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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Regular_Ad3002 on 2024-12-08 01:28:33+00:00.
Trigger Warning: Death
I’m a police officer. A few years ago I was stationed on the perimeter of a fatal traffic collison. Essentially what happened was a dude was driving recklessly in a stolen vehicle, ended up going off road (unintentionally) and rolled it several times, was ejected (no seatbelt) and died. Car was upside-down in a field adjacent to the road and body was lying in the field about 200 feet away, covered by a yellow tarp while we waited for the medical examiner to arrive.
We closed the roadway near the field and had it blocked for traffic in both directions. Naturally, people had to be turned around and re-routed/detoured. Many were annoyed, but most people saw the condition of the vehicle and the number of police cars and went on with their day.
One woman in particular just would not move along. Rubber-neckers are common, and it’s normal for people to try to fish for information, but this woman was relentless and after several minutes of politely deflecting her questions, she said, “Well, thank God everyone was ok.” I just stared at her for a second and replied, “They weren’t ok.” She looked at me and was like, “What? They weren’t?” while once again looking around me, trying to see into the field. I said, “No, actually, they died.” Right about then, she noticed the yellow tarp and put two and two together.
She gasped, covered her mouth in shock, began tearing up and breathing quickly, before finally going back to her vehicle where she had a mini-meltdown and then left after taking like 15 minutes to calm down. If she had just turned around and went on her way, she never would have known the difference but she just HAD TO KNOW.