An essay on A Road Accident - with an outline

 28| A Road Accident

Life is uncertain, fleeting and unpredictable in its nature. Man is exceedingly conscious to adopt adequate measures for this security and safety. But in spite of his efforts and all struggle, he cannot escape from the clutches of ‘Nature, red in tooth and claw. We daily observe accidents of various kinds occurring at different places all around the world. Thousands of people lose their precious lives in these accidents and many others are crippled for life. Perhaps this surging stream of human blood is not enough to satiate the unquenchable thirst of furious imminent fate. Shakespeare says:
“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport”
Accidents are always pathetic, distressing and heart-rending. The accident I am going to narrate is tragically terrible. Once, my friends and I made a program to spend a few days in the comforting company of nature in Swat Valley. The preparations were finalized within two days. On the third day, we started off our journey at the break of the day. All were excited and thrilled about our adventure. The journey to Mansehra was tremendously tiresome, as we had to travel in the scorching heat of summer. After having a brief rest at Mansehra, we decided to proceed immediately to our destination. We hired a jeep and after a couple of hours, we were creeping on the scary road along the River Kunhar in Hazara division. Our driver was drivingly very sensibly. The scenery around was amazingly captivation and mesmerizing. Lush green trees and flowery buses were growing in abundance on the slopes of hills. Thin fleece-like clouds floating in the sky were playing hide and seek with the sun. A cool gentle breeze was blowing from the green hills. It fanned our faces and lifted our spirits. The road winding around the cliffs looked somewhat scary. But the sensations of excitement (                made the journey pleasant and delightful.
“I just go out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room. “Steven Wright
          We were entirely absorbed in (          ) that magical scenery when the deafening noise of the horns of two buses brought us back to our world. Both buses overtook us at breakneck speed. The reckless rivers did not know that they were engaged in the death race. All of a sudden, a truck appeared from the curve of the cliff and collided with one of the buses. There was a loud bang (              ) of collision and the vehicles jammed into each other. The second fast-flying bus also crashed against them and three vehicles rolled down the slope at a terrific speed into the deep gorge (                 ) below by the bank of river Kunhar. It was a horrible harrowing scene for us. We all were stunned and breathless.
The heartbreaking (                 ) shrieks of the ill-fated (          ) passengers echoed back from the hill. We got down the jeep quickly and rushed to the spot to help the passengers but the downward slope was so steep that no one could get down to the vehicles below. After a desperate struggle (              ), we managed to approach the place where these vehicles were lying utterly smashed.

“Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized by could be.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Most of the passengers had died on the spot. A few of them had survived but were badly injured. Their blood-stained bodies were lying around. The survivors were found sobbing and crying. It was a terrible sight. Bells of a few cell phones were ringing. Human flesh and blood was all of us. Everyone was horror-struck. The shock crippled all of us. Soon the police and the district administration arrived to take away the injured and corpses to the near hospital. We could stand it no longer. We cancelled our program and returned with heavy hearts.
“Life is fragile, handle it with prayers.”
The effect of the accident was so shocking that whenever I recollect this regrettable accident, I become deeply depressed. May the departed souls be blessed with the eternal joys of heaven! Ameen!

Accidents can be defined as “a sudden detrimental happening not necessarily but mostly triggered by human recklessness violating the immutable natural laws.”

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