You saw an accident in the street
I was riding home tonight and I hit traffic as usual coming into Southall town centre. I weaved through stationary traffic and at the head of the queue was an HGV (just the cab). It had its hazards on and just as I pulled up behind it I thought it had been in a crash. I saw some debris in the road a few feet behind the truck.
As I drew up beside the debris I saw it was a walking stick. Just then I saw the driver of the lorry climbing out of the truck clutching a mobile phone to his ear. He looked as white as a sheet. I thought he’s probably embarrassed about breaking down and across two lanes of rush hour traffic.
As I slowly passed the lorry I saw him. Under the passenger wheel was an Asian man. He didn’t look old, he had jet black hair. He was still and blood was pooling around his head. From the brief glimpse I got as I passed he looked like he was pinned under the front wheel.
I must admit I panicked at that point. My usual response is someone else will deal will it. I knew the driver was probably on the phone to emergency services and there looked to be lots of bystanders,
All this flashed through my mind briefly as I moved past the accident. However not 30 feet from the site is Southall police station. It crossed my mind that the Police have better first aid training than me, so I slewed the bike into their car park and ran into reception.
The officer behind the glass screen was talking to a customer, but after some slight banging on the door, she came out to ask what was wrong. I told her about the accident and she dropped all of her her clients and with a colleague, ran out of the police station.
I don’t know what happened to the guy under the truck. I don’t know why I’m writing this apart from it’s part of my life and it’s slightly cathartic.
Made me think about life a bit anyway
السبت 15 ديسمبر 2012, 05:15 من طرف adelahmed
