the day i saw a motorcyclist fly...

warning: this story is not for the faint-hearted...

went to JB on Sunday. as usual, as the driver of the house, i can't say no to the parents' request. wait they merajok and then they sumpah me become tanggang how? hehehe... ok joking. actually, i love driving them around too... kalau kita tak bahagiakan mak bapak kita, sapa lagik kan?

everything was hunky dory till the drive to Angsana. I don't remember where we were but the road was slightly slow moving at that point of time. Abba was already busy becoming noisy in the car, "Kenapa road ni jam?" "Asal kerete sumer tak bergerak?" Those kind of grumblings...

AND THEN...

me and Abba saw something flying and then there was a loud thud sound. we were like, "Huh, what's that?" I thought I was seeing a garbage bag being thrown into a garbage truck scenario. But then, I saw no truck. there were only 3 cars in front of us.

i managed to inch forward a bit and i saw an mpv car on the opposite direction, stopped in the middle of the right lane. and the driver was scrambling out from his car. inched forward a bit and i saw a motorcycle on the road divider, mangled. and then i saw it. a pair of legs jutting out from the front wheels of a purple car which was two ahead of us. and the car's bonnet was dented till the headlights broke. then it dawned on me. i just saw a motorcyclist fly and heard him land on the purple's car bonnet.

i managed to move left. and waited for the light to turn green. and i turned again to look. he was still there, pinned. and then i froze. really froze. i wanted to cry. and then i heard Abba said, "Da ijau, jalan." I was so frozen, I didn't realise the light had turned green.

Along the way, Ammi passed a bottle of water to Abba to read me some verses just to settle my nerves a bit. Drank a bit of water, and I felt a little better. And then, we started to discuss what might have happened. I think the story is that - I was on a three lane road, driving on the right. On the 1st left lane, there was another two cars involved in an accident. So maybe the driver of the mpv car who was on the right lane on the opposite direction, kepo-kepo look at the accident that he didn't realise a motorcyclist was in front of him. he knocked the motorcyclist real hard. Motorbike hit divider, in fact jumped the divider. Motorcyclist flew and hit the bonnet of the purple car which was on the same lane as mine. Fell on the road and got run over and pinned under the purple car.

the whole time yesterday, the image of the flying motorcyclist was doing a repeat telecast in my mind. we reached home safely, Alhamdulillah, about Maghrib. And after doing my Maghrib prayers, i did a sujud syukur, thanking Allah for keeping us safe and protecting us from any mishaps. with tears of course.

till now, i am still thinking, what if i was faster and the motorcyclist landed on my car instead of the purple car? because the incident happened only two cars away. that close a shave. Alhamdulillah, Ya Allah.

I pray that the motorcyclist is well. Really hope his injuries are minor. So peeps, drive safe. Be alert. May Allah protect you and me from any mishaps, InshaAllah...

Ilal Liqaa'...