by samm. » Sat Oct 14, 2017 7:02 pm
A few hours ago, an absolutely horrific accident happened just down the street from my house. A drunk driver going over 70 mph ran a red light and crashed into another car without even attempting to stop. A mother who'd just recently given birth died, and her husband had to be life flighted to a hospital about two hours away because our local one couldn't handle the seriousness of his injuries. No one knows if he's going to make it. At almost the same exact time that this happened my father, myself, and two of my three younger sisters were all out riding in my dads truck, enjoying the nice weather. We were on our way home from the park, we drove on the same road that the accident happened on, we went through the same traffic light where the two cars later collided. It was only a few minutes difference between the time we passed through the light until the accident happened. Had we decided to come home any later, it could've been us. My father and I had to leave to go to a family friends house a few minutes after we got home and as we reached the end of our street and went to turn, we seen all the flashing lights and emergency vehicles. I can still see the scene in my mind, it's there every time I close my eyes. That could've been us. I could've died, my sisters could've, my father could've. My mother and sister back at home would've never known. None of us heard the accident, only the sirens afterwards and she didn't think they had stopped near by so she didn't go outside to look. Its been almost seven hours since it happened and my anxiety is still through the roof. I can't stop shaking. I keep bursting into tears every time I think about that poor couple and their family, and every time I think about what would've happened had it been us. I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep at all tonight.
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