After having three very minor crashes in my blue Civic, the death knell came on December 12, 2007, at about 5:45pm. As I was coming down La Brea, a woman in a PT Cruiser turned left in front of me, onto Hollywood Blvd. I had the green light, so by the time I realized she was turning in front of me, it was too late. I hit her, my airbags went off, and after a few seconds, I was sitting in a smoky, apocalyptic version of my car, with all kinds of dashboard lights on, windshield wiper going intermittently, and stuff thrown from seats and from the trunk. Amazingly, an ambulance was on Hollywood, waiting at the light, and saw the whole thing. The woman was taken to the hospital with neck and back complaints, and I had a minor bruise from the airbags going off.
I'll post a full and exciting account at The Wren Forum and link to it from here when I do so. But for now, here are the pictures I took after the accident.
