There is in accidents what is called the "procuring cause". It is the beginning; what follows is related, and interesting, but subtract this one first "hole", and 'groundhog day', it is as if nothing has happened. Shall we leave it at that?
Of course not. To leave what follows this first slice as irrelevant is foolish, and a disservice to those who paid.
One does not treat the booboo without focusing on the hemorrhage first?
This hemorrhage, this first slice, was one of 32 previous slices. Shall we wander into confusion? Strikes me that Pride and Prejudice, if allowed at all, should wait, until other more pressing matters are dealt with. One could almost get away with saying: This was NO 'accident'.
Generally, to qualify as an accident, it must meet this: 'UNFORESEEN'.