14 - Seeing The Car

By Kay Heitsch

This may seem bizarre, but I wanted to see the car Todd died in. I'm not sure if Bill thought it was a good idea, but we discovered the location of the Honda and drove there.

I was shocked, to put it mildly, when I saw the car. I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it.

The driver's side of the car was crushed. In fact, the driver's seat was pushed behind the passenger seat. I could now understand why this woman at the accident site could not see Todd.

Blood stains were everywhere except the passenger seat and that side of the car. It was untouched. You wouldn't have known it had even been in this horrific accident. Nick had been miraculously saved.

Nick did have a physical injury. When Todd hit the tree, the force pushed Todd's seat behind Nick. As Todd was flying back, his foot hit Nick in the neck area and broke Nick's collarbone.

I was beyond remorseful that my son was dead, but I was so relieved that Nick's life had been saved.

The homeowner at the accident site shared with us that there had been several accidents on this curve, but no one had died.

I'm thankful to report that, because of Todd's death, a sign was put up warning of the curve.