A Near Accident

 

Youngest Son needed my car yesterday, so I went along with him for the drive.  It was nice to be a passenger for a change as you get to see so much more when you don’t have to concentrate on the road.

Our drive took us through Karangahake Gorge near Waihi, a very busy road that is narrow and has multiple blind corners (it is very pretty through here as well).

This photo is an old one, but it gives some idea of what the road is like through the Gorge.  The Ohinemuri River flows along beside the left of the road.

We were approaching a corner when a truck with a shipping container onboard came around the opposite direction. 

All I saw were the tyres well over the white centre line on our side, coming over further and further and straight in front of us.  I kept thinking, Why doesn’t he move over?, Why is he still coming at us?

Youngest Son said afterwards that to him it felt like everything suddenly went into slow motion.  All he could see was a gap between the truck and the drop-off into the river, and the gap was growing smaller all the time.

He said he focused on the gap and actually accelerated to get through it while it was still there. 

I’m positive we had angels watching over us and helping us avoid a serious accident.  It was that close.

Margaret 😊