Old Ford Road
Jun. 2nd, 2010 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dotintheskyThere was a really ugly accident on Old Ford Road this afternoon. I missed it by a few minutes. I was walking home from the gym when an emergency ambulance car sped past me. Up ahead, in front of a block of flats, about twenty people were gathered around a couple of people lying on the sidewalk. There were more emergency cars, an ambulance, a fire truck (?!) and a police car (I think.) In the middle of these vehicles was a red car with a spiderweb-like smashed window on its passenger side. The two people on the floor were a mother cradling a 10 year old girl who (I hope) was only passed out, scratched, her face bloodied.
That block of flats has a green space bordering the sidewalk that was recently converted into a playground. Moms with little kids use it throughout the day but it's also popular with pre-teens. It's a hang out for the ones from the block and for the ones that live on the other side of Old Ford Road. My guess is that the girl was running across the road when she got hit - either playing with her friends, trying to catch a ball, or simply jaywalking. There was a big group of kids perched nearby crying their eyes out.
It's sad to conclude this but it was an accident waiting to happen. The playground doesn't have any sort of fence and it's only just a few feet from Old Ford Road (a fairly busy road) - I've seen kids run into that road before after their ball. I hope that girl will be OK.
Just round the corner is Victoria Park. I think one couple lying on the grass close to the Canal were doing it. When I saw a mother with three kids walking in my direction, I thought of warning her about the upsetting scene up ahead so she could take a detour. Then I didn't say anything.
That block of flats has a green space bordering the sidewalk that was recently converted into a playground. Moms with little kids use it throughout the day but it's also popular with pre-teens. It's a hang out for the ones from the block and for the ones that live on the other side of Old Ford Road. My guess is that the girl was running across the road when she got hit - either playing with her friends, trying to catch a ball, or simply jaywalking. There was a big group of kids perched nearby crying their eyes out.
It's sad to conclude this but it was an accident waiting to happen. The playground doesn't have any sort of fence and it's only just a few feet from Old Ford Road (a fairly busy road) - I've seen kids run into that road before after their ball. I hope that girl will be OK.
Just round the corner is Victoria Park. I think one couple lying on the grass close to the Canal were doing it. When I saw a mother with three kids walking in my direction, I thought of warning her about the upsetting scene up ahead so she could take a detour. Then I didn't say anything.
