an accident

Part of the requirements for my EDSP122 class is to observe three Montessori schools and one non-Montessori school to assess its method on early childhood education.

This afternoon, Mhira and I went to Mayfield Montessori Academy in UP Village. After an hour observing children, we took a red tricycle to bring us back to Philcoa.

On the way...

Another tricycle was in front of us. It drove almost near the sidewalk to let the passenger down. When our tricycle driver saw this, he moved a bit towards the middle so that we can pass. However, in just a few seconds, the other tricycle was moving again and thus, we were almost side by side each other.

As this was happening, a van attempted to overtake the two tricycles by crossing the other lane. However, another car was coming towards the van and so, to save itself, it hit the tricycle where we were in, dragged us slightly forward that we hit the other tricycle and slided until the two tricycles hit the sidewalk and both came into a stop.

The driver from the van stepped down, checked if there was any damage on his car, looked straight at the tricycle driver and left. Other tricycle drivers came and asked what happened. One wrote down the plate number, while another hurriedly followed the van. The tricycle driver was still in the state of shock.

"Kuya, dito na lang po kami. Habulin nyo na lang po yung van," we kept telling the tricycle driver but he insisted to take us where he was suppose to.

Mhira felt a little pain in her right arm; I on my left leg since we hit both sides of the tricycle when the van and the other tricycle hit us. When we got off, much to our surprise, his hands and leg were wounded. The driver had blood on his left hand.

"Ok lang ako," the driver told us.

As we were walking away the tricycle terminal, we realized if it weren't for the other tricycle that we hit, we would have gone off the road and much damage would have happened.