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All It Takes Is One Accident

Accidents will happen, it's not an if it's a when.
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June 23, 2023
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2 weeks in a row during my excersise walk with Zero at La Cienega park – BOOM! – 2 cars get into pretty big accidents. Last week La Cienega and Whitworth, this time La Cienega and Olympic. Both times nobody needed medical attention when offered, both times I stayed and helped gather what they needed photos of and helped move their cars out of the streets. Just very weirdly deja vu…

Months ago, there had just been an accident on La Cienega and Whitworth, but this one a car and a motorcycle. That young man tragically lost his life. Accidents will happen, it’s not an if it’s a when, so put on your seatbelts at all times, make sure your kids are in their proper car seats of their correct age and size, and if you ride a bike or scooter, wear a damn helmet. Though don’t get me started on my feelings of the danger of motorcyclists on city streets. All it takes is one accident…


Boaz Hepner works as a Registered Nurse in Saint John’s Health Center. He grew up in LA in Pico/Robertson and lives there with his wife and daughter.

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