Another day; another young person is killed on our roads, and a child is left without a mother - the Dom-Post reports:
A young Masterton mother was thrown from a car and killed instantly in a crash that police say involved alcohol.
Hours before the car slammed into a power pole, the driver of the car joked online about drink-driving.
Aimee Wilson, 23, died shortly before midnight on Tuesday, north of Masterton on State Highway 2. Two other passengers were trapped in the car and are in Wellington Hospital, one seriously ill.
Then we get to the guts of the story (our emphasis added):
Police say the driver will face criminal charges once their investigation is complete. He is understood to be Mitchell Sveistrup, 21, who posted comments on his Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon joking about drink-driving.
When friends replied accusing him of drinking and driving, he replied: "Shhh". The comments were removed yesterday afternoon.
Mr Sveistrup is also a fan of the Facebook group "burnouts should be legal (`F,U' cops)".
Ms Wilson's best friend, Kelly Crompton, who lost her cousin in almost identical circumstances three years ago, said yesterday she did not blame Mr Sveistrup, who was a good friend of Ms Wilson. "He's a big mess at the moment."
We're glad that someone has sympathy for Mitchell Sveistrup; we don't. The advertising slogan says it all; if you drink and drive, you're a bloody idiot.
We've driven when we shouldn't have before, in our younger days. It's not something that we're proud of. We certainly wouldn't have boasted about it via social media. Nor have we ever wrapped a car around a power pole.
Ms Crompton's loyalty is on one hand commendable, but it is in our opinion misplaced. Mitchell Sveistrup IS, in all probability to blame for the death of her friend.
In the meantime, will Aimee Wilson's death stop young people from going out, getting trashed, driving and crashing? Of course it won't. That is, in itself, a tragedy.
15 comments:
My brother hung himself from a tree...how less are these suicidal idiots any different from him, other than my silbling at least had the good grace not to involve any poor innocent from becoming entangled in his tragedy.
I went to school with Aimee, she was a nice girl...a bit of "wild child", but always good fun. She will be sorely missed. A lot of people my age think we are invincible and it just isn't true. None of us are invincible.
@ Anon; common sense like that is sadly too rare a commodity amongst your peer group. Sadly, real life isn't like a video game; you don't get any replays. Condolences to you, and to all who have been affected by Aimee's needless death, especially hr little one.
Interesting...no condolences on my brother's untimely passing, due solely to his Catholic father's alcoholism and abuse...I'd hate to think that you like so many "Christians" feel him unworthy of mention, and yet some young dick-head who has no regard for the safety of others, and could well have taken you or your kin out, you bother to grieve for?
@ Suz - condolences to you as well; if I hadn't expressed that previously, I apolgise. And I have no sympathy from the driver who killed Aimee Wilson; he'll get what's coming to him.
first of all my condolences to suz on the loss of her brother...and about this story...how can you have no sympathy for the driver? none of us know all the facts!! i have complete sympathy for all the parties involved!! my deepest condolences to Aimees family and her young son but my heart also goes out to the driver...yes he made a huge mistake and lapse in judgement but he now has to live with the fact that he accidently took the life of a very close friend and caused serious injuries to two of his other friends...to those who have no sympathy for the driver take a second to imagine your boyfriend or family member caused a tragedy such as this...are you telling me you wouldnt feel sympathy for them? or support them?
Having no sympathy- that is easy.
Try being on the end of a collision between a drunk idiot on the throng side of the road doing twice the speed limit.
I was...
Anonymous cant leave his/her real name when commenting on having sympathy the for the driver.
As for Kellys misplaced loyalty, she spoke out of turn and definately not on behalf of the family. The picture that she provided for the Dominion Post, she stole out of Aimees bedroom in Masterton while family were still hearing or yet to find out about this tradgy and gathering together in the family home in the Hutt Valley. The photo was a very personal photo that was for Aimees eyes only and not even in view for others to see in her home. Kelly and her boyfriend were rifeling through and stealing from Aimees home like hyennas in the face of this tradgy then looking for notority through Aimee's good name. Shame on them. I hope they throw the book at the driver tomorrow. Signed Cecelia Kermeen (Aimees foster sister and friend)
Mitchell only got 22 months. He'll only serve 11 of those.
God yous are like dogs on the internet. There is no need for this to be up on the internet. And arguing like a whole heap of twats is just stupid. It was a tradgedy and a very big one at that. But seriously stop because this is pathetic.
Anonymous; You obviously can't of been very close to Aimee unlike alot of us who care about what has happened and it is a big deal and very worth arguing about with people who have no idea what she was really like and for someone to be defending the useless asswipe who killed her and who has pretty much gotten off Scottfree he should and deserves to be punished for his actions and the 'time' he received was nothing but pathetic! She was worth way more than anything he could ever accomplish
Anonymous; You obviously can't of been very close to Aimee unlike alot of us who care about what has happened and it is a big deal and very worth arguing about with people who have no idea what she was really like and for someone to be defending the useless asswipe who killed her and who has pretty much gotten off Scottfree he should and deserves to be punished for his actions and the 'time' he received was nothing but pathetic! She was worth way more than anything he could ever accomplish
The bitch that has sympathy for Mitch is the one that gave him the alcohol and sent him off! Kelly Crompton let them leave her house after they had all been drinking there for a good part of the day! she is just as much to blame as Mitch is. She was stopped from attending Aimees funeral because of this.
The bitch that has sympathy for Mitch is the one that gave him the alcohol and sent him off! Kelly Crompton let them leave her house after they had all been drinking there for a good part of the day! she is just as much to blame as Mitch is. She was stopped from attending Aimees funeral because of this.
actually she was stopped.from attending the funersl for 2 reasons. firstly, lieing and talking to media, secondly for stealing and then providing the media with that very private photo. From cecelia
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