My Adrenalin Rush Saturday Night!

We had some pretty bad drama happening in my neighbourhood last night. There I was just after dinner, quite a while after dinner to be more specific, working on the handcrafted jewelry that I was making for wifey, ok, ok, I'm fibbing here ... LOL! Wifey and me were actually watching Grey's Anatomy and and suddenly half way through it we heard this loud sound of a crash coming from just down the main road.

My house happens to be about six houses away from the main road and a sound like that could only mean one thing. An accident had happened. I run to the door and try to peek out and can't see anything. Then I see all the neighbours also coming out their houses so wifey and me were not the only ones who actually heard the crash.

Being the busy body that I am and since all the neighbours were all heading towards the main road to see what was going on, I naturally follow them. As I reach the main road I see this car lying on its side in the middle of the road and another just beside it with the front totally smashed.

Oh my god, it's a major accident! No wonder the sound we heard were like two elephants crashing. The car that was lying on it's side looked like it was hit on the side head on and flipped over and must have spun a few times cos it ended up against the flow of traffic. The damage was horrible. It was one of our teeny weeny national car, the Perodua Kancil and it was hit by a heavy duty Volvo sedan. You all know how tough that car is so you can imagine the damage to the other car.

Now, I'm a person who is squeamish when it comes to accidents and blood and seeing the way the mangled car is lying in the middle of the road, I stop in my tracks quite a distance away from the scene, too afraid I'd see body parts and blood all around (gory, I know, but I am terrified at the sight of blood!). After my initial shock, I slowly inch my way nearer and discover that the occupants all managed to crawled out of the car and are all not in too much of a bad shape.

Thank god for that cos there were two kids involved as well and though they were crying they seemed okay with one of the younger kids sporting a flow of blood on his left leg just below the knee but he was standing up so I presumed he was okay. I'm surprised that they actually lived through the carnage cos their car looked like a total loss.

Then the kid with the blood on his leg ran crying towards the house three doors away from me. I was perplexed as to why he did that and only then did I look closely at the victims and discovered they were my neighbours from3 doors away! Now, what are the chances of the accidents victims being people you knew. Man, I'm glad they were okay. They all didn't sustain any serious injuries and if I were them I'd be thanking whatever gods there were that were looking out for them. It was a terrible accident.

I'm not really sure whose fault it was but I'm betting that they actually made an illegal u-turn and on the main road and this Volvo just slammed into them. It was night and there was a slight curve at this particular junction where you're not supposed to make a u-turn but which people totally disregard and make u-turns anyway. I've seen so many people just ignore the u-turn sign and I've even seen police patrol cars doing the same!

But I also put a little of the blame on the Volvo driver cos for that car to be as badly damaged as it was, the Volvo driver (who was a kid hardly above 21 years of age) must have been speeding. I would bet my last dollar on that. You should have seen the front of his Volvo and must have been speeding to damage a Volvo that badly. I'm just glad no one died from it. And most of all, I'm glad there wasn't any blood all over the road, otherwise wifey would have to come carry me home cos I would have fainted at the sight of blood ... LOL!

Anyways, after they all checked each other out, the blame game started. You know, the usual 'you must have been speeding and you must have made an illegal u-turn' nonsense. I didn't really see what happened so I won't blame anyone. All I know is an accident of that kind at that particular junction is going to happen again cos everyone just disregards that no u-turn sign and drivers from the other direction just zooms along the main road like as if it's a race track or something and I know one day an accident worse than last night will eventually happen.

People these days just have no regards for traffic laws and couldn't care less about their safety or the safety of others. But till then, I'll just be a lot more careful when I'm crossing that junction from now on. And I really hope that my neighbours are okay. I told my mom about it and I'm sure she'll drop by their place to find out how they are so I guess I'll know the outcome later.

Well, that was my adrenalin rush drama for the Saturday night, made me miss at least 20 minutes of Grey's Anatomy though! Just though I'd share some of my more 'exciting' moments with you guys ... hehehe ...
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