On Praying

I'm not a praying woman, but right now I am praying for the life of one of my year 11 students. He was in a car accident last night, which I've just found out about now. The weirdest thing was I had just had a dream, in which he was in it. Nothing nasty or anything, just that he was there... and now this. It's a bit odd, thats all.

I also found it odd that just yesterday, I was joking with him about how he needs to apply himself more in lesson and he said something along the lines of how he KNOWS he has a lot of potential in life, but its just a matter of not wanting to be so serious all the time. God. Weird how these things happen.

Here's the news report:

Teenager fights for life after horror smash

A TEENAGER is fighting for his life after a two-vehicle crash left him with critical head injuries.The 16-year-old was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital following the accident on the Haverhill bypass near the Burton End roundabout.Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision which happened at around 9.45pm yesterday.

Two cars, a red Fiat Panda and a silver Ford Fiesta, were in collision on the A1017/A1307 roundabout leading to the Clements Estate.

The teenage male passenger in the Fiesta was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital after being treated by a Magpas medic airlifted in by Cambridgeshire police's helicopter.The teenager was found trapped in the car and was freed by a team of firefighters and paramedics.

He was then taken to hospital with life-threatening head injuries and he remains in a critical condition.The female drivers of both cars were also taken to Addenbrooke's with minor injuries.The road was closed with diversions overnight, and was reopened at 7.45am this morning.

Haverhill paramedic Mark Milson said: "We found the lad trapped in the car and working together managed to free him and give him treatment at the side of the road."We had crews from Bury, Haverhill and Newmarket as well as the Magpas medic. The road had a covering of water which turned to ice making it very treacherous."


Godspeed, lad. My thoughts and prayers are with you.