Last month I experienced my first (ever) vehicular accident. Well, don't worry I wasn't hurt. It was not that bad, it's just that the jeep that I was in accidentally overrun a little girl on her feet. I was not really paying attention to what's around me so I was oblivious of what happened. I was wearing my earphones and the volume was turned to the max kaya I did not hear the screaming of my fellow passengers but I kinda saw it and when I looked out of the window, I saw a little girl under the tires of the jeepney (sa may likuran).
Wheew, I was so shocked that my heart beat so fast I thought I would have a heart attack (so OA noh?). Pero grabe talga nerbiyos ko, I was never in an accident before and never saw one happen right before my eyes. Yes I have seen some pero only in televisions and in movies.
The accident happened in a very clear road. No other jeepneys in sight and the time where traffic's not so busy. The driver claimed he did not see the little girl. The mother was talking to someone and did apparently did not see her child run accross the street towards their house which is across the store where she bought something maybe for a late breakfast or lunch (I saw the mother holding a bag of things she might have bought or inutang sa store..hehe.) The li'l girl was screaming from the pain but the mother seemed not to be bothered (or natulala lang, she's also very pregnant.) It's good that my fellow passengers warned the driver and a man was very quick to help the girl and get her out quick from under the tire. I appreciate them very much as well as the driver, kudos to the driver who willingly suggested to bring the girl to the hospital. So they brought the girl in the jeep but I can't look at her and even listening to her scream made my heart beat faster. The driver regretfully told us to transfer to another jeepney for the hospital is on the other way. It just so happened that the place where I'm going is near so I walked despite the heat to calm myself.
So who's to blame here, is it the driver who happened to looked the other way when that girl run across or the mother who forgot that they were in a highway when she started talking with someone?
Whoevers fault it is, I hope that li'l girl is ok now.
2 comments:
That's one reason why I never wear earphones -- they block out the outside environment. :D
Who's at fault? I don't know. I do know that sometimes those sidewalks are too narrow and I also know that sometimes kids run across the street without looking both ways.
drivers are always blamed on things like this but i think the mom should also be responsible enough to ensure the safety of her child to think that they were on the highway. anyway, you're right i hope the kid's okay... we'll never know she might be the next president.. :)
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