CATEGORY: AUTO ACCIDENTS
WHERE: Dallas, Texas
WHEN: Evening, Fall, 1975
AGE: 22 years old

The major intersection had only a YIELD sign. I was late for school and didn’t see it. I was driving my 1966 Chevy Chevelle and was probably speeding. I saw it coming, in slow motion. Loud noise of my squealing brakes. I broadsided a large black Cadillac. I wasn’t wearing a seat belt. My door was jammed and I had to force it open with my feet. My knee was in pain when I climbed out. I ran over to the Cadillac. The driver, a man, was sitting quietly. His wife was crying, also quietly. I asked him if she was O.K. He said: "It’s about something else. Our son died in an auto accident not long ago." I kept saying that I was sorry.

PS: There were no serious injuries. My Chevelle was totaled.