And I still can't believe it.
I was riding the bus. The driver was going down the street; we were only a minute or two from my stop. I happened to be sitting in the seat at the front of the bus, so I had a clear view out the front window. Everything was okay, until we approached an intersection (not a busy one, and there are no traffic lights). I saw this car that was well into the intersection, just sitting there. I was convinced that the driver would back up - there wasn't time to cross the street, or to turn either way. The driver just had to back up, and...
He didn't. I had enough time to brace myself before the bus crunched into the car. I had an excellent view of the airbags deploying.
Seeing as how the driver and I were the only ones who knew the crash was imminent, the other passengers were, to put it mildly, surprised. One elderly man was holding his head. Another had a cut over his eye (and he had a LOT to say about that). I heard a child crying. Evidently, several people fell.
I got off the bus, after asking the man who'd hit his head if he was all right (he didn't answer). I went to the driver's side of the car to see if the driver was all right, but the driver and two passengers had already vacated the car. We were standing around, nobody knowing quite what to do. The driver called in the accident, and a cop showed up surprisingly quickly. I asked a few other people if they were all right, and one lady told me she'd bumped the back of her head, so I took a look at it. Finally, I left; I had an appointment downtown. I don't know yet if I'll be required to tell the police what I saw, but I'm ready to do so.
I have no idea what the driver of the car was doing. The car was well ahead of the crosswalk, right out in the intersection, and the driver didn't even move. Any farther into the intersection, and the bus would have t-boned it (and who knows what that would have done to the driver and the passengers).
Man, some people.
I was riding the bus. The driver was going down the street; we were only a minute or two from my stop. I happened to be sitting in the seat at the front of the bus, so I had a clear view out the front window. Everything was okay, until we approached an intersection (not a busy one, and there are no traffic lights). I saw this car that was well into the intersection, just sitting there. I was convinced that the driver would back up - there wasn't time to cross the street, or to turn either way. The driver just had to back up, and...
He didn't. I had enough time to brace myself before the bus crunched into the car. I had an excellent view of the airbags deploying.
Seeing as how the driver and I were the only ones who knew the crash was imminent, the other passengers were, to put it mildly, surprised. One elderly man was holding his head. Another had a cut over his eye (and he had a LOT to say about that). I heard a child crying. Evidently, several people fell.
I got off the bus, after asking the man who'd hit his head if he was all right (he didn't answer). I went to the driver's side of the car to see if the driver was all right, but the driver and two passengers had already vacated the car. We were standing around, nobody knowing quite what to do. The driver called in the accident, and a cop showed up surprisingly quickly. I asked a few other people if they were all right, and one lady told me she'd bumped the back of her head, so I took a look at it. Finally, I left; I had an appointment downtown. I don't know yet if I'll be required to tell the police what I saw, but I'm ready to do so.
I have no idea what the driver of the car was doing. The car was well ahead of the crosswalk, right out in the intersection, and the driver didn't even move. Any farther into the intersection, and the bus would have t-boned it (and who knows what that would have done to the driver and the passengers).
Man, some people.
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