Last week, I heard of this sad news from my colleague at work that her neighbor's son passed away the night before in a car accident.
It was really sad to hear of news like these, but the shocking part was yet to come.
It was a hit and run accident, and the young guy was only 20 years old!
The neighbor's son was only 20, and he was a bright and promising student who had a great and prospective future laid out in front of him and all that vanished in one night.
It seemed that he was riding his motorcyle along the road that fateful night; around 11+ at night when he was hit by a car which landed him on the side of the road, badly injured.
The car sped off and left him there, bleeding on his own.
God knows how long he had been lying there until a kind Samaritan on another motorcycle stopped by to lend him a hand and managed to contact his father through the speed dial numbers on his phone.
The man also called for an ambulance which arrived promptly and rushed him to the nearest hospital for immediate medical aid.
However, when he arrived at the hospital, he was pronounced dead.
According to his mother and as related by my colleague, there were not much physical injuries which can be seen on his body or his limbs but the fatality lies in the head which was bleeding very badly and the doctor had mentioned that he had a very bad concussion which led to the constant bleeding.
I think the boy probably bled himself to death.
It is really sad and shocking to hear of such news and to think of what could have happened had the person who knocked him in the first place took the time to stop, get down and send him to the hospital.
If the irresponsible driver had done that, he could probably be saved, but then again, if he had done that, he would not have been labeled irresponsible by me in the first place.
My first thought is that this driver was probably too scared when he first hit the motorcycle and he was afraid and he just took off.
Secondly, he was also afraid of facing the consequences of the accident or to be penalized if the boy was injured or dead and he took off.
Worse, the driver could be without a driving license and the second reason is valid if he is caught.
Maybe, he was drunk and could not see/feel (highly impossible) or he thought that it was a ghost since it was during the 7th month in the Chinese lunar calendar anyway.
However many reasons I can think of for his taking off, not one of them could justify for his actions and what could have happened had he just stopped and send this victim to the hospital for immediate medical attention instead of succumbing to his own anxieties and fears.
Now, with his dreadful actions and inhuman decision, he had cost and taken away a life; a young and deserving life who could have seen much more of what the world has to offer and not to be cruelly deprived of his opportunity.
No one has the right to take away the life of another; only our Creator has because HE created us.
He may not have intended to kill the boy that night when he drove but inevitably, he DID hit him and he could have saved him if he had wanted to.
Instead, he chose a wicked and irresponsible decision to walk away and leave the boy to die, which to me, is just equivalent to robbing another of their lives.
With this incident which clearly happened, much as the driver would like to erase it from his memory, it would remain there and would constantly return to haunt him.
It is a guilt and consequence he has to deal with for the rest of his lives and personally, I think that would be worse than any imperial punishment or imprisonment.
I hope he is feeling every inch of the guilt at this point now; that he had just killed someone (running away makes it first degree murder) and he had also brought misery and devastation to a mother and a father and ripped apart a perfect and happy family.
His life will definitely be filled with guilt and insomnia, and I think, even if he were to finally own up, it would have been too late, as the guilt will eat at his gut forever and ever.
I pray for the poor boy and his family and for the rest of us out there, please be careful when you are on the road.
May his soul rest in peace
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