The Crash

No, we weren't in an accident; but we witnessed a really bad wreck over the weekend. Mr.A has quite a bit of training as a first responder so he was out of our vehicle in a flash helping the injured and directing other bystanders to not touch the injured, while I did my civic duty by calling 9-1-1.

As we come around the bend of the road, we see a tree off to the side of the intersection sway nearly to the ground and see this vehicle sitting in the middle of the intersection (minus the fire/police/EMTs).



As we come to a stop at the intersection, I said, "Holy, crap. This just happened." Just as Mr.A says, "where is the other car?", I point directly to our left and nearly scream, "Oh, My God!", this is what we saw (minus the people outside).

This BMW, had been t-boned, while it was traveling around 50mph, lost control went through probably 50 ft of trees/shrubs and ended up at nearly a 40 degree angle and came to a stop after hitting the cement of an overpass. The woman inside was screaming, trying desperately to get out but her door was jamed. She was frantic (as you can imagine anyone would be), and Mr.A camly helped her through the back drivers side door out to safety.

The first car was driven by an older woman in her 70s with a passenger in her 80s. Both were injured, but conscious and alert. A couple of the bystanders were trying to get the older women out of the car. Mr.A calmly advised them that it would be best for them to stay put. He said that the main reason they got the other woman out of her car was because they didn't know how stable her car was on the incline.

It only took maybe 5-8 minutes for the police and fire crews to get to the scene, but it seemed like much longer. After we felt like we had done all that we could, we continued on our journey. Just a day in the life, I guess.