2010/09/14

"Nobody's a winner"

A few weeks ago I was sent out to cover the sentencing of a drunk driver that crashed killing 5 of the 8 people in her car... all were under 18.
It was a huge case in our area and I covered the week long trial and got to know some of the kids families that passed away that night.

This is the father of the driver after he found out his daughter was sentenced to 15 years in jail.
The mother of a victim reflected in a TV guys lens as she tries to answer questions while choking back tears.
While the driver was ultimately wrong in her decision to drink and drive, there was a whole string of poor decisions that night by everybody involved that lead to the fatal crash.
When 5 families loose a child and a young mother is sent to jail, nobody really comes out a winner.

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