Friday, December 07, 2007

It was a normal, sleepy day yesterday. Up until I heard a car accelerate well above 40, tires squelch, and then a crash. It's something not so normal on a small residential street like mine.

I called 911 immediately, though outside I could see at least 3 people already making the call. I ran inside, grabbed blankets and gauze hoping to help out where I could, but my neighbors were already there.
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A 15 year old took two other guys out for a spin in his moms car. When he went around the street's curve he hit the wrong pedal, and accelerated in seconds. They came over the curb, ripped up part of the lawn and hit a tree. The air back came out but only on one side, and the car was totaled. By the time I was out, in what, only a minute after - they had already been laid out on the grass. People had blankets and pillows. Honestly there were too many helping there and not much I could do but watch. Luckily a nurse lived down the street.

Two of them had cut their foreheads pretty bad, one was shaking probably from shock or the cold despite the blankets. The youngest, was acting cool, riding the hype in his own precocious sort of way.

I hope they are okay.

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