[He feels better if they can both act like it wasn't out of the ordinary. But, just to be safe--his eye contact keeps trained on the wreck, not even giving Annie a split second of visual recognition.]

With the amount of momentum the vehicle had, it would have been impossible to come to a complete stop before striking the pedestrians, unless the driver had started reducing velocity about the same time it turned the corner. Any outcome at that point was going to end in something getting smashed. It was either going to be metal or soft bodies.

To answer your question: yes, once the entire block's worth of eyes aren't so focused on the accident. I'm not interested in revealing myself.