The Big Boom

The Big Boom

The experience I have chosen to tell about is an accident I was

involved in last summer. Last summer for my birthday, I had a spend the

night party. Most of my friends arrived at the house at about 4:00 PM that

day. My friends at the party so far were Will Mathis, Grant Moss, and

Destin Herron. It was a sunny day and we wanted to stay outside

and play. We all wanted to ride the dune buggy and the four wheelers, so

my dad got all of them out of the garage for us. We were all riding and

having a good time when Hackett Shiflett arrived at about 4:30 PM. At this

time everyone invited was at the party. We were ready for a fun night. We

were going to play awhile and then go to the drive in movie in Alabama.

Before we had a chance to play I made a decision that really messed up my

birthday party.

Since we had already been riding when Hackett arrived, he asked if he could drive the dune buggy. I told him to hop in and I would drive him around the property. My dad had already told me not to let anyone drive it unless he was outside watching us. When we rode to the back of the property Hackett began asking if he could drive. I finally gave in and let him drive. I jumped out and got in the passenger seat and he jumped in the driver seat. It seemed that the gas pedal was a little too far for him to reach but he was ready to go. As soon as he put his foot on the gas we were flying and he ran us straight into the creek which was about six to seven feet deep. It had rained earlier in the week so the creek was muddy. Water and mud went everywhere including all over us. We were covered with mud. My knee hit the dash. I was in shock and jumped out of the dune buggy. My mom and dad came rushing down to find that we were all right so they thought at the moment. My adrenaline was so high it took a few minutes for me to realize that my knee cap had been knocked out of place. While I was walking it must have popped back in but I was in pain.

My mom decided to take me to the hospital to get it checked since I was complaining with the pain so much. Once we got to the hospital and went back to the doctor, he ordered an x-ray to see if anything was broken. Luckily I had not broken anything. We were there over two hours getting checked out. They checked