I had an amazingly similar experience that I had completely pushed out of my mind until I read your account. At about age 10, I witnessed a car miss the curve and nosedive straight into a concrete "cattle pass." The EMTs pulled him out on a gurney, bloody and lifeless with no sheet on him. He may have already been dead but either way he did not survive. It's the kind of thing that explains to a tough ten year old, that he is not immortal. No offense but I wish I had not read this.
I had an amazingly similar experience that I had completely pushed out of my mind until I read your account. At about age 10, I witnessed a car miss the curve and nosedive straight into a concrete "cattle pass." The EMTs pulled him out on a gurney, bloody and lifeless with no sheet on him. He may have already been dead but either way he did not survive. It's the kind of thing that explains to a tough ten year old, that he is not immortal. No offense but I wish I had not read this.
Sorry to bring back old memories. Just another reason to write my way through all of the past to clear it out of my minds eye , Best Ollie
Harsh reality for a young boy indeed.