THE UNEXPECTED ACCIDENT

BY : Tuan Naim Shukry

Monday As it was the first day of the week, I was walking to

my school which was just a few blocks away from my house. As
I was walking toward the school, I met a few friends on the way.
We walked happily together while sharing stories of our
weekends.
Suddenly, I heard a loud roaring sound from behind us. It
was the school bus that was from the other district. It was
unusually fast that day as the driver was somebody else that
we do not know, rather than Mr. Harris, the usual driver. The
roaring sound was thunderous as it passes us.
We continued to walk while enjoying our view as we pass a
few parks on the way. Out of nowhere, we heard a loud crash.
We rush ourselves to the scene to find the school bus that we
had seen earlier flip to the side of the road. The driver was
badly injured as was the other 23 student on board.
The bus had totally flipped over to the side of the road. We
can see the student and the driver frantically trying to escape.
The crowd of townspeople quickly came to help the victim.
Some of them broke the glass to enable the student to get out
while others help the survivors to safety. There were many
shouting and crying in the scene.
Not long afterward, the authorities arrived. The police set
up a safety line around the bus while the paramedics tend to
the wounded. The townspeople, still without hesitant, offers
theirs help. The crash site was fully restore after 3 hours with
the help of everybody.
The police said that the driver was not at fault because the
breaks were not responding. It was discovered that the bus had
involve in an accident earlier that month which may be the
cause of the breaks failure. The police advice the public to obey

the speed limit and drives carefully to avoid any other accident
in the future.