So, nearly a fortnight ago, my poor mum didn't come home from work.
Minding her own business, driving at the speed limit on her own side of the road, a young lad driving a pickup truck veered across the centre white lines at just the wrong moment and caused a head on impact. She was killed instantly. She was only 56
We don't know much more at the moment, as the police are investigating, but it is looking like (unless some "act of God" is responsible) we're facing dow the barrel of court case involving a prosecution for causing death by dangerous/careless driving. My own personal thoughts are that given the situation and age of the driver, a phone/text message was involved, if not some other in-car distraction. We will see.
So folks, take care. I never thought this would happen to me - but then I suppose nobody in his situation does. If everyone just thinks of this the next time they try to sneak a glance at a text, or delve through the glovebox for a CD and somebody else's life could be saved, then perhaps some good can come of what has been a truly horrendous situation for us.
Minding her own business, driving at the speed limit on her own side of the road, a young lad driving a pickup truck veered across the centre white lines at just the wrong moment and caused a head on impact. She was killed instantly. She was only 56
We don't know much more at the moment, as the police are investigating, but it is looking like (unless some "act of God" is responsible) we're facing dow the barrel of court case involving a prosecution for causing death by dangerous/careless driving. My own personal thoughts are that given the situation and age of the driver, a phone/text message was involved, if not some other in-car distraction. We will see.
So folks, take care. I never thought this would happen to me - but then I suppose nobody in his situation does. If everyone just thinks of this the next time they try to sneak a glance at a text, or delve through the glovebox for a CD and somebody else's life could be saved, then perhaps some good can come of what has been a truly horrendous situation for us.
