Hyderabad, India
There's this major intersection half a mile away from my home that is always bustling with activity. It connects a densely populated middle-class residential area (where I live) to Jubilee Hills, 5 miles down the road where you have Dell, GE, Google and all the fancy IT companies. It's like the American equivalent of a freeway with lots of trucks plying into/out of the city.
At the intersection I speak of, there are a whole bunch of fruit/vegetable/small item vendors that attract tons of people during the afternoons (it being Ramadan and everything).
Barely an hour ago, a trucker lost control and smashed through these sidewalk fruit/vegetable stalls, killing four people instantly. The people went into shock at first, then after a minute, realized the driver had disappeared without a trace. Even before the police got there, the entire crowd went into mob mentality and here is what has been done so far:
The truck - set on fire. The fire trucks are just putting it out.
The accident caused a huge traffic jam. 35, I repeat, 35 trucks had their windows smashed and the mob was going to set them on fire too. The police got there in time and started firing warning shots to try and get them under control.
One Bus, owned by the Public Transport, was also smashed.
The news on TV is now saying more than 80 vehicles are suspected damaged in the chaos and fighting that ensued between the mob and the police. What the hell!!!
Now a sad thing happened - four poor fruit vendors died at the hands of one irresponsible driver. Now why the hell did they set that truck on fire? What if the fuel tank had exploded? It was up on the curb, right next to a huge building and an electric transformer. What if the fire got out of control?
The entire area has been put under a lockdown - there are more cops than people on the roads now. Everyone is staying put indoors. Talk about things spiraling out of control.
There's this major intersection half a mile away from my home that is always bustling with activity. It connects a densely populated middle-class residential area (where I live) to Jubilee Hills, 5 miles down the road where you have Dell, GE, Google and all the fancy IT companies. It's like the American equivalent of a freeway with lots of trucks plying into/out of the city.
At the intersection I speak of, there are a whole bunch of fruit/vegetable/small item vendors that attract tons of people during the afternoons (it being Ramadan and everything).
Barely an hour ago, a trucker lost control and smashed through these sidewalk fruit/vegetable stalls, killing four people instantly. The people went into shock at first, then after a minute, realized the driver had disappeared without a trace. Even before the police got there, the entire crowd went into mob mentality and here is what has been done so far:
The truck - set on fire. The fire trucks are just putting it out.
The accident caused a huge traffic jam. 35, I repeat, 35 trucks had their windows smashed and the mob was going to set them on fire too. The police got there in time and started firing warning shots to try and get them under control.
One Bus, owned by the Public Transport, was also smashed.
The news on TV is now saying more than 80 vehicles are suspected damaged in the chaos and fighting that ensued between the mob and the police. What the hell!!!
Now a sad thing happened - four poor fruit vendors died at the hands of one irresponsible driver. Now why the hell did they set that truck on fire? What if the fuel tank had exploded? It was up on the curb, right next to a huge building and an electric transformer. What if the fire got out of control?
The entire area has been put under a lockdown - there are more cops than people on the roads now. Everyone is staying put indoors. Talk about things spiraling out of control.
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