[speaker001:] Hello, Ellen.
[speaker002:] Hello, Helen, have you heard the news? There 's been a horrible accident.
[speaker001:] Oh, no! What happened?
[speaker002:] Hilda Harris husband, Henry had an accident on his way home from work.
[speaker001:] How awful! Was he hurt?
[speaker002:] Yes. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
[speaker001:] How did it happen?
[speaker002:] His car was hit by an express train. It happened at the crossing just behind his house.
[speaker001:] How horrible!
[speaker002:] He 's having an operation in the hospital now. Poor Hilda! You can imagine how unhappy she is.
[speaker001:] I hope he 'll be all right.
[speaker002:] I hope so, too.