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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Obviously truly tragic for this lady and for her family and friends, but I have to say I do have some sympathy for the kid involved. He is after all just a kid and this will, most likely, be something that affects him for the rest of his life.
I don't say that lightly either; my own grandmother was killed by a teenage driver who came into town over the speed limit, over a blind hill and knocked her down (she died of complications from a head injury a few months later). He was fully to blame for the accident and I'd say behaving in a significantly more reckless manner than the kid in this story, and a few years older, AND having passed a driver's test so far fewer excuses. And it triggered a knock-on effect that saw my mum descend into poor mental health/alcoholism that ultimately killed her, too. But I nonetheless have sympathy for even him. When there's no malice involved and it's someone so young, it's just an all-round ****ed up situation.
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I'd imagine his parent knew he had it tho