Did you lose a close family member in a car accident ?

Question

what happend?

Answer 1

No, thank God... my condolences to everyone who has.

Answer 2

Yes. I lost my brother back in 1992. The day he got into his accident, he was on his way back from church where he was a youth basketball coach. He decided to skip morning service to get back to his wife and kids, who weren't feeling well. He was hit by a drunk driver on his way home and he was in a coma for about a month before he died. It was very hard to get through. The hope and prayer that went on during that month was extreme. He left behind a pregnant wife (8 months along), a 5 yr old son, and a 12 yr old son, and us (parents and 5 siblings). The guy who hit him was only given 10 yrs (Arakansas). It was his 3rd offense. On all 3 he claimed he wasn't driving, and he was. He claimed he couldn't speak English (when he could) and he had to have an intrepreter. I know my brother is in a lot better place now, and it would have been very difficult for him if he had survived. They had to do brain surgery and he lost the use of the left side of his brain, which was the artistic side, and to my brother, that meant a lot to him. He was an architect and his work was immaculate. He only got jobs by word of mouth, and it spread quickly how great he was. I feel that God spared him the agony he would have suffered if he had lived. I miss him so much.

Other than that, my mother's brother was murdered. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time and overheard information that he shouldn't have and was killed for it. He was found in the bottom of a levy strapped to the steering wheel with his own belt. It still to this day remains an unsolved mystery. The police helped cover it up and no one would talk. I was way too young to remember him. But it is a sad realization that my daughter and I share something in common...due to death, we never knew our mother's brother.

Answer 3

I lost my Brother in 2002, A Semi Driver Fell asleep at the wheel and crossed the center line.

R.I.P
Jamie 10-27-76 10-22-02

Answer 4

No, but I lost my friend Nico and a classmate, Chris, in a tragic one-car accident that also killed the driver, Tony. Tony was driving 80 mph in his BMW; he lost control of the car, swerved and crashed into a utility pole. Everybody died. And they were only sixteen. It was such a tragedy and to this day it still hurts to even think about it.

Answer 5

i imagine this may be an exceedingly own difficulty, when I lost my Dad I knew that folk would say they were sorry yet i did not extremely have any reaction to them asserting it, only the 1/2 shrug and "thanks" because I knew that they *needed* to assert some thing to precise their inexpressible emotions and "sorry on your loss" is the socially ideal way of asserting it. each so often i'd get aggravated with human beings utilizing the expression even with the reality that, feeling as if *I* the bereaved had to make *them* sense more suitable powerful, somewhat pedantic i comprehend yet grief is a peculiar one. My suggestion is locate your information of the fellow to get the texture of what to assert. in the journey that they are formal they'd take exhilaration in the formality of "i'm sorry on your loss" in the journey that they seem to be a lot less formal and also you're very close a "hi i'm sorry about your sister, it sucks huge time, in case you elect me i'm right here" will be ok. you'll comprehend more suitable powerful than we are able to what's going to be perfect. do not get stuck in the back of perceived etiquette. those products are by no potential person-friendly, good success and therapeutic concepts to you and your pal.

Answer 6

Thankfully no. But it could have been me that died that day. It was foggy, I went around a curve and some a** had his semi across the entire roadway while trying to turn around. I was out for 2 days, broke a lot of bones, and had to have teeth sewn back in. I still have the scars and the arthritis from it. It could've been me.

Answer 7

Not technically a car accident but my cousins middle son was trying to cross a busy road with his older brother and before his brother could grab him he ran out in front of a semi. Not good.

Answer 8

I lost one of my best friends in a car accident. When I was in high-school, two of my friends where on their way back from a ski trip. They were dating and very serious at the time. A simi-truck came over the hill where they were pulling through an intersection and hit them. The truck hit his side (drivers side) and killed him instantly. They say that they found his body on top of hers in a way that they felt he did it on purpose to protect her. She survived, but with memory loss and several broken bones. I went with her to the memorial. She was in a wheelchair, and when it came time for her to leave, she grabbed a hold of the coffin and hung on screaming and crying. They had to pry her off it. They played a Christian song by Michael W. Smith at his service, and every time I hear it I cry because it makes me think of the both of them. She was never the same after that, it broke my heart.

Answer 9

Twice, my first husband . He was my oldest sons father { I was 4 months pregnant at the time.] That was 1970. Then in 1990 , twenty years and 3 days later my nephew was killed by another drunk driver ! Please do not drink and drive !

Rip Jerry 09-06-70
Rip Jason 09-09-90

Answer 10

My 19 year old son was hit by a car and killed in 1984.

Answer 11

No, but my brother was a passenger in a car which rolled. He is now a quadraplegic, has been since the age of 18.