A family in Michigan is thanking their lucky stars – and a series of fortunate coincidences – after their car was totaled in a crash early in the morning on New Year’s Day.
Nate and Kathleen Ayers, of Fruitport Township, Michigan, along with their children Gideon, 3, and Gwen, 11 weeks, were driving home from a combination Christmas/New Year’s Eve party at about 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day when a car in the opposite lane suddenly hopped the median, slamming into their car.
“We had just left my parents’ house, where we were combining a celebration of Christmas and New Years since we hadn’t been able to get together on Christmas as usual due to my having COVID,” Nate Ayers told Fox News Digital in an interview.
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“I was the only one to see (the other car) coming,” he said.
Nate was driving at the time, and his wife was talking on her phone with her brother-in-law, he said.
The Ayers’ car, pictured above, was totaled in the crash.
(Nate Ayers)
And although the roads were somewhat empty given the early-morning hours, help soon arrived – at first, in the form of a pair of strangers who happened to be driving by.
“We were on the side of the road and next thing I know, they were right there,” said Kathleen Ayers to Michigan’s broadcast station Fox 17. “I just remember her rocking Gwen while I had Gideon. [She kept] her distracted and answered his questions.”
In addition to the “guardian angel” couple, other members of the Ayers family were made aware of the accident due to modern technology and were quickly able to come help them out, Nate Ayers said.
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While Kathleen was on the phone with her brother-in-law during the crash itself, the call was disconnected pun impact.
The crash-detection feature on her iPhone immediately notified her emergency…
