On our way home from church yesterday, the roads started getting pretty bad about a half an hour from home, and it was snowing.  As we passed one car accident with a trooper already there, we were following a larger SUV.  All of a sudden, that car lost control of the vehicle, spun sideways on the road right in front of us, and proceeded to roll over into the ditch.  What a scary thing to watch!  We pulled right over and dh and I started to walk up to the vehicle.  The passenger got out with her cell phone and told us that they were ok.  I praised God and Dh offered to drive back to the trooper behind us, as she called 911 on her phone.

As we were looking for a place to turn around, another trooper came along and we flashed him down.    We turned around and made sure we didn't need to be witnesses, and proceeded on our way home.  The driver was a young girl and it looked like she was driving with her mother.  Both appeared to have had their seatbelts on.

I am so thankful to God that we weren't following too closely to the vehicle, that no one in their vehicle was hurt, we didn't have to witness anything too horrific, and that the trooper was right there to take care of things.  I pray that the young girl will learn from her relatively cheap lesson.  I think her only problem was that she overcorrected, which is an easy thing to do in that kind of situation.  I could hear the mom (or passenger) consoling her.  I am sure the driver just kept saying, “I'm sorry!”  I felt so badly for her.

Anyway, enough rambling, but that kind of thing really sobers one up.  Drive safely, everyone!