Did absolutely nothing today – very lazy and wasted day indeed! In saying that when I picked Jack up from karate my day became a lot more interesting!
Driving back I got a call from someone who told me they were a paramedic and they were taking Mum and Derek to the JR following a car accident they’d been involved in, they weren’t harmed I was re-assured so I wasn’t panicking and told her to tell Mum I’d be there shortly.
Dropped Jack off, had a shower and then went up to the Emergency section of A & E and found Mum on a trolley in the corridor strapped down with a neck brace and all manner of action going on around her (not for her I hasten to add!). Derek was in one of the Resuscitation rooms so was in a bit worse shape than Mum. I spoke to the paramedic before she left and then I stood by with Mum and chatted and kept her company for the next ‘few’ hours. She was okay, very battered and bruised and the collar was more precautionary than anything so I wasn’t overly concerned for her and it was quite relaxed. I was concerned about Derek as we couldn’t get to see him but I later found out he was similar to Mum but he’d also cut his hand and fractured his chest bone – not good.
I got the story from Mum and basically an American couple had driven across the road and slammed into Mum’s side (she was driving) and caused a couple of hours of delays by completely blocking the road. Mum couldn’t get out and everyone was concerned for whiplash. They actually cut Mum out of the car! It was definitely not their fault and witnesses backed them up, but the car is obviously a write-off
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