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9.04.2008

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I saw somebody die yesterday. 

There was an accident on the street; a huge group had gathered outside the bakery where I was getting dessert with Emily. We had split up from the boys so we decided to wait for them. We actually saw them in the huge group so we went outside to see what happened. There was a police car and an ambulance. Weaving through the group to get to the guys, I saw horrified stares and grim faces. Part of me didn't want to peer over the person in front of me, but I did anyways. And what I saw made my stomach fall. 

Poor woman. Nobody saw what happened; it looked like she had either fallen off of her bike, or maybe she had gotten hit in a hit-an-run. Neither of those make sense though- there was traffic, the car wouldn't have been able to "get away," but it so much too gruesome for just a fallen motorist. When I was approaching, I heard Matt whisper, "No... don't look. She's... gone."

Right after, I left. 

I've never seen death like that before.