Two days ago, which happened to be a very rainy day, Tim and I were travelling in his car towards his house. We were just coasting relatively slowly down a suburban road, the slowness due to the speed limits as well as the bad weather.

All of a sudden, a little girl came running out onto the road and hit our car.

It happened so quickly. Out of nowhere, between a stationary bus and a car, the girl had ran straight out onto the road, hit the front left corner of Tim’s car (breaking the headlight there) before tumbling backwards like a ragdoll. By the time we parked to rush out, we already heard her screaming in pain and probably fear, and the bus driver and passengers rushing out to attend to her.

Thankfully, she wasn’t very injured. I called for an ambulance and they arrived a short while later, after the bus driver thought it would be a good idea to move the kid onto the bus and out of the rain (as I tried to tell him, you’re not supposed to move injured people in these situations, just as well the injuries were minor). Basically she just had scraped/bruised knee and shoulder, more so from hitting the pavement than the car. No visible broken bones or concussion though she was taken to the hospital for xrays. The police arrived soon after, took statements from Tim and basically confirmed that he was not at fault as the 12 year old evidently (as well as admitted to) running out onto the road without checking properly.

Still, pretty nerve-wracking experience.

In better news, our house is finally officially sold. We’ll need to vacate by around 30 January next year. Since two weeks of January will be completely taken up by full-time study, I’m going to have about the remaining 2 weeks to find a place to rent. Here’s to hoping that I can make it happen!