this evening, just as i had pulled on my sleep pants and old t-shirt, the pager went off. pedestrian struck, my road. i didn't think much about it until they gave the address - my neighbor's.
that particular neighbor is my ex-brother-in-law, and so i shot out the door, sleep pants, no shoes, t-shirt, wet hair...what if it was one of the kids?
but it wasn't. as i drove up to billy's, i could see in the road a tennis shoe...a glove...and there by the fence - no, under the fence, was the victim. adult male, multiple trauma. he was posturing. head injury...beyond doubt, internal injuries.
he had been riding a bike into the sun, and at the time of day when it happened, the sun is all you can see. it's all the driver of the van saw.
billy heard the collision. he said it sounded like a load of lumber had dropped in the road.
i can't fault the driver of the van. i know what it's like to drive this road at 4:30. maybe he could have gone slower, don't know. certainly can't fault the bicyclist, who probably never knew what hit him.
but you wonder, don't you, about the collision point of lives that result in death, and try to make sense of it all. i can't.
4 comments:
Oh so sorry for the family of this accident victim. The sun certainly can be wicked at that time of day going west. Had a friend's brother who got killed this way. He ran into a truck when he was going against the sun. So sad. Paula
The sun can be a killer as far as being able to see when you are driving anything. I feel sorry for the victim and the driver, I had an uncle who hit two girls who ran right into his path with no warning at all...this happened in the 40's it was a weight around his soul until the day he died. Sandi
What a tragic thing to have happened.
Lori
its a case of bad timing, no more no less
if either had not ridden that road at the time, the biker would still be alive
makes u wonder what drives our own internal timers doesnt it????
lizzzzzzzza
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