NOT-SO-FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Many have experienced the confusion of traffic accidents and have tried to summarize exactly what happened in a few words or less on insurance or accident forms. The following quotes were taken from these forms and were eventually published in The Toronto Sun, July 26, 1977.
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Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
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The other car collided with mine, without giving warning of its intentions.
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I thought my window was down, but found out it was up when I put my head through it.----------
I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
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A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
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A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
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The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
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In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
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I had been driving my car for four years, when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
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I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home, as I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision and I didn't see the other car.
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I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment.
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I was on my way to the doctor's with rear-end trouble, when my universal joint gave way, causing me to have an accident.
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As I approached the intersection, a stop sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
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To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
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My car was legally parked as I backed into the other vehicle.
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An invisible car came out of no where, struck my car, and vanished.
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I told the police I was not injured, but on removing my hat, I found that I had a skull fracture.
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I was sure that the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the roadway, when I struck him.
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The pedestrian had no idea what direction to go, so I ran over him.
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I saw the slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off my car.
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The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
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I was thrown from my car as I left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
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The telephone pole was approaching fast. I was attempting to swerve out of its path when it struck my front end.
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I was unable to stop in time, and my car crashed into the other vehicle. The driver and passengers left immediately for a vacation with injuries.
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The accident was due to the other man's narrowly missing me.
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In order to avoid a collision, I ran into the other car.
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I remember nothing after passing the Crown Hotel until I came to and saw police officer Brown.
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There were plenty of onlookers but no witnesses.
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My car had to turn very sharply because of an invisible truck.
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The accident was entirely due to the road bending.
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The witness gave his occupation as that of a gentleman, but it would be more correct to call him a garage proprietor.
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The other man changed his mind, and I had to run into him.
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I told the idiot just what he was and went on.
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If the other driver had stopped a few yards behind himself, it certainly would not have happened.
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I heard a horn blow, and was struck violently in the back. Evidently a lady was trying to pass me.
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Three women were talking to one another, and when one stepped back and another stepped forward, I had to have an accident.
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