saw a nasty one last night

[krt10]

saw a huge accident last night.
me and a mate were driving down west terrace in adelaide when a van entering from a side street ran a red light.

he pulled out right in front of a taxi who locked up and rear ended the van in the left rear. this caused the van to swerve right and hit one of those big green street signs. the sign just bend and acted like a sort of ramp. the van went up into the air, landed, and then rolled.

the passenger of the van wasnt waring a seatbelt and got thrown from the window of the car mid flight. we ran up to him and he was dazed but could talk and what not. so i go over to the driver. the roof and Apiller of the van had caved in onto him. he was bleeding alot and was unconsious. so i ran over to the servo and got a first aid kit, called 000 and asked what to do ( i have no training so i didnt have a clue) anyway i had to hold this guys head up so his airway wasnt blocked. other people stopped and found another guy in the back who looked like he wasnt wearing a seatbelt either and broke the rear window with his body.

when the ambos came the driver was still unconsious and critical, i dont know what happend to him but it didnt look good.

it made me relise how easy things can happen. im seriously considering getting basic first aid training so i at least have some idea.

needless to say it wasnt the way i wanted to start the night.