I witnessed an accident while sitting at a stoplight on the way home. It was scary, even from a few cars back. The cars hit head on. Once all the motion stopped, folks got out the nearest cars and rushed in to help. It seemed someone may have been stuck because a couple of men opened the back of one car and started pulling out stuff—a ladder, a large cooler…I called it in to the emergency dispatch but no one answered. As the line of cars behind me started getting longer, I realized I was just blocking traffic, so I went around the chaos and continued home.

Apparently if you can’t get through on 911, they call you back. They assured me they knew about the accident and help was on the way. I had considered pulling over to try and help myself, but there was already a small crowd by the time I left. And I was really afraid to find out if someone was in the back of that car.

While I’m thankful it wasn’t me driving through that intersection, I really hope no one was severely injured.