It was surreal. The spacewagon was way too fast...country dirt roads are just not made for top-heavy vehicles taking corners at 70km/hr. Not a good way to start off the school holidays for the girls. 4 of them were under the age of 14 and the 'P' Plater was around 16-17. They were way way too fast and I had a feeling was not concentrating on driving at all, girls being girls.
Luckily we were there - got them out of the rolled over wagon and had a quick check on cuts, bruises and scars. Everyone was in shock - took the First Aid kit from the car and cleaned whatever blood we could off the cuts. I have seen this sort of accidents before having worked at the Traffic Dept years back. It felt normal - irresponsible kids not knowing the difference between dirt and bitumised roads. They were lucky coz if they had gone 5 more meters, they would have plunged 15 meters down a crevice. It would have been messy then.
So called the police and spoke to their parents over the phone explaining what had happened. Tried to comfort them while putting the fear of God into the driver on the reality of what could have happened. Coordinated one of the neighbours to take two of the girls home so that they could ferry an adult to the crash site so we could leave. All in all, it threw 1 hour off our schedule.
Thank God everything went alright.
An advice to all my friends...please be careful while driving. Far too many people die on the road these days. Be safe coz people whom you love will be so devastated should anything happen to you.
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Amen. and bless you for being there and helping. I had a close call once when I feel asleep at the wheel. I woke up just before would have gone off the road. Very scary.
Alot of people do fall asleep while driving so get the music going or munch on something to keep you awake. In Australia, we have the coffee-stop volunteers during the holiday season where you can get a cuppa out of the middle of nowhere so that you don't get into trouble. Brilliant idea!
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