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I have an interesting story to tell about the stretch of highway where Trooper Warren's cross has been erected.
I was driving to Provo from Spanish Fork on the I-15 one cold day in December, 2006. I was in the far right lane when a car next to me began to pull into my lane without looking. I swerved slightly right, the girl in the car noticed me finally and went back to her lane. After correcting, my car began to shimmy at high speed. I lost control of my car and went off the road. I was sure the last thing I would ever see was the big green sign marking the miles to Orem and SLC.
I hit the sign at an angle, it broke off and flew over my car and my car went down the slope, over a barbed wire fence and slid into a snow-laden field. I jumped out of the car, fairly hysterical. Police were there immediately, as were the truck drivers who were behind me on the road, calming me down. Upon examination it was determined I had no injuries other than a small burn on my hand and a slightly sore jaw from the airbag.
When I looked over my totaled car, it appeared that the posts from the sign had hit my car just in front of my driver's side door and about half a foot behind my door, smashing the back window/door in about 4 inches. If that had been my window it would have been head trauma for sure, if not death.
Just a short time later, perhaps a month or two, Trooper Warren's cross was erected in almost the EXACT spot where I totaled my car. When I think back on the miracle of how I escaped not only alive, but with hardly any injuries to speak of, I can't help but wonder whether there was an angel protecting me that day, guiding my car to just the right spot to save me from injury and prevent my car from rolling down that hill. I now consider Trooper Warren a TRUE angel, and plan on thanking him in the afterlife if I find out he was there for me that day.
Savannah Nicholes
October 31, 2011
