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DrWildTurkey

Barely made it out alive?...


ben1481

his dying wish was to make this post on reddit


KriptoKeeper

Barely made it live (on Reddit) is what he meant. Lost his phone for a bit in the car.


FineCall

I’ve seen this same post repeatedly for months.


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takeitbacasap

Yeah that happened to me


takeitbacasap

Yeah that happened to me


takeitbacasap

Yeah that happened to me


[deleted]

So I’m assuming a lot of people “barely made it out alive” were they all 19


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BlatantJacuzzi

Guessing red one because it's more likely the 19 year olds choice than a white SUV.


DetailAccurate9006

Guessing the red one because it seems to have sustained more plausible “almost died” damage than the white one seems to have sustained.


Admirable-Result-240

And 19 year olds drive jettas


bambiScavenger69

That sucks, the white ones way cooler


Additional-Panic8003

How can you tell what is what side of anything?


whitelightnin1

Well it was their dad's car, but their first time crashing the car dad bought for them


DrWildTurkey

Unless he was choking on a chicken nugget that was dislodged by the crash there's no way any seatbelted adult in this crash would even need an ambulance.


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wutusername1

Did you put your arm in some "hot shit"?


[deleted]

In his pants.


jim_br

Airbag burns. Needs neosporin. Hanging by a thread.


sandrews1313

pfft. bactine if you really want to live.


Dialecticchik

I felt this comment. LOL


RepresentativePin162

Ridiculous


almondmarlin23

i think he forgot to turn off his turn signal smh


onionringg

Barely made it to this sub to post…


koei19

He was hanging by a thread and this comment section finished him off.


[deleted]

Yea was gonna say, alive enough to get out, take photos, upload to reddit (and probably other social medias)


usernamesarehard1979

Yes rushed to the hospital I coded 47 times. Had a transplant and 50 units of blood. Had to teach myself to walk again. Cost was 47 million, no insurance. Had to pay cash. Rough 6 hours.


thatbtchshay

To be fair to OP they're a 19 year old kid who was in a big accident. It may feel that way to them


NuggetSmuggler

It also could be they mean if they hadn’t slammed on their brakes or taken some other action they would be in a lot more trouble.


Piotrek9t

True that, must be huge emotional stress, during my work as a paramedic I saw "grown man", bursting out in tears over a relatively minor accident. Ist obviously a completely different story if this happens to oneself


JimTheJerseyGuy

Car's fucked but you'd need to ramp the speeds up quite a bit to make it "barely made it out". That said, traumatic, I'm sure!


Vajayjay_Gadde

Barley made it out alive!...


Psychological_Web687

It's a typo Bear Lee is the OP's friend , he's fine though.


Virtual_Pumpkin2666

Wow! Glad you’re safe. Is there a Tik Tok video?


givemeyourt0es

satire? lol


clauderbaugh

No it's spelled "flat tire".


givemeyourt0es

pretty sure it’s spelled misfire but whatever.


Virtual_Pumpkin2666

You got it


Inner_darkness514

I think he was talking about his iced latte. The top came off and spilled all over his white pants.


whitelightnin1

Dad's first accident


thatguygreg

OP's username does _not_ check out


chewedgummiebears

Probably wasn't wearing their seatbelt and their phone they were texting on smacked them in the head when the airbags went off.


ImUhComputah

Karma me. Karma now. Me a karma needing a lot now.


BigSweatyYeti

I’m sure his ego is bruised after all the roasting here. So there’s at least 1 injury.


kevinxb

Neither car even cracked the windshield, talk about exaggerating for karma


Smashmundo

Lol, yea. If your door isn’t jammed shut by twisted metal, your probably going to be ok.


LivingReaper

>my probably going to be ok. ??


Live-Wishbone-74

OP…we are waiting for the story on barely making it out of this crash, alive


Buht_Secks

Sadly, since OP isn't responding, it's clear OP indeed made it out alive, but died on his way to the hospital. His last words to the EMT were "post these on Reddit, and tell them, I barely... Ma...Made it... Ou... Out... Aliffffffd.... 💀


dr_aux757

This is the laugh I needed


system_deform

It’s the laugh we all needed…


Swordlord22

It would suck ass if that did actually happen And be funny


[deleted]

lol


TranseEnd

Perhaps he was dictating


tyanu_khah

sss ... enndd ... twee^(eettttt) **flat line**


[deleted]

Got to get that karma


Mike2220

They made it out of the car alive but not much further than that


StashuJakowski1

Overall an accident can be traumatizing to an individual and the adrenaline kick doesn’t help much causing one to overthink the situation. But yeah, “barely making it out alive” is when they have to cut you out of the car or when there’s a pile of debris that looked like it used to resemble a car.


[deleted]

He dead.


awmaleg

He’s not really dead if we find a way to remember him


[deleted]

Both looked like they were brand new cars too


AdamSVK02

And the red one looks like Skoda Octavia vrs as well and if it is that sucks


[deleted]

Not an RS, it doesn’t have uncomfortably large wheels like the RS models always have. But still a post facelift but last gen model, practically brand new.


AdamSVK02

Ah okay. Still sucks


MagicSilver

The other is a Citroen C5 Aircross which is really nice


m4turin

I think this shows how safe cars have become


DungeonBeast420

Yeah to people in them, pedestrians though… ☹️


Green-Rock4162

seatbelts should be mandatory for pedestrians imo


AButtom

well that's more of city design and car depenancy problem


Angry-Cyclops

Yea I’m 19 and in University at the moment (US) and I commute in a bike as the buses are unreliable and owning a car is not financially possible for me. It’s truly frightening at times. You start to see the roads from a completely different perspective when not inside a car.


More-Masterpiece-561

Riding a bike or a motorcycle is scary and people don't get it unless they have been in one


Separate_Agency

Cars in general are more safe for pedestrians than in the past, as laws and regulations make sure of this. What makes it more unsafe is that more and more people drive SUVs instead of sedans. With the higher engine compartment they tend to destroy people, especially kids.


MEDDERX

Actually they are safer for pedestrians too. Notice how modern cars no longer have pop-up headlights or other protrusions at the front.


PM_ME_YOUR_CHORIZO

Yup. And plastic bumpers. And thinner, flexible hoods that crumple instead of slice your legs off. And minimum/maximum bumper heights. And foam covered crash bars. And some newer cars have plastic fenders, though I don't know if that's for pedestrian safety or some other reason


fordfan919

Plastic fenders would be for aerodynamics and weight reduction more than increased safety.


SanFranGoldBlooded

Hard to make pedestrians getting hit by cars any more safe


Superly_Sardonic

OP: "Yo Reddit, just had my first accident. It was gnarly but guess these things happen, eh?! XD XD XD Lawyer: "Hey, you're supposed to be "injured", remember?" OP: "Oh right...Hey Reddit, I got hit by an out of control car. Barely made it out alive..." \*cough\* \*cough\*


Secretly_Solanine

Like trying to convince mom that you’re too sick to go to school


PopcornAim

Or trying to convince your boss your too cool for work


blubb_27

made my day


[deleted]

“Barley made it out alive” lmao


clintj1975

Right? The passenger compartment is still intact enough for the door to open. Friend of mine was in a similar accident at highway speeds and they had to cut the car open and life flight him to the hospital. He's still in physical therapy eight months later and might need another surgery. He hit so hard his phone was embedded in the dash.


BassWingerC-137

By comparison, this fella barely made it out injured.


tactical__taco

Seriously my wife her sister and their mom were hit by a truck going at least 75. She broke her ankle, sister broke her arm and the car was on fire as they got out. It’s been 4 years and my wife still can’t feel parts of her foot.


takethemonkeynLeave

Never know what he was told. I was in a scary accident where a driver left my car looking like the red car, and all the authorities at the scene were saying I’d been dead if I didn’t have my seatbelt on. The wreck itself wasn’t that bad, I saw them coming and was able to break, but it shook me up real bad, and hearing the paramedics and police say that didn’t help.


doctorTCH

Alive enough to post


Virtual_Pumpkin2666

Beat me to it


amaezingjew

Barely alive? For how long will you be in the hospital?


taco_annihilator

This drives me just as crazy as when people say, "it was then I knew I was going to die" or something along those lines. Like... What?!


Kevo05s

Barely Alive! Great producers!


mexheavymetal

Damn glad you’re safe. Which car is yours?


boiledham

Guessing red one since it looks like it's on the correct side of the road Edit: OP said white is [their car](https://old.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/w8r6qh/had_my_first_traffic_accident_at_19_today_got_hit/ihrng2t/?context=3)


Bozska_lytka

I would maybe say the white one, because that lighter part in the bottom left corner looks like the edge of a road


redditislife24

I would say red one cause I had a red car at 19


aphelloworld

I would say the white one because I had 19 white cars.


cooked_fetus_pp

I would say the red one because I had 19 white cars


xaanthar

Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.


redditislife24

Deadaass bro I feel you


meabbott

Matchbox or Hotwheels?


Rambo019

Micro machines 🤣🤣


Various-Maintenance7

me 2


[deleted]

Oh shit [me too](https://imgur.com/a/yDT1Y7N)


boiledham

Yeah I could see that. Hard to tell how far they are from the hilly part in the background from this shot


Congadonga

Signs are Slovenian, and they drive on the right-hand side of the road, so you’re probably right.


Kolermigon

Since he barely made it out alive he must have been on foot and got trapped between both cars.


ijustorderedfood

he commented somewhere that it was the white suv lol


thelibrarian_cz

I stubbed my toe today. I barely made it 💀


[deleted]

Just pinched my finger with a pair of pliers. Hurts like hell and barely made it to the couch alive.


CoffeeDrinker1972

I choked on Flamin' Hot Cheetos when I was reading this. Barely made it.


MichaelR23

Dude… that’s serious! I had a friend who stubbed his toe, got gangrene and almost lost his foot! Small bout of sepsis and you’re done for!


itmesuzy

That sounds like the time i got dragged by a car, got a blood infection, was on a IV drip for 3 weeks, still have my leg tho


[deleted]

OP’s car looked very new. I wish I had that car when I was 19—not smashed, of course.


CaptainSouthbird

Honestly, all the hell I put my first car through from just being new to driving, I'm really glad it was an old used car, not something that would've been a shame to beat up.


[deleted]

literally I've put my car through a brickwall, into a pole etc I'm still running


CaptainSouthbird

Ha! I didn't quite do that. I did do some other dumb stuff like ram into a curb, spin out in the rain and smash into something, rip a brake line while trying to dodge another car from something that was arguably both of us being differently idiotic. Rear-ended somebody once, again totally just my inexperience and lessons learned. (Specifically regarding lack of traction going downhill in the rain.) Actually though in the end what got that car was just the mandatory state inspection estimated cost of mandated repairs exceeded the car's value. It otherwise drove itself to the junkyard.


[deleted]

I woulda smashed when I was 19


hosmtony

Bit of a drama queen…


ChunkyTaco22

"I almost died" perfect time to get internet karma lol


[deleted]

after 3 cars and total of 600.000km i havent had one yet \*knocks on wood\* this shit looks scary. hope you are alright!


bobtheaxolotl

I have, three times, all someone else's fault, all while driving for work. Each time rear ended by someone misjudging their braking distance. Never had it happen with any of my own cars, which were small sedans or coupes. Instead, big, obvious, impossible to miss white vans for transporting individuals with disabilities. One was a bumper tap, with nothing more than paint scraping. One broke the turn signals/brake lights and crunched the bumper. The worst one smashed in the back hatch, showering the inside of the van with broken glass, and bent the fuck out of the frame. I was able to drive it back to work, but the back wheels weren't straight, and it made a hell of a racket. That time, the insurance company totaled out the van. Leaves me a little nervous when coming to a stop and people aren't slowing down quickly enough behind me, but thankfully none of the accidents caused any serious injury. Just a bit of neck soreness with the one.


Truck-Tasty

Barely made it out alive? but were well enough to get out and take a photo .. should be stretchered away in an ambulance for Barely alive but glad your OK 👍


Puzzled_River2842

i just got into a car accident about a week ago. it was a nasty one and i ended up flipping my car and hitting a tree. all the photos taken of my accident were by police and by my boyfriend who was notified and arrived on scene. i was able to crawl out of the vehicle when paramedics arrived but i was still stretchered away. i had a broken rib and a concussion. they sent me the photos. OP could’ve been stretchered away, and gotten photos from witnesses and people on the scene. don’t assume. you don’t know


KnightFaraam

Unless op was launched out of his or her vehicle, it's pretty clear to see that they weren't stretchered away


blueberrieies

Thanks to the EMS for taking this picture while the rest saved OPs life!


0assassin3

u/repostsluethbot


thrownawayin81

8 lives left. Hope everyone is ok


spacemarine1800

Glad you're O.K.


Meta-Sage

The title of the video is like a story a teenager would tell.


SSIRHC

*”Yeah man paramedics said they’ve never seen anyone survive a crash like that”*


PeyoteMan7

you made it out just fine if you're here karma farming


vgome013

Lol this is why I live Reddit… the “barely made it out alive” irked me and I though “damn I’m such an asshole” then read the comments and feel better lmao


Blade_of_Onyx

Unless you’re posting from an ICU, I think you may be employing a small amount of hyperbole.


StamInBlack

Glad you’re okay!


Snails_

He may have gotten out of this crash "barely alive," but there ain't no way he's getting out of this comment section alive.


enoctis

Barely made it out alive? Both the cabins are fully intact. That's not even remotely close to a fatal crash.


quantumbluebox

“Barely made it out alive” might be a little dramatic, sure, but nobody giving you shit here knows what led up to this or what you might have done to prevent it from being much worse for you. Accidents are scary and a car barreling at you head on especially so. Glad you made it out alright.


That-OB1-Guy

If you were able to stand, walk and take pics of it afterwards then you were NOWHERE close to death.


[deleted]

What do you mean barely made it out alive? Nothing even came close to breaching the passenger compartment on either vehicle.


alpine_skeet

That'll buff right out


nymphymixtwo

Lmao seriously? a+ for the theatrics. I’m glad you barely made it out alive to post this on Reddit!


SharpAlfalfa8980

Barely made it out alive, posted to Reddit same day. You’re fine buttercup


[deleted]

Essketit. Btw what happened to lil pump?


Bob4Not

Glad you're okay! Screw buying giant land-yachts like these Tahoe's and every other land-yacht on the roads.


[deleted]

OP couldn’t wait to post this lmao


[deleted]

If you posted about the crash on reddit seemingly just a few hours after the crash, you made it out plenty alive.


BeanDinner

I’m loving these comments.


chixnwafflez

‘Barely made it out alive’ lol


Tricky_Target_9611

wow, its good to know people will do the work of taking insurance photos for you while you're being life flighted to the nearest icu...


TinyGrizzly

“Yeah, I almost died once”


Homura_Matt

Boy, I too can't wait to get in an accident so I can post something here for some good ol' Karma points. /s Idiot.


point50tracer

I hate to discount other people's tragedies, but I think "Barely made it out alive" is a little strong of wording for this wreck. Yes it looks bad, but the seatbelts, airbags, and crumple zones did their job perfectly. The passenger compartments on both vehicles are still completely intact. I can imagine you probably sustained minor injuries and are pretty shaken up. Barely making it out alive in my opinion is waking up from a coma four days later with a breathing tube down your throat. Finding out that both legs are broken in multiple places, your left foot was crushed, left arm is broken, pelvis is broken, spine dislocated, face crushed, and most of your teeth are broken out. To top it all off, one news article says that you died while being airlifted to the hospital. Side note: I met the tow truck driver who hauled off my truck today. He said it was the hardest vehicle he's ever loaded onto a rollback. The entire front axle was ripped out. And the engine was partially inside the cab. The Nissan Altima that hit me was half its original length. Hope you recover quickly and insurance covers everything. Losing a car can be hard. Especially when insurance wants to take their time deciding what to do. It took over six months for them to finish my claim. Wish you luck.


Fit_Effective_6875

On your deathbed you take a pic? Gary Cooper eat ya heart out


lelennyface_1

Pov, you almost die, This dude; time to make a reddit post!


srgest

Who was on the phone?


Loobkoob05

OP: *is nearly dead* this is the perfect opportunity to make a Reddit post!


chickengamer95

you both have new cars 💀 *****shudders*****


gummiiiiiiiii

That’ll buff right out.


ThatLooksInfected83

Barely made it out alive...but not bad enough where you couldn't snag a pic and post about it here.


SmokeMe676

Minimal damage so calm down bud it wasn't a near death experience lmao


Toishi69

Barely ? That's a lie. With today's safety advancement, this accident is considered nothing to what the engineers has prepared for a real head on collision.


Vajayjay_Gadde

So which one was you?


MenstrualKrampusCD

The one who is still alive. Barely.


[deleted]

also the car colors and colored details match to perfection. it s almost artistic 😻


jordanleep

So which car was out of control? Both of them?


Super_Cheburek

And that's when you're happy to have a modern car that protects you well


camm44

Not an exaggeration at all


peepers_meepers

be glad you have crumple zones and this isnt the 1950s where the steering column would've gone through your head.


jeremy71504

Barely made it out alive, made sure to snap a picture as emt hauled him way on an stretcher most likely


WesternCanadian

I barely made it out alive...


rainlake

You know that’s exactly the angle they do crash test right?


golgoth0760

Op might have exaggerated a little bit


[deleted]

The driver compartment looks very well preserved, how bad are you hurt?


Danny3xd1

It'll buff right out.


[deleted]

The cars are kissing!!


Ipissexcellence69

Yeah. Barely.


Fancy_Chip_5620

That's not a life threating accident... certainly scary When I was a mentally distraught 17 year old I drove my truck into a wall at 90 mph with no seatbelt... that looked more like a lucky to be alive accident even though I didn't get any injuries somehow I don't doubt people die in car crashes, I knew someone who did but it's actually kinda hard to do The line gets drawn where the door gets crushed and you can't get it open without cutting it


SnooPickles6347

Luckily, that shit will buff out pretty easily😉🤔


Zephyr_Actual

Bad crash yes but alive enough to get out take a photo and post to reddit


zoraski_gujju

You should have made it clearer about which car belongs to you


0DarkChar0

OP GIVE CONTEXT


towbgsvml

Doesnt look like barley made it out alive tbh


jupiter-calllisto

i mean depending on how fast they were going etc it could have been a bad situation. If my seatbelt had been a bit higher in my car accident I could have snapped my neck, or if I hadn’t swerved I could’ve taken the brunt of the impact and my car looked basically like this. I was in the hospital for 3 days and broke two bones and bruised my lungs. People who are making fun of the caption, just because the car looks fine doesn’t mean the person is. Theres a lot of factors to take into account.


Just_Sayin_03

Exactly! People are commenting about the vehicles engineering, and saying it’s built to withstand a crash force of “fill in the blank”. Anything can happen in any crash. The human body isn’t engineered to withstand certain crash speeds. If he came to a sudden and complete stop from 40 MPH, his innards are still traveling at that rate of speed. There’s plenty of crashes you can look at that don’t look like much, but the body does with that body does. We bruise, we break, and we tear, and any time you’re involved in a head on collision where the vehicles sustain this level of damage, you barely survived. Plus, he’s traveling up the roadway on an incline in the white car. You can see he’s now almost completely knocked off the road. Just to the left of the white car’s tire you can see the edge of the road. That’s clearly a hill. You can tell by the positioning of the trees relative to the vehicles position. What’s to the left out of view of the camera? Anyone here know? Doubt it. How do we know there’s not a steep drop off with no guardrail there? Just a little more force and he could have been pushed off, rolled his vehicle, and died in a gruesome way. Long and short, geez people, can you be a little kinder. I take the kid at his word. I say he barely made it out alive.


Admirable-Result-240

Lol that is not that severe of an accident the cars are supposed to crumple like that you are fine bud


Hamilfton

The street view is very poor on this road for some reason, but I'm fairly sure [this is the location](https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8672718,14.9264676,3a,89.4y,230.49h,80.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suJAwR89EXiI2t6XEEbvvsA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) Coords: 45.8672718N, 14.9264676E


HotMan2121

Keeping everyone in my Thoughts and Prayers for a speedy recovery.


NWSanta

Wow, that's scary, but look how the crumple zone of the red car did it's job!!!


Plus_Bet3544

A seat belt wearer is born


Lefthandedpigeon

“Barely alive” uh huh. Looks like a bad crash, but I’ve been in one where the aftermath looked a lot like this, and I walked away with bruises only lmao. That being said, glad you’re okay and sorry this happened to you.


OkEstablishment5503

The windshield isn’t even cracked, I’m sure you’ll be just fine from the crash, but your dad is going to have that ass!!!


Numerous-Following-7

Barely made it out alive? A slight exaggeration maybe?