ROAD ACCIDENT

Our house is along a busy road.In front of or house is a wall which runs along the road. One night while we
were watching TV we heard a loud crash. It sounded like an explosion. We quickly rushed out to have a
look. We were shocked to see that two panels of the wall in front had collapsed in a pile. The road was in
full view. We could see many cars slowing down and soon there was a traffic jam. We went to the road and
saw a car had smashed into the wall.

The engine of the car was on the road. The driver was still in the car. Many people tried to get the driver out.
Someone called the ambulance. Soon we heard the siren of a police car and after that an ambulance. A
crowd soon gathered. The police tried to control the traffic but curious drivers slowed down to have a look at
the accident. That made the traffic worse.

I heard people explaining what had happened. There were many different explanations. Some said that the
driver was drunk, other said
he was trying to avoid a cat and yet others said he was speeding and skidded. Whatever the reason i felt
sorry for the driver. The ambulance took him to the hospital. No one knows whether he lived or died. There
was nothing in the newspapers the next day.

A Road Accident

Road accidents are reported in newspaper and on television every day. There are more frequently caused by
reckless drivers rather than faulty vehicles. Last Saturday, while I was travelling from Ipoh, I witnessed a
serious accident. The scene of the accidents was vivid in my mind.

A motorcyclist was following behind was taxi very closely. He was so impatient that he was trying to
overtake my taxi even near a sharp bend. At that critical moment, there was an oncoming car. The taxi driver
swerved to the roadside and I got a terrible jolt. It was too late for the motorcyclist to avoid the car. His
motorcycle ran against the bumper of the car and smashed its windscreen. The motorcyclist somersaulted
over the car and was found lying in a pool of blood. It was a scene to chill the flesh! The car driver, who was
cut by the flying glass, was in a state of shock. All that happened in split second and fear overwhelmed us.

The taxi driver stopped his taxi and I quickly ran to the nearest to the nearest telephone booth to inform the
police and the hospital. From a distance I could see some people trying to help the injured motorcyclist and
the car driver. They carried them into one of the onlookers car and sent them to the hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile the taxi driver tried to control and directs the traffic. Soon the police arrived and they promptly
took some measurements and evidence. After that they moved the damaged car and the motorcycle to the
roadside to ease the traffic congestion. They also took down the evidence provided by witnesses and
onlookers. Some sweepers were clearing the debris and the blood stains on the road.

When the taxi finally continued the journey, I silently thanked God for my narrow escape. I learned a good
lesson that impatience and recklessness would bring harm and danger. I was happy to see that Malaysians
are public-spirited and they render help to others readily. Since then I remember and follow the saying more
haste less speed and prevention is better than cure. I believe good road manners and roads safety
campaigns can help to reduce the number of road accidents which cause injuries, loss and lives and
properties.
 Describe an unforgettable incident that you saw on your way home from school. (Snatch Thief)

It was a hot afternoon and the heat from the scorching sun was quite unbearable. I was cycling home from
school after arranging the books in the school library as I was a librarian. The road was quiet. I felt hungry
and was looking forward to reaching home and having my late lunch.

When I was cycling along the roadside, a motorcyclist appeared out of the blue and roared past me. He had
almost knocked me down and I was rather taken aback by his sudden appearance. I then noticed there was a
passenger behind the motorcyclist and they were heading for a lady, who was walking on the pavement at
the side of the road.

The motorcyclist then stopped beside the lady. After dismounting from the motorcycle, the pillion rider tried
to snatch the lady's handbag but she resisted. Feeling furious, he took out a knife and brandished it at her. On
seeing the knife, the lady was scared and apprehensive of getting hurt. Having no alternative, she let the
mugger have her handbag. After getting hold of the handbag, the mugger shoved her. He shoved her so hard
that she fell into the ditch. The obnoxious criminal then mounted the motorcycle. His accomplice, who was
also the motorcyclist, sped off and they escaped from the scene.

I was shocked at what I saw. The robbery happened so fast that before I could do anything to try to foil it,
the whole incident was over. I ran to help the lady. When I reached the part of the ditch where the lady fell
into, I saw her seated at the bottom of the ditch. She had scratch marks on her arms and legs and was
groaning in pain. I then realised that she was pregnant. I assisted her to get out of the ditch. I felt sorry for
her as she was in a state of shock. I comforted her. Soon, a car stopped beside us and a man emerged from it.
Upon seeing the condition of the lady, he asked me what had transpired. I related the whole incident to him.
The benevolent man then offered to take the lady to hospital. As I was an eyewitness to the crime, he
requested me to come along in order to help lodge a police report.

The doctor who examined her said that apart from some superficial scratches and minor bruises on her
limbs, she was doing fine. The baby she was conceiving was healthy as well. I was glad to hear that. A few
days later, she came to my house to thank me personally for lending her a helping hand. However, the snatch
thieves were never apprehended. I would never forget this incident or the snatch thieves' faces as long as I
live.

An Accident
The road in front of my school is a narrow one. It is also very busy. Every afternoon when school is
dismissed the road becomes almost impassable as children, bicycles, cars and buses jostle and struggle to
use it. Sometimes a policeman is there to help things out, but generally chaos reigns and we have to be
careful not to get involved in an accident.

A few accidents had already occurred. I was a witness to one. If happened just after school. As usual the
road was an utter mad house. Children were running across the road to get to their cars and buses. Cars and
buses honked angrily at them.

Just then I saw a young boy make a dash across the road. There was a loud blare of horn, a squeal of brakes
and I saw a car knock into the boy. He fell as though his feet were swept from under him. Fortunately the car
was not moving very fast and the driver managed to stop the car before a wheel could run over the fallen
boy. All traffic stopped. I ran over to the boy and saw blood on the road. He was bleeding from a cut on his
head. A man came and examined the boy. Then he lifted the boy and carried him to a car. They sped off,
presumably to the hospital.

Many people surrounded the driver who looked dazed and bewildered. A policeman came to calm things
down. As there was nothing I could do, I turned and walked down the road carefully. It was terrible to
witness an accident. I certainly would not like to be involved in one.
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victims call ambulance police directed traffic went home happy

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victims call ambulance police directed traffic went home happy

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victims call ambulance police directed traffic went home happy

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P2 an accident
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P4 LOCATION
P5 car damaged
P6 driver injured
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P8 call ambulance
P9 police directed traffic
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