We were about 2/3 into our drive. Only 9 hours from home when we stopped to get gas and pick up dinner at Subway. The plan was to pick up the sandwiches to eat in the car for dinner so we could push through and finish our drive that night. As we pulled up to Subway, we realized they had a drive through (who knew), and so we decided to take advantage of that convenience. After we placed our order, paid and picked it up we started to pull forward when I spotted a semi out of the corner of my eye. I motioned for Morgan to stop so the semi could go first and so he did. So, first fact we were at a complete stop. The semi cleared us on the front end but as the bed of the truck pulled around it turned out the corner was too sharp (which should have been obvious to the trucker, we still don't know what he was thinking) and so his back wheels caught the front of our car and ripped our front bumper off. I heard the crunch and saw everything fly off and quickly jumped out the car to assess the damage. I just looked at it and cried. I know i'm weak. All I could think about at that point was that we weren't going to get home that night and how disappointing that was!
We pulled forward into a parking spot and the guy got out of his car (obviously mad) and asked why we hadn't seen him. Well, we didn't hit you buddy, you hit us. He then called the police so they could come and assess the situation. Now because we have never been in an accident, Morgan and I had no idea what we were doing in this situation. Do we call 911? What information do we get out? Do we need to get his information? We had no clue, we were accident rookies after all. Turns out there are some really nice people in this world that helped us through all that. The police officer was super nice to us. He called the towing company and helped us get transportation to a shop for a temporary repair so we could continue our drive (we made it home that night still, huge blessing!). He named the trucker as the at fault vehicle and then told us that we needed to call our insurance company to file a claim. At the towing office, they told us that the truckers insurance would pay for our repair and our tow bill. Then when we went to get it fixed in Charlottesville, the auto body office told us that his insurance company would also pay for a rental (thank goodness).
So, in summary, although getting in an accident was not fun, it was an experience peppered with blessings. No one was hurt we learned a lot, got to drive a 2016 Camry for a week (which was sweet!) and now we are finally back to normal life.
Here are some pictures after the temporary fix that allowed us to get back to Charlottesville.
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