Is This the Youngest Car Crash in History? 😳
A 21-month-old child accidentally started their father's car, drove it through fences and trees into a pond while the mother was checking the mail. The mother, unable to open the front doors as the car submerged, managed to rescue the child from the back door. The child emerged unharmed and unfazed by the experience.
Summary
The speaker recounts a dramatic childhood incident involving a car accident at an extremely young age. The speaker was only 21 months old when their father's new car was left accessible. While the mother briefly left to check the mail, the young child managed to get into the driver's seat, put the transmission in drive, and drove off. The car crashed through a fence, narrowly avoided hitting trees that could have been fatal had the child collided with them, broke through another fence, and eventually became airborne before landing in a pond. When the car began sinking, the mother—who cannot swim—attempted to open the front doors but found them locked due to water pressure. She then ran to the passenger side with the same result. Finally, she was able to open a back door while the car was actively submerging and pulled the child out from the front seat. Remarkably, the child did not cry or seem distressed by the near-fatal experience. Instead, when the mother opened the door, the child simply said, "Mom, I had fun there."
Key Insights
- The speaker's father considered this new car to be the newest vehicle he had ever owned at the time of the accident
- A 21-month-old child was able to independently reach the transmission, put it in drive, and operate the vehicle well enough to navigate and drive it into a pond
- The mother was unable to open either the driver or passenger doors after the car partially submerged, but was able to open the back door and retrieve the child from the front seat
- The child did not cry or display distress after being pulled from the sinking vehicle, instead expressing that they had enjoyed the experience
- Had the child collided directly with one of the trees during the accident, the impact likely would have caused the child to go through the windshield
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Transcript
[0:00] My father said it was the newest car he had ever owned. I was 21 months old. Mom says she went to check the mail. While she was there, I went over, put the transmission in drive, drove off, rammed the fence, and drove between two trees. They said if I had crashed into one of those trees, I would probably have gone through the windshield. And then I broke through another fence and flew into the pond. My mother can't swim. She runs to the driver's door. The car is already submerged enough that she can't open them. She runs around to the passenger door. [0:30] They don't open. Then she was able to open the back door…
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