Hi, my name is Sierra Emilaire. On Saturday, May 7, 2022, I found myself in a ditch off of 295 in Washington, DC. It was a rainy and cold day - the roads were slippery, leading to 3 other accidents in the same mile radius as mine within an hour after my accident. On my drive home that night, around 11:40 p.m., my car began to hydroplane towards the right side of the road, which would have led me off into the trees below. In trying to regain control of the vehicle, I turned the steering wheel, and that is when the front left axle broke on me and sent the car spiraling off the road into a ditch. I have had this car for about eight months. I bought it with 77,000 miles on it. A 2003 Toyota Camry with two prior owners and purchased from a "trusted" mechanic friend of my father who sold it to me for $3,000 to $4,000 more than it was worth. Regardless of the legal action that should be taken for being sold a car that tried to take my life, I, at the time, did not have the total amount to purchase the vehicle. SO, I am left with $6,000+ owed on the personal loan I took out for the car and its fees. I don't ask for help, practically ever - but I don't have any other options seeing that the insurance has told me they will not cover this accident.

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