Of how he broke his thumb

 We occasionally have breakfast at this restaurant in the area.  The restaurant manager was telling us the story of how he broke his thumb. He was in his minivan when a delivery truck pulled out of a street and hit him.  The van then hit a garbage truck head on and totally crushed the front of the van.  At which point he went across three lanes of the oncoming traffic and came to a halt.  He smelled smoke at that point and kicked his door open and escaped.  This was last November he said.  When emergency arrived he mentioned he had had heart bypass surgery so they ordered an ambulance and he was taken to the hospital for examination.  His thumb is still not the same, he may have to have further physiotherapy.  However his time had obviously not come.  He may have suffered a bit of a burn on his chest but otherwise he was fine.