Daily English 68 – Missing Person Part 8

Dialogue/Story

“Be careful! She might have broken bones,” the ambulance driver yelled.

I arrived at the accident scene just a few minutes after the police. Anne was already in the ambulance and ready to go to the hospital.

“Wait just one second,” I said to the police officer closing the back door of the ambulance. “I’m a friend of the victim. Can I talk to her?”...

Category: Entertainment + Sports

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