It was an accident. You never move a victim of a head or back injury especially resulting from a vehicle accident. You propped my son up against something while you cleaned up the accident scene, removing the beer cans and ice chest from the scene, and you had help doing so, and we are well aware of that fact.
Do you realize that when you propped my son up that you restricted his airway? How long did you leave him like this? Could my son have been saved had you not moved him and restricted his airway? While my son was gurgling on his own blood you were picking up beer cans, and to make the situation worse for our family you blamed the entire wreck on my son, and stated he was driving your vehicle. However, there are reports of you drinking all day long that day.
Did my son know you were drunk when he made the decision to get in the vehicle with you? There is no possible way my son was driving that night. The six skull fractures he sustained are consistent with the crushed in cab of the passenger side of the vehicle, and the bruises on your chest were consistent with being slammed against the steering wheel, that ultimately saved your life.
The truly most heartbreaking detail of this entire ordeal is you admitted to covering up the accident scene. You stated that you would never tell a soul how it was done and you would take it to your grave because you had to be there for your kids.
You were all they had to take care of them. Why is it ok that you took their Daddy away from them, but you can still see your kids? Why are my grandchildren any less important than your children? She was only 23 months old when he was taken from her, but she still remembers him and she misses him terribly.
Are you aware that my Grandson thinks his Daddy lives on the moon? You robbed my grandchildren of their father. You sentenced our entire family to a life sentence of living hell, and yet you get to walk around as if nothing ever happened. How could you do this to the person you called a brother? How could you blame him for this, when it is so clearly obvious to everyone what really happened?
You might be right about that, but we could have fought for you. We could have fought for leniency. This entire incident would have probably been reduced down to a misdemeanor and you would have probably just received probation. Our family would have helped you, had you just told us the truth. You would have given us closure and peace. Technology that can stop a drunk person from driving has existed for years.
The technology includes driver monitoring systems, which detect signs of distracted, impaired or fatigued driving; and alcohol detection systems, which use sensors to determine whether a driver is under the influence and then prevent the vehicle from moving. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety put out a study in July revealing that more than 9, lives a year could be saved if all new vehicles had drunk driving prevention systems.
This technology matters. For more than four decades, MADD has used education and advocacy to fight this scourge. Their efforts, along with those of law enforcement, have helped cut drunk driving deaths in half. But drunk driving still kills more than 10, Americans every year. I work with advanced life-saving technologies every day myself as a registered nurse.
I recognize the potential of drunk driving prevention systems. Americans should not have to endure 10, more late-night knocks on doors each year. He was still wearing his new bike helmet. Jacob had opted to be an organ donor a few years ago, but we could not donate his organs because he had to be sent to Nova Scotia for an autopsy to support the charges.
All his training and fitness, and very healthy organs, as per the autopsy report, were wasted. Drivers in the area, first responders, police and paramedics had to see the aftermath, but the driver didn't because she left the scene. My husband wanted to create a scholarship fund in Jacob's name so that he would not be forgotten and something good would come from such a senseless loss.
Seventy-one of the brightest graduating students from across the Island applied, and as requested, each applicant provided two suggestions to help reduce or eliminate impaired driving in our province. The applications were inspiring to read, and my daughter and I will be compiling the suggestions and sharing them with those who can help make changes, such as MADD, elected officials, the police and others.
Help take the "baseball bat" out of his or her hands, and maybe you will save the lives of children waiting for a bus or a mom walking with her kids to the beach or a healthy, strong young person with so much more life to live and to give, like our son Jacob. It's a crime that is killing people, and politicians have the power to strengthen the laws to better reflect that. Let them know you care. My son was killed by a drunk driver — her sentence doesn't reflect what it cost our family CBC News Loaded.
The prison sentence the driver received cannot begin to encompass the loss to our family.
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