Chain reaction

Heavy traffic way out west on Asher Avenue seemed odd to Rock, particularly on a weekday night. He was there with a group of friends from the paper to eat at a Mexican restaurant he remembered from his childhood. As they stood in the parking lot, their attention was drawn to two cars headed west at high speed, apparently in a race up the gradual incline of Asher en route to businesses packed around the intersection of I-430 and Colonel Glenn Road.
One of the cars tried to pass through traffic on the eastbound lanes, but it was clear to Rock and his cohorts that the attempt would likely lead to disaster, which it did. They watched the car smash head-on into a city bus to start a chain reaction of collisions and destruction unimaginable in its violence and noise.
Though Rock stood at least a hundred feet from Asher, it soon became apparent to him that he and his friends were in jeopardy as the jumble of demolished vehicles began to spread in their direction.