As many of you know I have posted about some very sad things that have happened in my life lately. Well today just tops it off. I got a phone call today around 11 from my father-in-law. He was out of town on business and my mother-in-law and sister-in-law were in a car accident. The terrible part was that they had a nine month old baby with them that my sister-in-law babysits. To make a long story short, they were driving down the interstate in Collinsville, Oklahoma. And they were following a dump drunk. The wind picked up a pew out of the dump druck bed and threw it through the wind shield of my mother-in-laws truck. It went right between the two front seats and into the back seat where the baby was. Needless to say it crushed his chest. When they finally came to a stop my sister-in-law jumped out of the truck and opened the back door and got him out from behind the pew, and out of the car seat. He quit breathing in her arms, but she was able to get him to start breathing again. He was life flighted to St. Francis hospital in Tulsa where he died about 11:30. My mother in law has a broken arm from trying to put her hand up to stop it from going into the back seat. My sister-in-law walked away with minor cuts.
When I got to the hospital the babies mom was there with my mother and sister-in-law. I didn't know what to say. We were just crying and crying. And all his mom kept saying to them was its not your fault, please don't blame yourself.
She was being so strong. I feel so bad for her, and for my sister-in-law. Since he practically died in her arms. I was the only other family there, and since my sister-in-law was a minor, I had to sign for my mother-in-law to have surgery to fix her arm. And I had to sign to release my sister-in-law from the hospital. I took her home to change clothes, and rest a little bit. When we got there, she just lost it. All we saw was all of his little clothes there from the night before, and his binki, and bottles, etc. She just collapsed in my arms. It is so horrible. She is staying with his mom tonight and my mother in law will be in the hospital for a day or so to recover. Please say a prayer for them. Especially for his poor mommy. I could never imagine having to be in her place.
Here is the link to the story, the only thing is that it is not completely correct. The baby was in the back seat, not the front. And the pew didn't hit him in the face. It hit him in the chest area
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/storie...age=1&id=98937