Hector Perez shares about being struck by a car and his family’s reaction.
Two hours before the release of Squid Game 3, I was racing home to be ready. But I ended up in the hospital due to me being the pedestrian in a vehicle-pedestrian collision.
Usually, I’m able to walk or bike home at night, but my bike was stolen a few months before. So I used my electric scooter instead. Shortly after leaving my cousin’s house, the scooter hit something, and I tripped. I landed on my feet and was OK as I thought to myself, “Well, it could’ve been worse.”
I was on one side of the street, with a gas station on the other side. But, instead of waiting until the traffic light changed, I wanted to take my rights of the Freedom to Walk Act, and jaywalk to the other side. One little “SKRRT” and I was hit. Rolling over the car, and with one of the tires running over my arm.
I was able to get up, off the street, and onto the sidewalk, while the driver panicked and helped me by calling 9-1-1 while I called my mom, ensuring panic from her and my dad. I didn’t necessarily feel any pain that had me panicking, even after being hit by a car.