Eyewitness

Well, I witnessed an accident this afternoon. I was right behind this minivan taxi going through a green light. The van was in the intersection, when this lady, also in a minivan, decided she had time to turn left in front of him. She SO did NOT! He slammed on the brakes and tried to swerve to avoid hitting her, but he ended up clipping the rear of her van and pulling her bumper partially off.

I saw the whole thing happen, so I stuck around to give a statement to the police. I know that if it had been me involved in the accident (which would have been very possible had I left a few seconds earlier), I would have wanted to have someone who saw it stick around to let the police know that it wasn't my fault. Since it was the back of that lady's vehicle and the front of the taxi guy's, they may have thought it was his fault.

What boggles my mind is that the lady had 4 small children in her van as well as another adult woman. One of the little girls was sitting in that right rear seat and if she had been just a second slower, or if he hadn't swerved, the taxi van would have hit right where that little girl was sitting!! As it was, that window right next to that girl shattered completely off the van! What would make her think she had time to make that turn? Why would she even take that chance with her kids in the back? It's crazy, I say, CRAZY!!!

While I was sitting there waiting for the police to arrive (which was like 20 flippin' minutes, btw!), I snapped some pictures with my phone. Here is the lady's van: