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WandererTony · 56-60, M
We were going for a vacation out of town and though I usually drive myself when on long drives, this time we took our driver as I was under some medication and likely to not be at my most alert.
4 hours out of the city, we hit a bicycle in a crowded village market. The bicycle fellow flew in the air and landed on our car windscreen, crashing it. I quickly got a local vehicle and leaving my wife and young daughter in the crashed car with the driver, rushed the victim to the local hospital and got him admitted and into safe hands. Returning to the car, i found a large crowd, angry amd noisy, surrounding the car and trying to escalate the situation.
We locked ourselves into the car and tried to drive slowly away. But the crowd was getting angry and prevented us from moving. Some were trying to open the back seat door where my wife and daughter sat. It was only a matter of time before someone would break the window glass. My wife was hugging my daughter tight and pleading with me to do something. I got out of the car and tried to mediate with the mob and talk reason while asking the driver to slowly start moving the car. But he was too scared. Meanwhile i could pacify those i could engage in conversation, but others on the other side of the car could be heard banging the car body and shouting abuses.
As traffic had stopped, luckily the police arrived and offered to take me and my family to the local police station where a portion of the crowd followed but in a relatively desciplined manner. Later we reached a compensation settlement, the crowd dispersed and we managed to return home under police escort later that evening.
Meanwhile the car was totally damaged by the crowd and the police informed that it was very foolhardy of me to waste time taking thr victim to hospital. I should have straightaway driven the car into the police station. The mob was quite capable of molesting the wife and daughter as i was away. Luckily due to my appearance as an army man, no one dared once i arrived back.
That was real scary and i feel we managed to escape getting assulted and worse. By a very narrow margin.
4 hours out of the city, we hit a bicycle in a crowded village market. The bicycle fellow flew in the air and landed on our car windscreen, crashing it. I quickly got a local vehicle and leaving my wife and young daughter in the crashed car with the driver, rushed the victim to the local hospital and got him admitted and into safe hands. Returning to the car, i found a large crowd, angry amd noisy, surrounding the car and trying to escalate the situation.
We locked ourselves into the car and tried to drive slowly away. But the crowd was getting angry and prevented us from moving. Some were trying to open the back seat door where my wife and daughter sat. It was only a matter of time before someone would break the window glass. My wife was hugging my daughter tight and pleading with me to do something. I got out of the car and tried to mediate with the mob and talk reason while asking the driver to slowly start moving the car. But he was too scared. Meanwhile i could pacify those i could engage in conversation, but others on the other side of the car could be heard banging the car body and shouting abuses.
As traffic had stopped, luckily the police arrived and offered to take me and my family to the local police station where a portion of the crowd followed but in a relatively desciplined manner. Later we reached a compensation settlement, the crowd dispersed and we managed to return home under police escort later that evening.
Meanwhile the car was totally damaged by the crowd and the police informed that it was very foolhardy of me to waste time taking thr victim to hospital. I should have straightaway driven the car into the police station. The mob was quite capable of molesting the wife and daughter as i was away. Luckily due to my appearance as an army man, no one dared once i arrived back.
That was real scary and i feel we managed to escape getting assulted and worse. By a very narrow margin.
