Marlin's daughter & son-in-law were involved in a serious car accident, Friday

[BigMike]

Hey guys,

First, please let me say that Marlin's daughter Chrystal (my sister) and her husband Tyler are OK. Chrystal has a couple bruised ribs and Tyler has some internal bleeding but is doing ok. She has already been released from the hospital but Tyler will remain a couple extra days.

Here is the story: http://www.insidesocal.com/news247/2009/01/head-on-collision-in-redlands.html

Here is what's left of their Honda Passport, on the left:


The news article in the above link is 80% accurate. Chrystal and Tyler are from Running Springs, NOT Redlands.

My sister said they were driving straight (NOT making a corner like the article states) and they had just stopped at a stop sign, began accelerating, and had barely gotten to the other side of the intersection when some dude in a Chrysler 300M smashed into them head-on.

The driver of the Chrysler died. Please say a word or two for his family in your prayers!! And also help me thank God that no one else was as seriously injured!

I'll see if I can get Chrystal in here to comment further..

Good night for now

BigMike

[Wermz84]

O wow man.  O am sorry to hear this, but I am glad to hear that your sister and husband will be OK.  He must have seriously been moving to end up dying.

[CrawlerChick]

Hello all!  Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. I was released late yesterday with a fractured rib and severe chest bruising. My air bag did not deploy!!! Tyler is still in the hospital  with a torn spleen and allover pain, since he was driving.  His airbag did deploy and he has burn marks on his fingers and forearms from the bag . However they hope to release him tomorrow . The man who hit us was traveling approx.50 mph.  He was not wearing a seat belt! God bless his family! We are very, very, lucky!  Now, I am going to attempt to get some sleep. 

[BigMike]

UPDATE

Here is a second article regarding this:
http://www.insidesocal.com/news247/2009/01/update-highland-man-killed-in.html

The 51-year-old Highland man who was killed this morning in a head-on collision in Redlands has been identified as Phillip Larson.

redlands tc2.jpgPolice investigating the 7 a.m. crash at the intersection of Orange Street and Pioneer Avenue have said Larson had a pre-existing medical condition that caused him to swerve into oncoming traffic and hit the vehicle of a Redlands couple.

Larson was taken to a hospital, where he later died. The couple, a 32-year-old man and his 30-year-old wife, sustained minor injuries.

[BigMike]

However they hope to release him tomorrow .

X100

He was not wearing a seat belt!

CrawlerChick: How long did it take for help to arrive?

[CrawlerChick]

It felt like forever.... I tried to get out of the truck but my door would not open I even kicked it. So, I laid my seat back and tried to get out the back door which thank god it opened. I crawled out and fell on the sidewalk. I had convinced myself that I could get up and get Tyler out of the car but I had no strength to move. Another driver came over to help me and I just remember telling him he had to get Tyler out since you could smell smoke! By that time Tyler had come to and managed to crawl out the back door hands first. The ambulance showed up right after. So it was probably around 7 minutes or so.

[iNfErNaL]

Damn that sucks , glad you two are okay . I don't know if you remember me Chrystal , I met you at my work (All-Pro) when your parents came by . Either way , glad to hear you guys were okay and wearing your seatbelts . Hope your husband recovers quick , sad to hear about the other driver , good luck .

[red]

glad your injuries arent bad, hope tyler recovers quickly!

[Toymin8r]

Honda you say?     




Just kidding.  Get well soon.    Don't know if its worth mentioning or not but unless you had your airbag turned off it should have deployed too.   May be worth contacting an attorney. 

[*** YELLER ***]

our prayers go out to his famaily and to yours glad your ok... well as ok as you can be

[unclejpl4x4]

WOW thats a bum deal  im glad the marlin family will recover      It's a shame the other driver died.


This is not the first time a nasty accident has occurred from pre existing medical conditions.    You got ask your self at one point should i really be driving.
I believe it was  last year  not 2 far from me at a toll booth on the parkway I have gone threw many times,   a man with pre existing medical conditions. ( prone 2 sizers  had one that morrning)   hit the toll booth doing 70 and the car exploded. Luckly no one was in the booth  or any cars next 2 him. It's sad 

[BigMike]

...........I tried to get out of the truck.........

.........get Tyler out of the car............

So........... Is it a car or a truck ?

[kneedownnate]

Oh man, I thought this was gonna be another one of those threads    Glad to hear you and the husband are mostly ok and should recover well!  Like drunkle said, you have to wonder if the other driver knew they shouldn't be driving but were doing so anyway.  You don't lift a heavy load when your back is out, and that only hurts you!  Hopefully his family gets through it, and moreover, hopefully he didn't leave behind a family who depended on him.

[blackdiamond]

Hello all!  Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

Glad to hear that you're ok! 

BLAST FROM THE PAST: I'm positve that you wouldn't remember me, but I met you once in Walla Walla.  You came up for a weekend and my roomate, Chris P., and I followed you and Luke back from a banquet. Chris was making sure his headlights were in Luke's eyes (in the side mirror) at every stoplight along the way.  Ironically, I had no idea you're connection to Marlin Crawler until some time after, I barely new about Marlin at that point.  It was sometime during the 2002-03 school year.

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

I am glad to hear your both ok and I hope you both recover quickly and fully.... 

[79coyotefrg]

  OMG  i saw the title and about had a heart attack   that darn Mikey 

Chrystal, i'm so glad you and your husband are ok,  not that broken ribs or a ruptured spleen are "minor" injuries, my prayers for a quick and full recovery

but  dont let yourself assume any pains are normal, chances are you both have neck and or back sprains  (i hope not) just dont ignore pains that might come up next week.   my pain didnt peak until 5 days after my wreck

[Bazzi]

  OMG  i saw the title and about had a heart attack   that darn Mikey 

x2
never met any of you... but best of luck to ya and get well...

[abnormaltoy]

I'm glad your sis and bil came out waaay better than it looks like they should have. It's sad Mr. Larson died...I feel for his family.

[KYOTA]

crawlerchic, glad you and mr crawlerchic are ok

[BUDDERS]

Crystal, I'm glad you and Tyler will recover.  I hope recovery is sooner rather than later.  You and your family will be in my prayers as well as the driver that died and his family.

[V-Man]

   I'm glad to hear that they are both ok... Sorry to hear about the other driver..

[Yota1]

WOW    a terrible thing to happen glad the two of you are safe. It's a shame about the other driver    all of you are in our prayers.

[peacesells]

glad youre okay and I hope you 2 have a quick recovery. Thats a shame about the other driver.. 8 days ago my neighbors parents house(he just moved out luckily) was driven though end to end by a 55 year old man who had an epileptic seizure. My friend john would have surely been killed were he home at the time...

[Cheesemaker]

Glad the two of you are ok.  Honestly, Dean's accident flashed across my mind when I saw the posts title!  Sad about the other driver, but if you have a known medical condition, you shouldn't drive.  I had a ex girl friends drivers lic. pulled, cause she was having seizures almost daily.  She still hates me to this day, but it's better than having her crash into a vehicle killing somebody.  She had taken out one fence and two stop signs in one week.

[Rocksurfer]

Good to hear you guys are ok, to bad about the other driver though. I can't understand how someone with a condition that may cause something like that to happen is allowed to have a license. It's sad, just sad.

[MiniSimp]

Damn you guys are lucky! Glad you're alright.

[Marlin]

Now that things have calmed down a bit and you guys are back home, Mom should be home today, --- I wish you both a speedy recoverly.

Seeing the pic of the cars sure takes your breath away.

Only by a act of God were you able to walk (crawl) away.
Seeing all the fluid on the roadway, its a miracle that a fire did not occur, as a result of the crash.

Its a wonder with all the people driving on drugs, legal or other, that there are not more accidents like this.

Its looks like there was no way to avoid this accident, when the Chrysler going 50 mph.
I am very sorry to hear of the drivers death.

It just goes to show how lucky we are evertime we get behind the wheel to make it to our designation safely.

Love you both, see you guys soon,

Dad

[brockbuilt85]

wow, glad to hear that you guys are ok, from the looks of it, it could have been much worse.

[79coyotefrg]

as far as i know if you have a seizure your doctor is required to alert the dmv

at least here in Arkansas they do

[CrawlerChick]

Thank you everyone!! You guys are awesome! I must admit that I woke up feeling pretty crappy today. I am having a hard time taking deep breaths but at least I can breathe! Tyler keeps having terrible headaches. I find it prety funny that Tyler remembers having an awesome dream about fishing while he was passed out.

We will be going down the hill to see our primary Docs. tomorrow so hopefully that goes well! We have hired an attorney. After researching about airbags we are pretty confident that it should have deployed.

I feel pretty bad for the drivers family and as a result had a hard time sleeping last night. According to the cops he had been at work and starting feeling really bad so he decided to drive home. Sooooo sad!!!!

Glad to hear that you're ok! 

BLAST FROM THE PAST: I'm positve that you wouldn't remember me, but I met you once in Walla Walla.  You came up for a weekend and my roomate, Chris P., and I followed you and Luke back from a banquet. Chris was making sure his headlights were in Luke's eyes (in the side mirror) at every stoplight along the way.  Ironically, I had no idea you're connection to Marlin Crawler until some time after, I barely new about Marlin at that point.  It was sometime during the 2002-03 school year.

Ha, ha, ha that is funny!! Those were the days.