I should add, all walked away with only bumps and bruises.My wife totaled the driver's ed car.
I always lead with that in any discussion about her driving. But to be fair, she was T-boned by a dump truck that ran a red light.
The most traumatic part of the experience for her was the first cop on scene, upon learning that a student driver was driving, yelled at her, as if she was automatically at fault and told her she wouldn't be able to get her license until she was 18. Her instructor stuck up for her. Told the cop to eff all the way off and get his supervisor, or just someone else who's head wasn't up there arse on scene. Even the dump truck driver jumped in and immediately accepted responsibility. Said the light turned yellow and he was hard on the brakes but there was no way he could stop in time. This happened in downtown South Bend and the city ended up agreeing with the truck driver and made all the yellow lights a few seconds longer.