It's Not Right To Do This To Other People

I had to stop on my way to work to take a look at the aftermath of a deadly car chase, curious to see how mangled the innocent victim's van was.

I only caught a glimpse of both vehicles as they were being trucked away. The van, of North American make, had a deep groove in the front, a point of impact at the driver's door, and another midway along the side. The windshield was intact. I couldn't see the other side of the vehicle. The small import that was being pursued by police was crumpled front and back.

The road and a grassy curb area were marked in chalk with double circles and opposing semi-circles. The two traffic light standards on the northwest corner were damaged; one is noticeably askew. Perhaps this was what killed the 50 year-old man.

The two workmen responsible for sweeping up the mess left behind quite a bit of debris: two front or tail light housings, a bottle of Calgon body mist, an expired SFU parking sticker.

While I expected to see a vehicle torn in two, it wasn't so.

While I was deciding on my coffee, a family was grieving—the van could seat eight.

It doesn't take much to die.

[Update: I went for an afternoon walk back to the scene. It's clear now that the victim had been ejected.]