An Accident

  One of the drivers of the company I work for had an accident a couple weeks ago. The person in the other vehicle died.

  I can only imagine what is going through the truckers mind. I am sure they can relive the entire experience. I am sure they know exactly what the other driver looked like right before the accident. The other vehicle had blown a tire, came across the median, struck a minivan, then struck the semi, and lastly hit a pickup. The people in the van had to be taken to the hospital. The semi and pickup drivers had no injuries. 

  These kind of events are so tragic and painful. The family of the deceased will have a hard time. It will also be very rough for the semi driver. The semi completely smashed thru the drivers side of the vehicle.  

  When something tragic happens, that wasn't preventable, it can really mess someone up. We all hope to have something we could have changed so the tragity could have been avoided. When there is nothing that could have been changed, we struggle and grasp for answers that never quite make sense.

  I was discussing this with my wife a while ago and she didn't really understand the concept. "How could someone have difficulty when they knew there was nothing they could do?" A day or two later she stepped on a pet frog that had escaped. She understood. She spent that day tearing her mind apart wondering what she could have done differently. 

  This all makes complete sense when you fully see the complexity. When you make an error and something happens you can change and thus prevent another error from happening. When you did nothing wrong and something bad happens you are left struggling with what could be changed. If nothing could be changed how can we grow? It is a truly perilous dilema.

  There you have it. I pray that all people involved will be okay. And I hope the driver of the semi won't be reliving those moments forever. I am sure they are haunted by them.