apparently at this particular time  there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road in question  and  traffic from one direction had halted  in order to allow that the young girl and her friend to cross the road  they began to cross on the zebra crossing  but, as she reached the centre of the road  mrs  was driving her vehicle in the opposite direction and she failed to stop  the young girl, in her teens, was unable to  take, avoiding acci action  and she was knocked down as she crossed the road.