30/08/2026
Hard to believe I survived this one. 🙃
Back in 1990, one of my first jobs as a steelie was working away from home on the construction of Stanwell Power Station near Rockhampton.
I was heading home in my absolutely immaculate EH when I ended up in a head-on on the Bruce Highway north of Gin Gin.
I had to be cut out of the car. I went through the windscreen, was bleeding from both ears and remember spitting pieces of glass out of my mouth.
Both femurs were broken, with a compound fracture of the left femur, along with a broken jaw, a skull fracture through to the eye socket and around 200 stitches.
No seatbelts. Somehow I survived.
Looking at this photo 36 years later, I still wonder how the hell I survived it.
I’d genuinely love to reconnect with anyone who was involved in my rescue or recovery that day — police, ambos, rescue crews, witnesses or any of the hospital staff who looked after me in Bundaberg. If you were there, or know someone who might have been, please tag them or get in touch.
I’m sure plenty of people following OBM have their own accident, near-death experience or lucky escape they still can’t believe they survived.
What’s yours? 👇
Tell us your story in the comments — and chuck up an old photo if you’ve got one.
