i work in santa monica, and today a co-worker of mine who had the day off stopped by with some bags of vegetables and said he just saw the most horrible thing he'd ever seen. i'm sure by now most of you have heard about the 86-year-old man who drove through the farmer's market and killed 9 people, including a 3-year-old child, and wounded 50 others, 15 critically. my co-worker said he saw the car drive through and just hit bodies, making what sounded like one explosion after another, nonstop. when the car had finally come to a halt, there were bodies and blood everywhere, and a woman trapped under a car. "some people wanted to lift the car and get her out," he said, "some said we should wait for help. but a bunch of people just lifted the damn car and moved it outta the way." it's so abstract till you hear about it from someone you know. he says he's not gonna be able to sleep at night for a while. but i'm so angry about this. old people should have to take road tests every so often; they're unsafe drivers. poor reflexes, bad vision... i don't need to get into this further, but i've been adamant about this for a long time. i just saw pictures of this man on the news, in fine condition, looking like he has no idea of what he's done (reports say that he seemed confused) and i'm angry, 'cause this all could and should have been prevented. i'm angry and very, very sad. http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/ktla-me-smcrash17jul17-lat,0,542799.story?coll=ktla-home-1