The Accident

By Christina

It was a hot sunny day in Reno, Nevada and it was time to go have some fun. Garry, who is about 6'1 and has brown hair and brown eyes decided that we were going to go 4 wheeling on a quad. We were having fun out in the desert until he let me drive. Up ahead there was a narrow pathway and below that was a creek 4 inches deep. If we were to fall off we would fall 6ft down into the creek. I was a little nervous about driving because I had never done it before. We started going to the right and Garry was yelling,

"Turn, Turn."

"I can't."

"Then push on the break."

That was the problem. I thought I squeezed the break but it was the clutch instead. I didn't think or see anything when we were falling it was just blank.

I woke up gasping for air; I was under water with the quad on top of me. I started screaming when I reached air. I felt so much pain it was unbearable. The pipes on the quad burnt my whole leg. I slid from under the quad with rocks scraping my legs. I looked for Garry and he was lying in the water. He got up moaning. We walked up the hill and he looked at my leg and blood was running down it.

"I can't walk." I said.

"Is it broken?"

"I don't think so," I said, " It just hurts really badly."

We went down and pushed the quad out of the water and started home. Garry had no injuries, but his shoulder did hurt for 3 weeks. But, before I go on another quad I'll learn how to drive first!