Arriving on the scene of a car crash
I find it a bit awkward to report on the scene of a car crash. That’s why it was so nice to be welcomed – literally – with open arms at the scene yesterday (Saturday).
I was en route to our Thanksgiving supper when I saw the flashing lights of emergency vehicles. Knowing I could get the story for my morning newscast at the radio station, I pulled over. I held my breath that it wouldn’t be too serious.
I didn’t recognize him until later, but my former school bus driver is a volunteer fire-fighter who was on the scene when I got there. He was the first one I spoke to, and he ushered me over to the official who could give me the story. Next thing I know, another man starts talking to me and introduces me to a policeman on the scene. Later, I realized he’s another volunteer fireman as well as a local farmer and friend of the family.
Lucky for the people involved in the two-vehicle collision (at the corner of county roads 10 and 11, between the Sandbanks and Picton), the man’s injuries were not life threatening and the woman in the other vehicle was uninjured.
And lucky for me, local reporting can sometimes be a friendly experience.
Unfortunately for them, the two drivers didn’t get the turkey dinner they were hoping for. They collided pulling in for the same house party 
