An unforgettble event in my life

This incident took place about seven years ago. It was an accident. I was about twelve years old by then. We were going on a trip by a van. There were about fifteen people in the van. All of them are my relations. We left home at about 5.00 am in the morning. My farther, mother and I were sitting on the second seat. We started our journey very happily and we went on singing and talking. After a while many of them felt asleep. I was also sleeping. Then suddenly I woke up because of a very loud noise. I had no idea about what had happened. Then I saw the shattered front glass of our van. And pieces of glass were everywhere. Then only I realised that it was the sound of the van hitting a nearby light tower. I felt no sign of an injury so that I got out of the van. Then I saw from the side mirror that my nose was bleeding. My mother and father were not injured. It was drizzling at that time, but many people around that area rushed to help us. One of my uncles, who was sitting on the front seat was badly injured. Then we were all taken to the nearest hospital by a passing by vehicle. After getting treatments I was discharged. But our uncle had to stay in a hospital for about a week as his leg was broken. We had to break the front door of the van to get him out. The driver was not injured. He said that he had lost the control of the van due to the wetness of the road.

People said that it was because of the tower that the van stopped, otherwise it would have fallen down. Then we would have been killed. So it is rather a narrow escape. It is very hard to wipe out that incident from my mind. So it will always remain in my mind as an unforgettable event in my life.
