draggonlaady

So I'm stopped at the gas station to feed the work truck on my way to work. The gas station provides great visibility of the intersection up the road, where the espresso stand is. Sitting in the truck, idly watching traffic...

Pink car is north-bound, stopped and signaling left to turn into the espresso stand. Truck is south-bound. Black car is north-bound behind the pink car. Black car is NOT stopping. Truck passes intersection, black car pulls into south-bound lane, apparently attempting to PASS the pink car which is now turning left to cross the south-bound lane. Anybody else seeing where this is going? That's right, they fail their dodge rolls. It's a sick damn feeling in your stomach when you KNOW what's coming and can't do a damn thing about it. Black car plows right into the driver's side of the pink car. I'm still attached to the gas pump, but have the cell phone out and got 911 dispatching at about the same time as the "thud" reaches me.
Pull in to see if I can help, and to wait for the police to give a statement if they need one, and discover that the pink car is driven by the teen-age daughter of a co-worker. So several stressed co-workers are hugging and mother-henning.
A gent driving into town promptly pulls off and starts directing traffic like it's what he does for a living. I suspect he's a volunteer or off-duty firefighter, because he's soon got a radio out of his car that looks (to my un-trained eye) just like my da's, and is talking to the emergency folk that are on their way. (He declined my offer to spot him a coffee or tea for standing in the cold and rain.)
Good news, appears that nobody was seriously injured. Co-worker's daughter had to climb out through the passenger door because the driver's door is trashed. And her dad's taking her to hospital to be checked out despite her protestations of being fine. Other driver was also apparently okay; with luck the worst injury will be the bloody nose the passenger got.
Made a mess of the intersection and everybody late to work though; maybe now the city will finally cough up for a light for that intersection? Doubt it though, not like this is the first time there's been a similar wreck there.