I was driving home from karate last night and while on the 168 bypass I saw a car flipping in the median. The headlights were spinning, and parts were flying off of it. I quickly pulled over and ran over there to see if i could help. The car was upside down. Others had quickly run over to vehicle. The guy inside was screaming and actually had people thinking there was a woman in the vehicle, with how high pitched and panicked he was. He had been wearing a seat belt and the airbags had deployed.
One of the people who ran to his aid was the guy he had been racing.
I know this because a big fellow who was standing next to me saw the whole thing. The two cars go next to each other. Each honked their horns. Then they took off. One car lost control. The fellow who told me this had been behind them when it happened. I saw where he was parked and he had his kids in the car. I couldn't help thinking about how much worse this could have been. I thought about how many times I take my kids down that same bypass.
I felt every ounce of sympathy for the driver leave me.
Yeah, I stuck around until police and fire fighters got there. I was ready as we saw a bit of smoke come from the engine to do whatever we had to to get the driver clear if the car started to burn, but fortunately it didn't come to that. Police showed but fairly quickly and I waited until i got the OK from an officer before heading off for home.
I'm not wishing ill on the driver, he's had about enough ill visit him last night. Not sure of how injured he is. I know the vehicle is totally. I'm just happy no one else got hurt.
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