She waited for the WALK sign, and once it was her turn to go, she started pushing her 8 month old baby boy across the street. Her parents were right behind her.
She heard a squeal and turned to look at the sound. A drunk driver was careening down the street, coming straight at her at sixty miles an hour.
She screamed in horror. She must have. But in the last three seconds she had, she pushed her stroller as far away from her as she could.
Her baby boy ended up safely on the sidewalk. A little shaken, but otherwise fine.
She died immediately on impact.
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I took overnight call on Cinco de Mayo. And I will never forget the sight of her mother dropping to the ground, slapping the floor in grief, wailing to the heavens, as she was told that her baby, her daughter, was dead.
Please don't drink and drive.
3 years ago
