Once, I was walking on the sidewalk when I had an accident. When two cars and a taxi collided, I was there and witnessed it all. The accident shocked people on both sides of the road. When they collide, they make a very loud noise. Shards of glass shattered. Two cars twisted together. At that time I thought the people in the car were dead. But no, they were just unconscious and were taken to the hospital by the people there. What happened was so unexpected that I panicked. In short, it was the traffic accident that I witnessed in my life

DỊCH NGHĨA 

Một lần, tôi đang đi bộ trên vỉa hè thì gặp tai nạn. Khi hai chiếc ô tô và taxi đâm vào nhau, tôi đã có mặt ở đó và chứng kiến tất cả. Vụ tai nạn khiến người dân hai bên đường bàng hoàng. Khi va chạm, chúng phát ra tiếng kêu rất lớn. Những mảnh kính vỡ vụn ra . Hai chiếc xe méo lại với nhau . Lúc đó tôi nghĩ những người trên xe đã chết. Nhưng không họ chỉ vô thức và đuợc những người ở đó đưa đi bệnh viện . Sự việc diễn ra thật bất ngờ làm cho tôi hoảng hốt . Tóm lại, đó là vụ tai nạn giao thông mà tôi đã chứng kiến trong đời 

Our life is like a bubble in a river, like the dew it falls in night and disappears in the morning. Like sound it comes and goes away. Who knows what is in store for us? Who knows what is going to happen the next moment?

I can never forget the last year’s 17 August. It was a day when I witnessed a road accident between a bus and a truck. It filled me with great horror and I remained upset for many days. I saw death very close to life.

I was going to Ha Nam with my mother by bus. Our driver was very harsh. He appeared to be in some undue hurry. The young people felt thrilled. Even I was too very excited. But the aged persons felt alarmed at the high speed of the bus. They requested the driver to slow down the speed. But he did not pay attention. He kept on driving in his own way.

In the meantime it so happened that another bus tried to overtake our bus. Our driver took it as a challenge far behind. God knows why people take risk in such situations. None of the drivers was ready to compromise.

As a result both the buses began to run parallel on the road. All the passengers were very much horrified because it such was really very risky. Soon a truck came from the opposite side. The drivers of the buses might have tried to apply brakes at this juncture. But it was too late and within seconds we saw a head-on collision between the overtaking bus and the truck. The driver of our bus also stopped.

We all rushed to the spot of accident. It was a very serious accident. Many passengers including the drivers of both the vehicles died on the spot. Many passengers got serious injury. They were moaning and groaning in pain.

There was a lady who was crying bitterly because the accident took the lives of her husband and son. It was really a very pathetic scene. I had never seen such a heart-rending sight in my life. I had become speechless. But it was not a moment to stand and watch the scene. I went to nearby booth and telephoned the police about the accident.

Soon police party from Ha Noi reached the spot with a team of doctors. The injured were put into the ambulance van and driven to a nearby hospital. The dead were sent for postmortem. Those who had got minor injuries were given first aid.

Most horrible was the scene of disaster. Accidents are always dreadful because they lead to injuries, loss of life and property. In no time a person loses everything. Like the lady whose beautiful dream was shattered in seconds with the death of his husband and son. I feel pained whenever I am reminded of the accident. The drivers must be considerate. They must follow the traffic rules to avoid such accidents.