my car started to slide. I went to the left, the right and almost into the hillside. I got the car straight and thank goodness there wasn't a car coming in the opposite direction. That's when I noticed oil on the road and with the rain, the road condition was VERY slippery.
So, I continued going slow and was about two cars behind a black Honda SUV. When all of a sudden the Honda starting sliding ..... like I did earlier. It was so sudden, I almost got hit, and moved over to the shoulder of the road. The Honda went over to the left, back to the right (where I almost got hit), back to the left and went up a bank and got stuck in a ditch.
I stopped and jumped out of my car and went over to check the passengers, a mother and daughter. They were both okay, but could not get the doors open and were afraid to move thinking the car would flip over on its side. I tried to get cell service but to no avail. Just then a woman in a truck stopped and I asked if she had cell service. She didn't, but drove back about a 1/4 of a mile where she could get service and called the police.
Other cars stopped and I informed everyone about the oil slick on the road. A motorcyclist said he almost wrecked about a 1/2 mile down the road. The police arrived within 15 minutes later, and I informed him what happened and about the oil on the road. He said he would have that taken care of. He talked to the mother and daughter in the Honda, after finding out that they were not hurt and the doors would not open. He asked if they wanted to climb out the windows since the Honda's right wheels were stuck pretty tight in the ditch and that the car probably wasn't going to move. Just then the fire trucks and ambulance arrived.
I informed the women in the Honda that I was leaving since help was here. They thanked me for waiting with them and getting help. Needless to say I was really shaken up as much as they were and kept praying that the car would not flip on its side.
If anything like this happens to me, I hope someone will stay with me until help arrives. It felt good to hear them thanking me, and I was so glad NO ONE got hurt. This accident could have been worse. I thank God for being with all of us that morning.
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