Janine rang me on her way to work and told me the back road was closed so take a detour to work. I was due at Tereora College at 8.00 for a workshop and alot of attendees were late due to the road closure. The rumour mill kicked into gear and during the day I discovered there was a road accident with one fatality. Of course in New Zealand there are road fatalities every day, but here, in such a small place, I have no doubt that the victim will be known to someone I know. And for some reason I feel quite sad about that even though at this stage I don't know who the victim is. The smallness of the island brings everyone closer somehow. On tonights news it was reveaeled that the accident was between a motorcycle and car with the rider of the cycle the fatality and the pillion passenger in a serious condition in hospital. The car driver was in hospital with shock. The accident happened around 3.00am and was the result of a combination of speed and alcohol. It was the first road fatality in Rarotonga for 14 months.
This whole episode has made me quite sad...
Yeah... a death is always sad...even in NZ. But I get how much more it effects people in Raro :-)
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