Audra Tatum was left permanently disabled after a crash that left her needing two screws in her ankle, two in her hip, two in her knee and unable to stand for more than four hours.
When the crash happened, the airbag threw her foot into her face breaking her ankle, nose, and femur in four placed into a car that pulled in front of them. He and their daughter, 10, were not injured in the collision.
Nick had previously said that he didn’t like her crossing her legs and putting them on the dashboard, but she felt more comfortable doing it. She told CBS News: ‘All my life I had my legs crossed and my foot on the dash. My husband always told me, “You’re going to get in a wreck someday, and you’re going to break your legs”.’
She said that when the collision happened she had no time to move. The airbag went off, throwing my foot up and breaking my nose,’ she said. ‘I was looking at the bottom of my foot facing up at me.
‘Basically my whole right side was broken, and it’s simply because of my ignorance. I’m not Superman. I couldn’t put my foot down in time.’
Audra is now raising awareness to get people to stop putting their feet on the dashboard.
She wrote on Facebook: ‘Two years ago yesterday a man in a stolen car pulled out in front of us. I was a passenger. We tboned him at 45mph. My foot was on the dash. The air bag went off… my foot broke my nose. Nose broke ankle. Femur broke into 4 pieces. And arm broke trying to stop impact. I have so many screws and Rods and I am miserable to this day!!!
DON’T RIDE OR LET PEOPLE RIDE LIKE THIS!!!!!! I am disabled at 31 years old from this. No one else was hurt. Just me. I lost my career and all from that day.’
Chattanooga Fire Department posted this warning: Something You Need To Know. ‘While traveling this weekend, I noticed many passengers had their feet on the dashboard of their car.
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