Georgia Highway Patrol investigators said a family -- returning to their cabin from a fireworks show on July 1 -- were waiting at an intersection of State Route 5215 in Blue Ridge, Ga., when a 16-year-old slammed his pickup truck into the rear of the family's van.
"We were about 10 minutes from the cabin. . . most of the kids were asleep. But when the accident happened, I blacked out, I don't remember what happened," said David Johnson, who was driving.
Shattered glass and crumpled metal from the van surrounded the family. Johnson -- dazed, confused and his head hurting from a concussion -- managed to find his cell phone to call for help.
"I was the least injured one of the family. Somehow I managed to call my stepfather. I don't even remember calling him," Johnson said.
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