One of the closest encounters I had with a potentially life-threatening situation was when I was involved in a car accident, this happened when I was traveling from my place to visit my mum, though I can say my stubbornness led to that.
Whenever I am missing my mother there is nothing anyone can do to stop me from visiting her, this particular month I was missing her so badly that I needed to lie at work in other to visit her, I told my brother about it and he said I should hold on that he will take me to her place by weekend, I refused and told him I wish to leave the next day, don't blame me I am her last child and she is my best friend
Early in the morning which is the next day, I dressed up and my brother was amazed at my decision, we couldn't gather enough things for her because it was impromptu, I left the house and moved to the park, I was the first passenger but I waited patiently for others to come, the bus was full after an hour, we paid and the journey began.
One thing I noticed was that the driver was such a careless driver, he drove without conscience because our lives weren't his priority, everyone was shouting at him to take it slow but this man replied that one of the passengers should come and take over the steering.
One thing I love to do whenever am on the road is to listen to music, anytime I connect my earpiece to my phone then the rest is history, I was listening to music at the same time my mind was not at peace, I was thinking of how my brother warned me to stay back, this driver drove like an animal that day.
He was about to overtake a trailer in front of him and he was not looking at his front to check maybe any vehicle was coming, he overtook the trailer and then saw that another vehicle was close to him he turned to the other side of the road in other to give chance to the vehicle that was coming, he landed us inside bush, I shouted Jesus, I thought it was end of the road for me, I was not injured too much because people that sat with the driver was hospitalized, the windscreen was broken and injured them.
I sat in the middle row so it was not as bad as people sitting in the front seat even the driver was injured seriously, I can say he deserves it because he brought this up himself, I felt sorry for the people who were sitting in front of the car, we struggled to come out of the bus and sat on the road for help, we saw some people who helped the driver and the other two people to the hospital while we waved at other buses that passed to help, I was glad that it was not more than that and nobody lost their lives.
One major thing I fear about road journeys is accidents, most times the accident can be brutal which can lead to loss of lives. I got home that day and explained everything to my mother, she used hot water to massage my body and gave me some pain relieving medicine.
One lesson I learned from this scenario is to always listen to others, I learned how to reason from other people's angle, let's assume I had listened to my brother all this would have not happened to me, and I wouldn't have been a victim but I am glad it was not much.
NOTE:- ALL THE PICTURES ARE MINE
This is my entry for this week's episode of hivelearners community prompt of #hl-w110e2 which the topic is "THE RISKS WE TAKE"
