Car crash coincidence

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About twenty years ago I collected my son Anthony from Boys Brigade in Bath. I was asked to drop his friend Gary off near his father's house. (his parents were separated and his mother lived somewhere completely different) When we arrived at the spot to drop Gary I stopped the car. While he was in the process of getting out we became aware of a car coming straight for us veering from the opposite side of the road and showing no sign of braking. It hit us front on quite hard, just as Gary was half in and half out of the car. Once we had established we were all OK we realised the driver of the car that hit us was Gary's mother on her way home from work.. I have always been glad that Gary was not hurt. Migs
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:06:37 +0000Coincidence ID:4723