Drama at work

Wow, one of my favorite coworkers narrowly escaped serious injury or even death yesterday! Her husband was driving her to work when a car crossed the center line and slammed into them head-on! Apparently, the guy in the oncoming car either suffered a heart attack or lost consciousness due to some problems with his medication; the details have not been made available yet. Fortunately, he was driving a Subaru Legacy and the car my coworker was in was a Subaru Forester so the cars were pretty evenly matched. All occupants had their seatbelts on and Rosemary's husband saw the car coming toward them, so he was braking rather than going 45MPH (the speed limit where the accident occurred). Her husband's tibia was broken and he has severe soft tissue bruising and swelling in both knees from the air bags. She has a black eye and soft tissue bruising from the air bags as well, and a cut that required stitches on her left index finger, but they're both okay. Their car is a total loss. The dash was pushed right up into them and they had to be cut from the car, but they are both going to be okay, thank God! The man who hit them is in serious condition and was heart flighted to the hospital in Coeur d'Alene. He was 79 and not in the best of health. His wife usually drives him around so everyone is curious why he was driving. I'm sure we'll learn more in the next few days as he is the mayor of a small community just 8 miles to the east of Sandpoint. The story made page 3 in the local paper (link).

I just adore Rosemary. She's a fellow Italian and we generally take our lunch breaks together and talk about growing up Italian. I'm going to miss her while she recuperates over the next two weeks, but I'm so glad she's okay. The spot where the accident occurred has been the site of a couple of fatal head-on collisions in the past, so she's really fortunate to have escaped with mostly bruises and bumps.