Tuesday morning I was on 99 on my way to work when traffic started moving over out of the slow lane.  I could see a few vehicles on the side of the road ahead and a man motioning us to move over.  I couldn't see any real signs of a wreck but as I passed another man was wildly waving his arms.  I could also see someone lying on their back on the ground but still saw no evidence of an accident.  No overturned vehicles.  No scattered debris and no CHP cars or ambulances.

When my co worker got to work about 45 minutes after I did, she said she had gotten stuck in slow traffic where there had apparently been an accident with a bunch of CHP cars gathered.

It wasn't until I opened Wed. paper that I found out what happened.  The story is here.  http://www.bakersfield.com/...

It seems that the accident had just happened just before I got there and people were trying to avoid further involvement.  My instinct was to stop, or at least call 911 but there were several vehicles already and one was a utility truck (I forget..PG&E or phone company.)    I guessed correctly that the authorities had already been notified as I passed a CHP car headed in that direction with lights and sirens on..

The only reason I bring this up is that another blogger recently posted about good deeds and pet peeves.  Tragically, this good deed resulted in the death of one and the serious injury of another.

I was reminded of the old saying that "No good deed goes unpunished."