Maybe if I hadn't started to cross the road, it wouldn't have happened.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:39:38.748 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I understand you were with Harry...
- I was just crossing the road to go to Harry.
- He and the Baron were on the sidewalk.
- Maybe if I hadn't started to cross the road, it wouldn't have happened.
- I can't help blaming myself and wishing things had been different.
- Anyway, he saw me and stepped off the sidewalk to meet me. And the truck...
- It was terrible, terrible. I've never seen a man killed before.
- I think there was something funny about the whole thing.
- Funny?
[...]