Tragedy on our Roads
On Saturday night we spent the evening with friends. On our way home, we passed an emergency vehicle heading in the opposite direction, lights flashing and zooming down the road.
My first thought was, hope it’s nothing too serious.
Unfortunately it was. 
Sunday morning we heard there had been a fatality.
You hope it’s nobody you know.
After all, if it’s somebody you don’t know, it’s not as bad is it?
However, it’s always someone SOMEBODY knows. And loves.
As it turned out, it was somebody we know.
Farmboy knows him more than I do.
He was one of the football players from our club.
It’s hitting people in our community pretty hard.
One of our friends was first on the scene.
I don’t know how you get over something like that?
Seeing a kid you’ve watched grow up, in a fatal car accident.
How does a mother ever come to terms with news like this?
And on the eve of Mother’s Day too!
And so the community mourns…… a young adult they’ve watched grow up….. A star football player they’ve cheered from the sidelines….. A young man with so much promise….. So much future.
Cut down in the prime of his life. Gone prematurely. Possibly unnecessarily (the involvement of alcohol is suspected by many but not yet confirmed).
Our roads have taken yet another victim.
And as a mother, all I can think is “how do I avoid this happening to me? Why can’t I wrap my children up in cotton wool and protect them forever?”
All I can do is hold them tight. Cherish each moment knowing life has no guarantees. I’d rather have them for a moment than not at all.
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Oh babe. This is really freaky.
Right now, at this moment, my daughter is mourning a friend who died a couple of hours ago.
Details are sketchy… but country road and a tree.
I, like you, are finding this hard to get my head around. He was Moo’s age. I can’t imagine what his mother is going through right now.
Oh no, this is sad. Sad for Kelley too. My own grand daughter is 16, doesn’t have her licence yet, but I worry for her when she eventually gets on to the roads. She knows how to drive, E and brother S have been driving at the farm for a while now, but that’s not the same as city streets.
I grew up in the country and too many times mum tells me of yet another fatality involving country roads, usually males, and sometimes alcohol and excessive speed. Unfortunately I lost two of my cousins to car accidents and the toll on the families and friends is too hard to describe.
I’m really sorry for this young man’s family and friends.
I’m so sorry to hear that
It’s always hard in country areas, the chances of knowing the person or even having links to the person are so much more increased!!! I am in our local CFS (more in comms but do get out on the road on occassion) and it is something we have to deal with constantly
It’s not easy for anyone, especially in smaller communities where everyone knows everyone else. hugs
So sorry to hear.Such a tragedy
Thanks guys. It is sad.
Katrina - I can’t even imagine how hard it much be for emergency service people in the country.
I know road accidents is what puts many people off volunteering for CFS.
Kelley - hope your dd is okay. Life can be tough.
P.S. Sorry, my stupid blog will not let me log in as Lightening at the moment.
You made me cry again! Sigh. I’m surprised at how this has affected me. I can’t stop thinking about his wonderful Mum and Dad. Such wonderful, warm and giving people. What a nightmare. And that is an understatement.