A young teenager comes walking (toward the west) up the hill of an unlit road. He is wearing dark clothes, has headphones covering his ears, listening to loud music while looking at a gadget in his hands. The teenager is on the right side of the road.
A blue sedan with bright beams is on the opposite side of the road and is a ahead of the young teenager. This blue sedan is traveling east.
A Hyundai is coming up the opposite side of the hill. The car's headlamps are on but the driver is not able to see the young teenager ahead of him and to his right. The Hyundai is traveling west.
Near the top of the hill, the teen veers between two parked cars.
As the Hyundai comes over the hill and the driver is blinded by the bright beams of the approaching blue sedan, the young teenager walks into the street from between the two parked cars.
The passenger in the Hyundai yells "Look out!" At that same instant in time, the Hyundai driver sees the teenager ahead and to the right of his vehicle. The driver applies the breaks and comes to a stop. The blue sedan passes the Hyundai and keeps on going.
The teenager doesn't stop. He crosses the road without looking up from the gadget in his hand. The teenager probably had no idea how close he came to being hit.
If the driver of the Hyundai had been driving faster, the teen would probably have ended up in the hospital or dead.
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