On the Way to Captain D’s

Photo #3 is a picture of a picture.)
On Thursday afternoon (September 4) Connie (Hoffman) was on her way to pick up dinner at Captain D’s when she was in a head-on collision at Forest Hill Drive and I-20. (This was definitely not her fault since the car that hit her was on the wrong side of the road!) She was the fourth vehicle in a five-car incident and although her 2005 Town & Country van was totaled, she escaped with just bruises and no broken bones. She was taken to the John Peter Smith Trauma Center at the suggestion of paramedics and after several CAT scans, she was released about 10:30 p.m. When she got home, she passed out and gave Mitch and James a big scare. Paramedics were again summoned and after getting her conscious, she again faded away and they rushed her back to JPS after midnight. They decided it was the pain medicine they gave her so she came home the next day and is felling better except for the horrible air bag bruises. Her legs were especially bruised when the cover blew off the air bag striking her legs. (See picture.) In a strange twist of fate, I snapped a picture of Connie’s damaged car at the scene, not realizing it was hers. Another strange twist is that the firefighter/paramedics who tended to her twice were part of the same crew that put out the fire at Gary and Romanda’s. This was another Maserang Miracle!