Yep, it had to happen sometime!
This evening, we were on our way to our Monday prayer meeting in the Gansosso quarter of Kandi. It was really quite dark so the car and motorbike headlights on the road were dazzling... We were driving along the main road and needed to turn left onto a side road, so Etienne indicated with his arm and moved into the middle of the road. As we were about to turn, a moto taxi appeared from the left and made it clear he was going to cut in front of us so Etienne slowed right down to wait for him to do his thing before turning. Just as he had passed across us, Etienne looked in front and there was a motorbike heading straight for us at speed. I could see that we would certainly collide if the other bike didn't manage to stop or change his course, and that's exactly what happened! Somehow I managed to step off the bike before the collision happened (despite not being able to reach the ground when I'm sitting on the back) and Etienne thinks he must have turned the steering to the left and leaned the bike down as he stepped off it and the other guy crashed into the right side of the bike. The other guy skidded on the floor and hurt his ankle and grazed his knee but he managed to ride off a few moments later. Etienne picked up his bike with ease (despite it being incredibly heavy) and parked it on the side of the road and then we went to see if the other guy was ok. I think some angels were around to help us both during and after the incident - it was all a bit surreal! Neither us nor our bike had so much as a scratch. Praise God for His protection!
This evening, we were on our way to our Monday prayer meeting in the Gansosso quarter of Kandi. It was really quite dark so the car and motorbike headlights on the road were dazzling... We were driving along the main road and needed to turn left onto a side road, so Etienne indicated with his arm and moved into the middle of the road. As we were about to turn, a moto taxi appeared from the left and made it clear he was going to cut in front of us so Etienne slowed right down to wait for him to do his thing before turning. Just as he had passed across us, Etienne looked in front and there was a motorbike heading straight for us at speed. I could see that we would certainly collide if the other bike didn't manage to stop or change his course, and that's exactly what happened! Somehow I managed to step off the bike before the collision happened (despite not being able to reach the ground when I'm sitting on the back) and Etienne thinks he must have turned the steering to the left and leaned the bike down as he stepped off it and the other guy crashed into the right side of the bike. The other guy skidded on the floor and hurt his ankle and grazed his knee but he managed to ride off a few moments later. Etienne picked up his bike with ease (despite it being incredibly heavy) and parked it on the side of the road and then we went to see if the other guy was ok. I think some angels were around to help us both during and after the incident - it was all a bit surreal! Neither us nor our bike had so much as a scratch. Praise God for His protection!
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