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Quick story about an accident on the road yesterday,

A group of us are heading back from MoBay (Montego Bay) yesterday evening, winding around the hills near Ewarton. Some of the people in the car were talking about the road conditions and how accidents can cause 5-10 hour detours around the mountains. Shortly thereafter 5 cars in front of us a flatbed tractor-trailer is approaching a hairpin turn. A sedan wants to pass the semi right at the turn so it speeds up right at the corner, turns too fast, and flips, landing on its roof.

A few of us get out of the car and walk over to see. Nobody is hurt, and a few drivers start to give their opinion on this particular driver's mental state. A crowd soon gathers around the car, and in one motion flips it upright. The trailer is motioned to backup up the hill to give room to move the car, and the cars behind it backup to allow him room. With the space cleared by the trailer, the uprighted car is maneuvered into a nearby driveway, and the road is clear. All the gawkers (myself included) are forced to run back to their cars to keep the traffic flowing.

All of this - from when the car flipped to when traffic started to flow again - couldn't have taken more than 5 minutes. I was mentally preparing myself for a late return home when the group flipped the car, and I stood amazed while the car was flipped and moved in less time it takes some people I know to parallel park. The driver was of course extremely lucky - if the car had flipped a hundred yards earlier or later it would have fallen off the precipice.