The Accident
It happened some time back. We had a meeting in Mumbai which was to start sharply by 9:30 am. It was four hours journey from the place where we work. I left the housing colony in the early morning with one of my colleague in a car. It was still dark, and very cold outside. Accidents, overturned trucks, smashed cars are very common sights on the highway. It will be a surprise if we don’t spot any of these on any of our trips to and from Mumbai. We were discussing on product yields and productivity, while KJ Yesudas digitally tried to enlighten our spirits by singing some of the morning ragas. There was a sharp right turn after crossing the police check post outside the town. Five minutes after crossing the police check post, we found an overturned truck in the left side of the road. It’s headlights were still on. The indicators were also on. It was still dark, and there was nobody around, the place was quite far away from the town. We already had crossed the accident spot by a few mete