A close call. Driving on the highway with my family I saw a terrible accident

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A Close Call

Driving on the highway with my family I saw a terrible accident. Cars crashed, blood on the road, people crying. All this reminded of what I had been through. It has been six years but it still seems as if it was yesterday. Each and every detail is still vividly engraved in me. Whenever I think of the accident I end up with goose bumps and I get pale and frightened. It really was a close call.

Sadly, dangerous and deadly road accidents have become common news in Jeddah. We hear stories on the news, from friends and family but it's totally different when you personally experience such traumatic incident in life. I too had gone through a deadly road accident. I nearly escaped death. The accident was the most horrific experience of my life that took me months to recover from it. The support and comfort from my family helped me gain my strength and heal my grief.

It was Ramadan. My brother had recently learned how to drive. He still had not received his driver's license. After iftar our parents were taking a nap when my brother asked me to