A close call

             The bell finally rang after a long day of school, and everyone
             was excited to go home. My friends and I wanted to go out and get
             something to eat before our big soccer game against Brookwood. I
             didn't know something was going to happen to me that would change
             Josh was driving his brand new white jeep that his parents just
             bought a couple of weeks before. Jeff was sitting in the passenger seat.
             Ben, Shawn, and I were sitting in the back with the top up on the jeep.
             I remember when we left Josh's house, his mom reminded all of us
             to put our seat belts on. There was a little problem because the back
             seat only had one seat belt. And Shawn was the one who put it on.
             Josh was making a left turn on Old Peachtree from
             Lawrenceville Swannee, but he wasn't paying much attention to
             the road. He didn't yield on the green light, but he didn't see the F-150
             truck coming right at us. I took a quick glance forward and the next
             thing I know my neck snapped and my head hit the front seat. Then as
             the jeep began to spin, it threw Ben and I right out the top of the jeep.
             My life was flashing in front of my eyes while I was flying twenty feet
             through the air. The only thing I remember when I was in the air is
             praying to god that I wouldn't die. When I landed on the road, I was so
             shocked I couldn't feel anything. I couldn't tell if I was hurt until I got
             up and tried to walk. I thought I broke my ankle, but it was just badly
             bruised. This was the scariest moment of my life, but I only came out
             The funny thing of this whole accident is that I wasn't wearing
             my seat belt and I was the least one injured. Ben had a badly bruised
             back, Jeff had internal bleeding, Shawn broke his arm in two places,
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