Joy Hudspeth commutes to Castroville each day to teach music at an elementary school. She has made the Highway 90 drive for many years.
One morning, after creating a to-do list a mile long, she jumped in her car to head to work.
Fate decided that Joy's to-do list would take a back seat to some life-threatening action. Her story is about luck, blessings, and how it could always have gone worse.
This story was recorded at the March 6, 2018 edition of Worth Repeating, with the theme "As Luck Would Have It." Follow Worth Repeating on Twitter @WRepeating or connect with us via email worthrepeating@tpr.org.