Accident on the mountain...

Today on the way home from school, the monsoon rains were really heavy.  Our little 967cc car was screeching up the mountain.  As we hit the outskirts of Mcleod the rain ceased but the roads were very very wet.  Just as we were rounding the final bend before the main road into Mcleod a young Hindi lad and his friend came off their motorbike/scooter.  We stopped the car.  I had jumped out and was running to the edge of the cliff edge to help.  In many places it is a sheer drop of hundreds and hundreds of meters.  These boys were lucky a tree had stopped their fall but the ground was wet with mud and they were slipping.  Before I knew what was happening many hands including my own were pulling the boys back on the road.  Neither of them had a helmet on and both were wearing only jeans and short sleeved T shirts.  I grabbed for the passenger and his foot was caught under the bike, I pulled and pulled to set him free.  Both boys were okay, one was limping the other had a graze on his arm.  They were so lucky, if they had slipped off the road two metres further on-long they would not have been alive.  Both boys were in shock. 


The community spirit was amazing to witness, people of all ages, cultures, both male and females were running to help.  seven men managed to pull the bike free from the mountain side.  The engine turned over but the bike was smashed up in many areas. 


I am hoping these two boys made it home save.


Karen x