Well, technically it was today, as it happened past midnight last night. My friend, Melissa, and I usually go and do something fun on friday nights. She had driven me to work and picked me up because my car had issues (will explain later). When we got back home, we decided to go out to eat and see a movie. It was almost 8:00 when we left. So after we ate the only movie we could see was the 10:30 show.
After the movie, we drove home...we WERE home, we drove right past my house. But we liked the song on the radio, and we decided to just drive around for a little while longer. We do this quite often....just drive around town listening to the radio, talking etc. I don't know why...
Well, it was dark...probably around 12:30. My city is right up by the mountains, so where we were driving had a lot of hills. We were also in a small, 2-door car that's very low to the ground. The seats are also not the original seats, and are quite close to the dashboard. We were not asleep, not even tired, as I'm used to staying up late (erm...internet addiction).
Well, I'm not even sure what happened exactly...we were driving and I don't think she realized how much of a hill was there. I mean it was almost straight down, with a huge dip. The best part, there was a manhole right there. Not an ordinary manhole either, it was sticking up out of the ground a lot. Like the top of it was straight across but on there was the dip right next to it. Sorry if that doesn't make any sense.
I think we were going a little slower then the speed limit (25) but I'm sure we gained momentum from the hill. I don't know. I just remember seeing that manhole, and Melissa says I yelled something...I don't remember....but it was too late. We hit it HARD. I just remember the car was filled with smoke and I didn't know what was happening. I could hear Melissa getting out of the car, so then I tried....it took me a minute because the doors were locked and I was in a seatbelt. I walked out in a bit of a daze. I felt my face and it was all wet, my nose was bleeding all over.
Melissa was hysterical .....I have never seen her that upset. She was screaming and crying. I know I turned off the radio, turned off the car and got the keys, then I fumbled around and found the cell phone. I went over to the street sign and called my parents and her parents. Some neighbors came over to help and they called the cops. I didn't think her car was too bad at first, as it was just the front grill type thing was crooked, the windshield was cracked (airbag top hit it). But the manhole just ripped the crap out of the bottom of it. There was some sort of fluid all over. I feel so bad because she has only had the car since this May.
Anyway, sorry for the long story there. We're both ok. Her jaw is killing her. And my nose is swollen up and killing me, along with my jaw..few cuts. Because of the air bag. It sounds dumb now thinking that we hit a manhole, lol. But it scared the crap out of both of us, and it was a real eye-opener. If going 25 hitting a manhole can do that to a car, I don't want to see going 55 and hitting another car. Wear your seatbelts, and watch out for manholes.
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Huney, Bon & Simba-missed so very much
It shakes you up for a while...I've only been in two very minor incidents and after both of them, I didn't want to drive again. But after a couple weeks back to normal & bombing around town. 
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