Death...
Walking along Elizabeth Street after gym in my long black socks, yellow Pandas shorts, and grey hoodie with black Champion jersey underneath, I was listening to Beautiful by Eminem as I headed to the bus stop.
I heard a loud bang, and my first thought was a car had run over a large metal plate on the road - the type construction workers use to cover a hole during work in progress. Then I thought, there isn't any road work here, so I looked to see what it was.
Looking to my right, I saw a dark figure/object fly/skid along the middle lane. At first I thought it was a jacket, that someone had thrown a jacket onto the road. Then a man and a woman started walking towards it, and I realised it was a person.
The woman was Caucasian, about six foot tall, thin, glasses, brown hair a little longer past the shoulders, quite attractive. She had her phone out and I got mine out. I asked if she was calling the police and she said yes, so I didn't call. The man was Caucasian, bald with glasses, I reckon about late 30's. He had knelt down next to the man, and there was a girl to my right who said not to move him. She said this a few times in the ensuing moments.
The man looked like he was checking for a pulse and/or breathing. He told us the man was breathing but not responding. I could hear the woman on the phone. I saw to her left two other people were also on the phone, seemingly to the police as I heard them describing what was in front of us.
I didn't know what to do, but remembered from somewhere that it was important to keep the person warm. I took my gym towel out from my bag and asked the man if he wanted to keep him warm. The man took the towel and placed it on the man's bottom half. This was when I saw that the man on the road had his pants down. Not sure if he was wearing any underwear, but his buttocks was exposed. The man placed my towel to cover his buttocks.
I could now see blood flowing out from his head onto the road. I froze as I watched, not knowing what to do or what I could do. I thought about helping out with re-directing the traffic, but no vehicles were threatening to come into our lane. A taxi was in the first lane earlier but had driven off.
I stood there watching. I wondered if the man was homeless. There was a blue carry bag on the road, presumably his. I heard the bald man ask someone to retrieve the man's shoes, which were about 10 metres south. A male retrieved them and placed them near the man lying on the road.
I thought maybe the guy was homeless and had decided to end his life. I was assuming he had just ran onto the road. What would make someone do such a thing? Homelessness? It made me appreciate everything I had.
The bald man was now asking each of the three people who they were talking to, and confirm that they were all speaking to the police/ambulance. Then a blonde lady approached and asked if anyone had any medical training, and then she said she was a nurse. She started attending to the man along with the bald man.
Shortly after, I heard sirens from the south and saw one ambulance 4WD approach, then moments later an ambulance came, and then a police vehicle.
An officer asked if I saw anything and I said yes and gave a statement.
I heard a loud bang, and my first thought was a car had run over a large metal plate on the road - the type construction workers use to cover a hole during work in progress. Then I thought, there isn't any road work here, so I looked to see what it was.
Looking to my right, I saw a dark figure/object fly/skid along the middle lane. At first I thought it was a jacket, that someone had thrown a jacket onto the road. Then a man and a woman started walking towards it, and I realised it was a person.
The woman was Caucasian, about six foot tall, thin, glasses, brown hair a little longer past the shoulders, quite attractive. She had her phone out and I got mine out. I asked if she was calling the police and she said yes, so I didn't call. The man was Caucasian, bald with glasses, I reckon about late 30's. He had knelt down next to the man, and there was a girl to my right who said not to move him. She said this a few times in the ensuing moments.
The man looked like he was checking for a pulse and/or breathing. He told us the man was breathing but not responding. I could hear the woman on the phone. I saw to her left two other people were also on the phone, seemingly to the police as I heard them describing what was in front of us.
I didn't know what to do, but remembered from somewhere that it was important to keep the person warm. I took my gym towel out from my bag and asked the man if he wanted to keep him warm. The man took the towel and placed it on the man's bottom half. This was when I saw that the man on the road had his pants down. Not sure if he was wearing any underwear, but his buttocks was exposed. The man placed my towel to cover his buttocks.
I could now see blood flowing out from his head onto the road. I froze as I watched, not knowing what to do or what I could do. I thought about helping out with re-directing the traffic, but no vehicles were threatening to come into our lane. A taxi was in the first lane earlier but had driven off.
I stood there watching. I wondered if the man was homeless. There was a blue carry bag on the road, presumably his. I heard the bald man ask someone to retrieve the man's shoes, which were about 10 metres south. A male retrieved them and placed them near the man lying on the road.
I thought maybe the guy was homeless and had decided to end his life. I was assuming he had just ran onto the road. What would make someone do such a thing? Homelessness? It made me appreciate everything I had.
The bald man was now asking each of the three people who they were talking to, and confirm that they were all speaking to the police/ambulance. Then a blonde lady approached and asked if anyone had any medical training, and then she said she was a nurse. She started attending to the man along with the bald man.
Shortly after, I heard sirens from the south and saw one ambulance 4WD approach, then moments later an ambulance came, and then a police vehicle.
An officer asked if I saw anything and I said yes and gave a statement.
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