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Adam Swearingen


Last Updated: 11/25/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: In a Relationship
Age: 28
Sign: Aquarius

State: INDIANA
Country: US
Signup Date: 8/3/2005

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Monday, December 17, 2007 

Current mood:  sore
Category: Automotive
I had just dropped my girlfriend off at work and was on my way home with my 4 month old son. We are both okay, he was startled at first and I am a little sore where the seat belt crossed my collar bone.

The weather conditions were not very favorable. We had about an inch of snow this morning, then it warmed above freezing and it has rained off and on lightly and was not raining at the time of the accident, but the streets were wet from the rain and melted snow.  Temperature was 35 degrees.
I was heading east approaching a stop light for on/off ramps of I65. I had the green light for right of way, there was a car ahead of me about 150-200 yards. After that car ahead of me went through the intersection a car waiting in the westbound turn lane went ahead and turned, I was just about to go through the intersection when the next truck in line began to turn as the light had just turned yellow....I tried to avoid the accident by swerving to the open right lane but we collided, t-boned kind of, but the bed of his truck was pretty much untouched, so the impact was concentrated from the cab forward more of an "L" kind of impact I guess you could say. The light turned yellow just before impact, and I don't think there are many cars that could have stopped at the white line before the light turned red, I had plenty of time to go through before the light turned to red. After impact, my truck spun around and slid off the south side of the road and took out a "one way" road sign....it appears the sign slid down the driver's side of the truck peeling off the door trim and denting/scratching the door, then it went between the cab and bed and as the sign post bent over the sign itself hacked up the bottom parts of the back of the cab and front of the bed, right where my fass system sits...the fass system is all messed up, both filters are all dented up and my buddy said when I turned the key to on that it was squirting fuel. The front end took the most damage, looks like right in the middle of the truck it's all pushed inward in kind of a v-shape. The engine shut off, but I don't know if it's because I never took it out of gear or if stuff was shoved into the pulleys and belt drive causing it to die. I didn't try to restart it because of the fass leak. Interestingly my airbag did not deploy, whereas the airbags in the other truck did. The top of my steering wheel was bent forward slightly, as I braced myself for the impact. It was put on a flatbed and taken to a local towing yard. I don't know if it is bad enough to be totaled, it appears that it's going to need pretty much a whole front end, and possibly two driver's side doors, and I don't know if the damage to the bed is repairable or if they replace the entire bed. I will try to get pictures tomorrow, but we're supposed to get anywhere from 6 to 10 or more inches of snow so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get any real definitive pictures or not.
The other guys truck is totaled for sure, the whole cab was nearly pushed off the frame, his front right tire was sitting at about a 45* angle. I am fully insured, and I was given his insurance information at the site. I'm waiting on my insurance company to call me to make the claim.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 

Current mood:  busy
With my son:
Ashley has gone back to work as of last Friday.  She'll be doing evening/night shifts so that I can work my normal schedule.  So far so good.  He is a great baby, at least in my opinion.  He doesn't cry a whole lot and is pretty quiet most of the time.  I can't wait until he begins to grow up and can help me around the garage and stuff.  I love him so much!

With work:
After a period of a month or so where the workload was low it is now as busy as ever.  I have enough work to keep me busy beyond the next month with enough income to feel comfortable through Christmas if I needed to stretch it that far.  I expect the normal December drop off.  I also expect to be doing another MacAllister Cat remodeling job starting sometime in January.

With life in general:
Everything is pretty good for the most part.  Haven't seen a whole lot of my friends lately, I have really just been too busy the past several days including the weekend.  I'll probably hit the Wild Beaver Saloon this thursday night and see everyone.
Saturday, March 25, 2006 

Current mood:  frustrated
I was driving home today and it was snowing again.  It was actually covering the ground, like maybe a half inch or something.  I can't wait for summer to get here.  The daylight savings time thing is going to be awesome, I mean it won't be dark until nearly 10 o'clock.  That's cool with me.  I'm hoping that someone will buy my truck soon.  I want to get a newer truck very soon.  Mine is fine, but little things here and there are starting to break down.  Nothing in the engine or tranny, it's a rock solid diesel...but other stuff, electronics, wiring, etc....Plus I want my cummins!