a total accident

Question

What does the sentence "it was a total accident" mean in the following text?

We were in our room, um, fighting each other, and I accidentally stabbed him in the hand with a pen that I was holding in my hand. And it was, it was a total accident, and I was holding it and I was kind of threatening him, but I didn’t really mean to, to stab him,obviously, um, but I did, and I was absolutely horrified at what I’d done.

Answer 1

این‌جا it was a total accident یعنی اون‌چه پیش اومد سرتاپا اتفاقی بود، اشاره به این که هرگز قصد ضربه‌زدن به شخصی که مورد تهدید قرار داشته توی سر تهدید‌کننده نبوده، قصد ترسوندن بوده اما قصد ضربه‌زدن نبوده، نکته‌ای که از نظر قانون بسیار مهمه.