| Here are some pictures showing my 1997 Land Rover Discovery after rolling onto it's side, sliding, and then flipping onto it's roof where it finally came to rest, upside down, on the shoulder of I95 in Richmond, Va. We were traveling about 55mph at the time. I was about to get hit by another vehicle and had to do some 'evasive maneuvers' which caused the roll.
I was driving, my wife was in the passenger seat, and my 2 children (ages 2.5 & 1) were each in car seats - with one child behind each of us. My wife and I made it out with a few small glass cuts (from crawling through glass to rescue the kids), and the kids made it out without any problems at all (other than being shaken up a bit.) My wife and I were wearing our seat belts, which definitely saved our lives. The front seating area sustained some major damage, while the rear seating area (where the kids were seated) was relatively unharmed. (Look at pictures "Left 3" & "Inside 4" to see how well the rear seat section maintained it's integrity - you can still see our "Tweety Bird" sun shade in the window.) * Updated 10/18/01 I'd like to say thank you to everyone over at Land Rover Richmond (my local dealer). I'd like extend a special thank you to Mike Sabine at Land Rover Parsippany for his great customer service!
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