I just witnessed a car crash. I had just reached the light at an intersection. BOOM. A thunderous crash. I look behind me to see a green car had rear ended the tan car behind me. Immediately, I turned the corner, stopped, and watched the carnage unfold. The tan car lurched forward and stopped, but was rear ended again by the green car. The green car passed by the tan car, rolled through the intersection, ran over the corner, and fell into a steep enbankment of rocks and trees. Then a huge plume of grayish and black smoke erupted from where the car had disappeared. My heart was beating.

I've only seen a few car crashes, but nothing like this. I've been in a few myself. One time I passed out in the passenger seat and let my buddy take over driving a mutual friend's vehicle. I remember that I woke up because my friend was driving so recklessly on an unfamiliar road. He jumped some train tracks, we saw the curve up ahead, he lost control, and we somehow swerved across the road and crashed head first into a tree. I'm so glad I had my seatbelt on or else I'd be dead.

Anyways, I know I had to be to class soon, but I couldn't just leave the scene. I got out of my car to see if the driver in the tan car was okay. The driver turned out to be an old lady who said she thought she would make it but that I should go help the other driver. I nodded and ran off to see what I could do. A taxi driver across the intersection had already gotten out and was on the scene. We stood by for a second not sure what to do. The rocks were loose and metal was everywhere. The car was barely visible because there was so much smoke. I could barely see the driver. The car was still accelerating, but the car was so bent up and stuck between the trees so the wheels weren't touching the ground.

The taxi driver bravely made his way down to the wreckage. I was calling 911, but I started waving for attention from a nearby police car. The officer was in sweats and looked like he just had gotten out of the gym. He radioed for help and went down to help the taxi driver who had already pulled out the injured man. The injured man looked old, he was bleeding heavily from the mouth, and was acting as if he were confused. It didn't help out that he was a big guy and in shock, so he probably didn't know that he was resisting. He almost got his foot caught in one of the wheels. A few other bystanders and myself helped the taxi driver and the police officer bring the guy up the enbankment and helped restrain him. It was very difficult for five of us to bring this guy up. More people were around the scene. An off duty firefighter was there, and within minutes more police and fire trucks had arrived. I knew I had to go to class soon, so I left my information with a police officer, checked up on the old lady one more time, and headed home. I'm here now but I found class was cancelled, so I had to type this up.