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Well guys,
I just got back from the hospital with my brother. My truck was totaled today so now someone else has the nicest Maverick on the road.
We were hit at an estimated 50-60mph by a woman who was apparently under the influence and ran a red light at 12:00pm in the afternoon.
We were going through an intersection after waiting for a light at a 6 way intersection. We were almost through the intersection and a woman in a 2022 Dodge Charger just flew through the light trying to turn and obliterated the front end of my Maverick. She shot through traffic like a movie. I believe she may have also hit the guy next to us as she weaved through the intersection but they never stopped, probably because they didn't have insurance.
I saw her at the last second and tried my best to stop but she hit from the front and side. So many thoughts flashed through my mind at that last second when I knew what was about to happen and then ...BOOM the loudest and hardest hit as the hood folded up. I looked over to see my brother was OK and then looked over to her. She had jumped out to access the damage and then hopped back into her car to try to get away. Lucky she had catastrophically damaged her Charger so that all her airbags deployed, the engine wouldn't start and the control arm was broken on her front tire.
What happened next was a circus. We made it clear she wasn't going anywhere. The police arrived fast because they were blocks away. I hobbled off to the side of the road and laid against a building in pain while my brother handled the situation. They conducted a field sobriety test. She had been drinking and had an open container in the car. We heard they apparently also found drugs. This is where it gets good. As they handcuffed her she began fighting with police. 3 officers against her. My brother said she tried to run when they put cuffs on her. I could not see from where I was laying on the ground but they had to taze her to get her to comply and I could hear it. I guess the police finally got her under control and she went to jail. Witnesses who saw the accident stopped to wait for police, and one couple said she blew through a stop sign 2 blocks away and almost took them out too. They told police it looked like she was doing 80 when she hit us. What a circus.
As for the Maverick. Its done. It took that hit so hard. We both had our seatbelts on thankfully. What I want to know is why only the lower knee airbag went off on my side possibly causing this damage to my knee.
l The whole front end is destroyed and pushed in. All the fluids were on the street. The fact the driver and passenger steering wheel and dash airbags didn't go off is very scary I think further investigation into this is needed. My wrist is messed up from the wheel, my knee is messed up from possibly the lower air bag, my ankle is hyper extended and I have whiplash. The rest of my body feels like I was beaten with a baseball bat in a streetfight. God knows what I will feel like in the AM.
I was one of the first to order a Maverick, exactly the way I wanted it. I loved it. It was the exact truck I wanted. Now because of the actions of some scumbag it will be gone. I cannot even order another one exactly like this because FORD changed the XL so you can't order a Sunroof. I got my truck last October so I felt like an ambassador of the Maverick being a first to many aftermarket parts and options. I have answered so many questions since purchasing and have totally hyped the product.
I really liked this truck. I spent a lot of time making it PERFECT. At least my brother and I are relatively OK and alive although I'm banged up and in pain.
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I just got back from the hospital with my brother. My truck was totaled today so now someone else has the nicest Maverick on the road.
We were hit at an estimated 50-60mph by a woman who was apparently under the influence and ran a red light at 12:00pm in the afternoon.
We were going through an intersection after waiting for a light at a 6 way intersection. We were almost through the intersection and a woman in a 2022 Dodge Charger just flew through the light trying to turn and obliterated the front end of my Maverick. She shot through traffic like a movie. I believe she may have also hit the guy next to us as she weaved through the intersection but they never stopped, probably because they didn't have insurance.
I saw her at the last second and tried my best to stop but she hit from the front and side. So many thoughts flashed through my mind at that last second when I knew what was about to happen and then ...BOOM the loudest and hardest hit as the hood folded up. I looked over to see my brother was OK and then looked over to her. She had jumped out to access the damage and then hopped back into her car to try to get away. Lucky she had catastrophically damaged her Charger so that all her airbags deployed, the engine wouldn't start and the control arm was broken on her front tire.
What happened next was a circus. We made it clear she wasn't going anywhere. The police arrived fast because they were blocks away. I hobbled off to the side of the road and laid against a building in pain while my brother handled the situation. They conducted a field sobriety test. She had been drinking and had an open container in the car. We heard they apparently also found drugs. This is where it gets good. As they handcuffed her she began fighting with police. 3 officers against her. My brother said she tried to run when they put cuffs on her. I could not see from where I was laying on the ground but they had to taze her to get her to comply and I could hear it. I guess the police finally got her under control and she went to jail. Witnesses who saw the accident stopped to wait for police, and one couple said she blew through a stop sign 2 blocks away and almost took them out too. They told police it looked like she was doing 80 when she hit us. What a circus.
As for the Maverick. Its done. It took that hit so hard. We both had our seatbelts on thankfully. What I want to know is why only the lower knee airbag went off on my side possibly causing this damage to my knee.
I was one of the first to order a Maverick, exactly the way I wanted it. I loved it. It was the exact truck I wanted. Now because of the actions of some scumbag it will be gone. I cannot even order another one exactly like this because FORD changed the XL so you can't order a Sunroof. I got my truck last October so I felt like an ambassador of the Maverick being a first to many aftermarket parts and options. I have answered so many questions since purchasing and have totally hyped the product.
I really liked this truck. I spent a lot of time making it PERFECT. At least my brother and I are relatively OK and alive although I'm banged up and in pain.
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