My dear wife, Carrie, and I were traveling South on Indiana Highway 446 heading to Highway 50.  We were just a few miles South of Monroe Reservoir.  As we hurtled down the road, I saw a car off the road to my left off the East side of the highway.  Carrie did not see the car.  I put on my brakes, looked at her, and told her I saw car back there in peril.  We went back to help.

We turned around and found a young man from Seymour who was coming home from work.  He had been run off the road by a careless driver passing another car.

When I went past the sight, I swallowed real hard.  I thought he was okay.  I didn’t know.  Twenty-seven years ago I stopped to help a motorist in peril.  That young man did not make it through the day.  It is something that came back to me today.  It was awful.

This young man today was okay.  Carrie and I waited until the authorities came by and took it from there.  The boy was from Jackson County and we have some familiar acquaintances.  That always helps.

While we were on 446 waiting for the police to come, it started snowing.  We thought it looked nice.  Little did we know we would have to drive home from Jackson County to Washington County to Harrison County in the worst road conditions we have seen all year.  It was awful!

But…we lived to tell the story.  I am glad the young man we helped today on 446 was okay.

Speaking the rights…

Danny Johnson