AFTER my nasty experience on Monday evening, 1 June, I can fully understand why people do not want to get involved helping others in need.
I witnessed an accident and immediately stopped to render assistance.
The gentleman was clearly in shock and his knee was badly injured.
To spare him the gory sight and because he was cold, I took a blanket out of my vehicle and covered him. The whole time I stayed calm and tried to assure him that all will be fine.
In the interim I phoned the ambulance service. This was because the SAPS who got to the scene, stopped, had a look around and took off again, after telling us that we will wait a long time for the ambulance.
They did not even bother to render assistance.
Other cops only arrived about 30 minutes later to take statements.
In the meantime, I phoned this gentleman’s work and also contacted his family.
To my absolute horror, instead of being grateful for someone who comforted and assisted her son, I was verbally attacked by the mother of the victim.
I put the abuse down to shock, as people react differently in times of crises.
I went to the hospital on Wednesday morning to enquire how the gentleman was doing.
He had visitors and again I was treated more like the enemy than someone who was only concerned for the well-being of someone else.
Upon my enquiry whether he needs anything else, the reply of the mother was ‘No, we have enough friends and family’.
I was also virtually accused of coming to ‘spy’ for the alleged guilty party, and of trying to influence the statements. How preposterous!
DISILLUSIONED SAMARITAN
