While driving back to Mussorie late in the night, we encountered a traffic jam on a considerably precipitous mountain road. We saw a large number of cars parked to one side and a larger number of people shouting at the top of their voices.
After making a few enquiries, it appeared that an Ambassador car had hit another car, breaking its bumper. The victim car was part of a large marriage party convoy. The driver of the Ambassador car had fled but for some incomprehensible reason, the people from the marriage party had broken down into smaller groups and were fighting amongst themselves.
We overheard someone saying, “Let us push the Ambassador down the mountain!” Another voice said, “No, let us throw a large rock on top of it.”
An old man went around apologizing profusely to every one. When asked if he was a passenger of the Ambassador car, it turned out he was part of the marriage convoy and was apologizing for no apparent reason.
This continued for an hour. Finally, they moved.
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