Yesterday, 30th Jan 10 was the day everything came to a standstill for me. In 13 yrs of driving experience, I have never been in an situation like this. Well, that’s why they call it "Accident". This is a rebirth to me and it has been engraved in my memory forever.
I started from Bangalore at 1PM to meet my wife and daughter (6 months). I had packed cradle for my daughter and was so excited to meet her since it was a week that I had left them in Mysore at my in-laws place.
Since the new idea of 94.3FM to play no repeated songs, i’ve been glued to the channel which plays a mix of old & new songs. So I started and was enjoying my driving with music, cruising not over 80 on outskirts and maintaining 40-50 in towns.
After crossing Mandya, I was at a speed or 60-80 when a bus in front of me came to the left suddenly.. I braked and maintained the speed of 60-80 and at a distance of 12-15 feet from the bus and then …
Everythig happened lighting fast… As I write this my hands are in a shiver recalling the incident.. The bus pulled to the right in front of a truck parallel to me and it missed a bullock cart by mere 2 inches which was standing 1/4th on the highway and 3/4th on the gravel at 15 deg angle.
There I was , going towards the bullock cart straight, it took a sec that’s all for the next set of events ….
The sequence as it happened,,,,
I see myself heading for the bullock cart head on
My foot has jammed the brakes to realize it wont help me from crashing into the cart
Turned steering to full right
Left side of the car smashed into the cart which went up a few feet
the car spins around 180 deg and crashes into the cart again.. this time the rightside rear part
The car spins one more time 360 deg and sits on gravel facing the highway…
The left seat has the dashboard parts ans glass strewn on it
I check myself and find no scratches or bruises thanks to the seatbelt
Coming out of the car was like the hollywood movie sequence, struggling to get out of seat belt and i stand to look at the cart and it’s inmates… the cart has fallen on the left side.. no one’s hurt.. all the while it’s like i am watching a movie..