It was a long time ago, I had 10
years old and it was New Years Eve when my family and I were getting back home
from Santa Fe De Antioquia where we had spent our vacations. We were in the
called Old Road to San Geronimo, it was a very narrow and winding way.
There were a lot of people trying to
go back to Medellin that day so we found ourselves stuck in a traffic jam, we just
moved along a few meters in a minute. It was normal in such a date, though. The
only thing we were able to do being inside the car was waiting patiently but it
looked like if something had happened several cars forward because the line
hadn’t moved in a long time.
But worst was yet to come. Finally
we could drive some miles till the cars stopped again, our vehicle drew up
right in a curve and near to a cliff that we never actually saw till something
crashed and pushed us to it.
This blue car drived by a young guy
have just collided us from the back, letting the trunk of our car smashed, the
back rear broken and the entire vehicle one step from the cliff.
We have never thought something like
that would happen to us, we were absolutely scared and nervous. After getting
out of the car we noticed the steep mountain we could have fell off for. My
father went to talk with the man while my mom was trying to calm my sister and
me, we both were crying because of the impact and shocked considering that the
broken rear had fell on our heads.
Fortunately the glass was a secure
one, and even it hit us it never hurt us. At that time the police had arrived
and had been making the report of the accident.
Some hours after the event we left
the place and started driving again. The rare had been replaced by a plastic
and a little more relaxed but still thrilled we got home and celebrated New
Year with our family.
Nowadays that creepy road doesn´t
exist anymore, there´s this brand new and wide freeway that takes us to San
Geronimo in the half time we used to. But one thing is sure, every time we pass
by a cliff we remember this story and try to be careful to avoid any other bad episode.
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