On the
main roads of West Malaysia accidents occur almost every day. Most of them are
caused by young drivers who are long of speed. The recklessness has caused the
death of even careful drivers. What I am about to relate concerns the death of
some young people, resulting from the reckless driving of a young man.
On the
day in question, I was travelling with my brother to Ipoh. As my brother's car
was old, he had to drive slowly. We left Singapore, our hometown, very early in
the morning, so that we could reach our destination before dark. The slow
journey soon made me so tired that I fell asleep. However, we broke our Journey
at Yong Peng, a small town in Johore, for some refreshment. When we resumed our
journey, we saw a number of badly damaged vehicles in front of the Police
Station of that town. My brother then began to talk about the various accidents
that he had seen on that road. I began to grow uneasy about the rest of the
journey. My brother had told me that most of the accidents occurred within a
few miles of that town. I now began to fear for our own safety. Then, suddenly,
a car, running at great speed, outtook our car.
My brother then predicted that the car would be involved in an accident
soon. After that my heart began to beat fast.
The car
was soon out of sight. My brother, however, assured me that I would have an
opportunity to see a very bad accident, and sure enough, we soon arrived at a
distressing scene.
The car
that had overtaken our car was in a ditch and four young girls were lying dead on
the road-side. Their faces and clothes
were covered with blood. Some people
were trying to extricate the other occupants, including the young driver, who
were still alive in the car. But all of a sudden, the car was on fire, and
their efforts failed. Thus, the occupants in the car were burnt alive, and it
was indeed heart-rending to hear their last screams. Soon a fire engine and the
police arrived with an ambulance, but it was too late.
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