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Deadly Decision - Father helps someone and his son dies :(
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| E2EK1EL |
This is ing sad ....
http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Story/20060309-002/page.asp
Any traffic accident that takes a life is a tragedy.
But there’s something especially cruel about the incident that took place on the Gardiner Expressway near Kipling around 8pm Wednesday night.
It began when a father of two saw another motorist who’d been in an accident and stopped to help.
No sooner had the Good Samaritan left his car than a third vehicle sped out the darkness and crashed into his Toyota, as the helpless father of two stood and watched in disbelief.
Inside the car was his wife and two children, one seven, the other just five.
The trio was rushed to the nearest hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Centre. But the youngest child’s injuries were so severe he had to be transferred to the Hospital for Sick Children.
By the time paramedics reached the entrance, the little boy was dead.
The father’s other son suffered a broken femur and his wife’s injuries weren’t life threatening.
But it’s the way the accident happened that has even battle hardened traffic cops shaking their heads in astonished sorrow.
“He was trying to do good and that’s where the term Good Samaritan comes from, acting out of compassion to do the right thing, helping people,” laments Detective Paul Lobsinger of Traffic Services. “But this was just a very unfortunate series of events.”
The stunned dad bent down and kissed his young son at the scene, just before he was taken away on a stretcher. It was to be his final act of tenderness and the beginning of years of tears that may never end.
“What the rest of the family’s going through, I just cannot imagine,” confesses Lobsinger.
The tragedy is compounded by the fact that the distraught dad did everything right.
Both kids were strapped in with seatbelts and booster seats, but that didn’t change the terrible outcome.
Other Toronto motorists admit they would have thought twice about following the man’s example.
"You try to pull over if you can, but I mean you have to watch out for the other traffic as well," agrees Doug Power. "If there’s no room you have to keep going. But you can call the police and say there’s someone stranded."
A driver named Gina notes it’s just too dangerous to stop in that kind of traffic at that time of night. "I don’t pull over, no," she reveals. "There have just been too many tragedies in the last little while."
And sadly, now, there’s another one. The incident took place only a few kilometres away from where a rollover Monday night took the life of 17-year-old Ravi Madhai.
It’s still not clear if the driver of the Honda that hit the man’s car will be charged. The name of the family involved is being |
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| VERTiG0 |
I don't know what the I'd do.
Probably want to kill that mother that hit my car. Yeah, that's it. |
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| Hantu |
| It's a bloody shame that this would happen to someone trying to help out another person. And it will definately cause people to think twice when thinking of doing the same. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Hantu
And it will definately cause people to think twice when thinking of doing the same. |
Which is pathetic on society's part, because honestly, what are the chances of this happening? |
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| Hantu |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Which is pathetic on society's part, because honestly, what are the chances of this happening? |
The chances are very slim, and I would hope that it wouldn't make a difference if I was in his shoes, but who really knows? |
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| E2EK1EL |
Everytime I see some car pulled to the side of the hwy, I always wish them luck ... I say out load too. My family and friends think I'm ed up, but it's karma and I know how it feels when you car breakdown on the road.
One time my batt died on the night of the major gas paranaio, all the gas stn were rammed packed. No on would give me a boost and had to call the tow truck to boost me. From then on I knew how things have changed in our city. |
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| ghetto_fab |
| It's a shame that happend. Kinda sad the father will think twice about stopping again. |
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| Sasha |
Do you believe in God?
:( |
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| cono_sur |
| I read this and I think - the person in the first accident had saved the Father's life. |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by cono_sur
I read this and I think - the person in the first accident had saved the Father's life. |
I don't know about that , what if he didn't stop to help him? |
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| cono_sur |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
I don't know about that , what if he didn't stop to help him? |
Good point.
Maybe the kid was meant to die? |
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| tw1tch |
| I drove by that scene on Wednesday night, I'm surprised anyone got out of that car alive, you should have seen it. What a horrible chip that father will have on his shoulders the rest of his life. Stops to help someone in need and this is the 'thanks' he gets. Forever he will think 'if only I hadn't stopped'. |
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