... pre-"Mo": middle-aged maniac-on-wheels & "Boudi" to the rescue!

There was a green-man at the other end of the street.
We were all crossing from one end to the other...
I had gone on a little further ahead of the others,
Too far ahead to have seen exactly what had happened.
But, then... in quick succession:
a. the sound of brakes...

b. Bang!
c. Thud!

"Shu-mone!"...
[Car accident!]
My brother was on the ground...

With his head right next to one of the front-wheels of the car!
I took me a little longer than I would've liked

To actually assess exactly what had happened.
In fact, I think all of us were kind of 'frozen' with horror at that point...
All except Minha ("Boudi") [For the uninitiated: Boudi=Bhabi; in case of any further queries, please revert back to me].

By mixing and matching what I had seen

With what had actually happened,
We get:
The car hadn't stopped completely at the red-light and rolled along past the dotted white line...
All the way onto the striped white lines!
And that is where the brakes came in.
'Bang!' was when my brother was hit on the knee, and
The 'Thud!' soon after was when he fell -
Elbow hits car-bonnet, body follows suite! :-(

Now,

If this was good ol' Kolkata, right or wrong, the driver would've been dragged out of his car, collar-first, and given a proper 'dholai' he wouldn't forget as long as he lived...

(If he lived!).
But, of course,

We were still in London...

Fortunately, it was Minha to the rescue!
By this time, my brother had made a semi-recovery from the accident; it was a lucky 'escape' for him!

The good thing was that Boudi was in 'Durga'-esque form and gave the 'not-so-gentle'-man more than just a piece of her mind!

The man, apparently in his fifties,

did not think it wise to stick around and face the consequences - :-(

As soon as the lights turned green,
He was no longer to be seen!
But, Boudi noted down his number (car/plate),
Before he left the scene... :-)

Police.
Statements.
Unfortunately, we couldn't file an official complaint because of

The 'lack of any visible physical wounds or gashes'

(Thank goodness for that!).

However, the cops did reassure us that they would definitely take action.

We would like to think that the man behind the wheel was at least stopped and warned.

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Therefore, boys and girls,

... (on a lighter note) We can conclude by saying that...
One must 'always' look both ways before crossing the road :-)