Road accident
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Hot summer afternoon 4 years ago I was making my way to Warrington on business. About three miles from the centre of the town I suddenly got a picture flash in my mind of an accident at Bridge Foot (centre of Warrington) involving a double decker bus and that a stretcher was being loaded into the back of an ambulance.
Approx 5 minutes later, I reached Bridge Foot, and there in the exact spot I had seen in my vision was an accident involving a bus and a patient was being put into the ambulance. The only difference I remembered from my vision was that the bus was White and the real accident involved a red bus.
Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:13:53 +0000Coincidence ID:5417