Last Friday, my classmates and I were supposed to go on a little field trip. That morning I felt really restless as the plan kept changing and we kept waiting for one more person to show up, and another, and another.
Of course, I kept asking when we could make a move, and just as one of my friends showed up, we were surprised to see a long queue of cars on the highway that we were about to use to reach our destination.
After waiting for another 10 minutes, we decided to make a move as we were already running late for our appointment. When we were on the highway, we saw that there was a lot of sirens in front of us. Cars around us couldn't move and we were inching our way through the traffic. From afar, we could see a lorry, crushed against a wall.
As we drew nearer to the crash site, I just couldn't move and all of us in the car were dumbstruck. The accident was horrific, 7 vehicles were involved, and most of them were smashed up beyond recognition. It was only later that we knew that 2 people died in the accident, the lorry driver and a motorcyclist. The reason: the lorry had a brake failure, ramming through the divider when it took a turn, and ploughing through traffic on the other side of the highway too.
I am really lucky that my friend showed up late that day, and for that, I thank her for saving my life as I could have been the one who was on the highway when the accident happened. From today onwards, I am going to live my life to the fullest as we don't know what does the future holds.
