On wensday December 30 I took a day trip to Southern Ontario to pick up a good friend who i ve known for many years . He had been visiting his brother for christmas and he had called me to go get him . His name was Doug and he and I have done this trip many of times before without any problems in the past . I had left my home up in the north about 10 am and the weather that day was partly cloudy but I had seen some sun as I drove south . I live in the Province of Ontario and the central part of the province is known to have un anounced snow storm because of the Great lakes . I had checked the weather report the night before and there was 60% chance of snow but late into the evening and I had planned to arrive back home long before that . I had arrived in Oshawa about 4 :30 pm and it was not snowing or anything and I had made it to my friends brother s house without problems finding it . I did nt stay long and we loaded up and got ready for our trip back to North Bay . As we left southern ontario it was getting dark fast and it was snowing but lightly nothing i could not handle . We had made great time heading north and traffic was mild we had come across more snow as we headed north and at one point the hwy conditions where starting to detereorate and down to a single lane . At a few times speed was a problem because of snow on the hwy and the odd large semi going slower then traffic was .it was only 60 miles from my city of North Bay and the weather had slowed down enough that we though of hurring abit more to arrive before the weather changed . We had passed by a small farming town called Powassan and there was a slow moving semi in the right lane so I tryed to pass him . As i got beside him and the gaurdrail the lane was very snowy and I lost control and the left rear side of my car hit the railing and forced me out in font of this slower semi with a load of 1 inch plate steel of 8 0 tons . my car spun in front of him and he hit me on my front left corner with his front right corner . he spun me around again and hit me agian before sending me off . I managed to get my car under control and without anyone beeing hurt but the car did have damage to the point that police was called . THis was a freak Accident that had all the marking to be fatal but was not . I thank this young TRuck driver for shuch a wonderful job keepng under control the way he did . Never speek Bad about Truckers because someday like what happened to me that could of been fatal . Could happen to you or someone you love and because of this man Im here still today to tell about it ............ THanks DRiver keep on Truckin !!
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