250 lb deer and 2005 Nissan Maxima's don't mix good...
Well this is how the story starts...
My wife, 6 yr old, and 6 WEEK old, and I, were leaving Teamgonzo's house at around 10:30 PM Tuesday (March 22nd). We were traveling East bound down FM 1960 right by the new Walmart in Humble, going towards Lake Houston, which takes me right to my house. We were about 1 mile down 1960, when all of a sudden my wife and I see a brown thing about 3 feet in front of the car, and in less than half a second, we expereinced what is the worse thing that we have ever experienced in our lives. All we remember is driving down 1960 at around 65 mph, and seeing a brown thing jump in front of us, and then the car exploded, hood flipped over the windshield, car filled up with the nastiest, smoke/gas from both air bags deploying, and both my wife and I were dazed from the impact. She couldn't see anything for the next few seconds, but managed to pull into the middle turning lane. My wife and I are screaming and panicing, my 6 year old had no clue what happened, for all he knew we were in a bad car accident, and my 6 week old, was screaming and crying his lungs out. At that point my 6 year old jumps out of the car thinking that the car was on fire or something because of the loud explosion and all the gas/ smoke inside the car. Well he ends up jumping out of the car, in the middle of 1960 where there are cars flying at about 80 mph about 3 feet away from him on both sides. I imediately jumped out of the car, to get him before he ended up just like that deer; then my wife managed to gain concience, and got out of the car. She grabbed my 6 year old, and I hurried to get the newborn, as he was sitting in the car still screaming and crying his lungs off, and inhaling that nasty smoke/gas from the airbags. I got the baby out, and we are standing in the middle of the road, with both cell phones dead, and no cars stopping. My wife managed to power her phone on for a few seconds, and called Teamgonzo to hurry up and come get the kids from the accident. After about 10 minutes of standing there, Teamgonzo showed up, and right behind him was a sheriff. We got the kids to safety, and were able to inspect the damage.
It turns out that the deer might have totalled the car. The entire front end of the car is wasted, and the dash, windshield, hood, airbags, doors, fenders, engine components, etc. need to be replaced. I talked the the dealership that is going to perform the work, and he said that there is a possibility that this car is totalled.
Thank god everybody is OK now, and nobody got hurt, well except for the deer. We're just all a little sore, and my wife got a few burns from the airbag. The situation could have been a lot worse, and I probably wouldn't be here telling this story right now.
I've got some 35mm pictures that I took of what's left of the deer and car, and I'll scan and post them tonight.
Thank god for full coverage insurance....
