When Tragedy Strikes: The Harrowing Reality of Road Accidents
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2019
- On a seemingly normal day, with perfect driving conditions and clear visibility, tragedy strikes a single mother and her young son. When a mobile home suddenly breaks in the middle of the road the mother reacts fast, stopping her car. However, the driver of the school bus driving behind doesn't react as fast, causing a horrific crash.
Whether it's driving under the influence, not paying attention or simply a misunderstanding, crashes can occur from any situation. When tragedy does strike it's up to the Accident Investigators to figure out just why the crashes happened.
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My heart was already broken for the mom and son, but then hearing they didn't die on impact and suffered being burned to death completely crushed me.
its so sad
He should have got so much more time that he got too!!
He should have got so much more time that he got too!!
they likely died of smoke inhalation first.
-heartbreaking...-
11 years for killing a woman and her young child? Shame on the whole system for accepting that plea deal!!
J B I was just thinking something similar! 100 years ago children were being sent to Australia for stealing loaves of bread. People were hanged for stealing food. Now look at the system.
Brenda Rawlins I am from Australia and it’s disgusting that society has become so vile!.
I guess they looked at it as a complete accidental death. He didn’t mean for anyone to die. Though he should still do at least 15 per death he caused.
That sob should be burned for as long as that family burned, if he dies so be it. That little boy will never be able to hug any of his family and his mother will never see her little boy grow up. As a mother myself, that hurts the most when I hear a child dies.
I felt same way he may not have meant for anyone to die but he meant to cause accident ! 11 years for 2 lives!
5 years? For a hit and run causing death? WTH?
I agree
J B that’s what I’m saying plus the fact that he tried to cover it up by going back and getting the bumper cover and tossing it in a neighbors yard
I agree is should be more like 15 years
The law is about intent. His imtemt wasn't trying to hurt someone, and they couldn't prove the dui, as they had no BAC level.
@@morganzonder1243 i agree with this
Wow, people that plan accidents should be charged with premeditated murder, and the prison should be set down on them. 😡
👏👏👏 agreed.
I agree 25 yrs in jail at least
I agree
@@evanroberts2064 👍
Judges such bs unfeeling for decades
Five years for Richard Kelly is nowhere near enough. DUI, leaving the scene, failing to report, failing to render assistance, evidence tampering!!! It's not just failing to stop, it's the conscious and determined effort to disguise his involvement to the extent he returned to recover evidence and also lay false info to the girlfriend. 15 years would by my MINIMUM!
I say 20 that's alot of crimes he committed with the one accident.
Right? 5 years for vehicular homicide, tampering with evidence and obstruction of an investigation? Nowhere nearly enough. You know he'll only end up serving 2-3 years, too.
People died 20 yrs 30yrs you take a life you deserve LIFE!!!
I'm annoyed that they kept showing the poor grand-mother being thrown by the car into the pile of garbage when that wasn't conclusive. Quite certain that the sleaze-bag, cheating, drunk-driver did stop after hitting her at speed, but because he didn't want to be done for DUI, he moved & dumped her body on the pile like a piece of trash, probably covering her with other rubbish so as not to be noticed (she may have even been still alive then)!
It’s vehicular homicide - one that was deliberate as well! He killed a toddler. He deserves life imo
I can't believe the ridiculously low sentences for the 2 animals, by their actions, caused first the death of a mother and son in a horrible manner than the hit and run of the grandmother.
Anyone who intentionally causes an accident resulting in death should get life and the lawyers and Drs who work with the stagers be punished too.
The hit and run driver had to have known he killed the old lady and tried to hid evidence....really, 5 year? That's an insulate the the family! 😠
I hear ya but family kinda stupid for sending her! She was confused and had a stroke😰
The car and the bus were following too closely...but in the end...it's the evil bastard in the red car....
Bus yes, car maybe pushed into RV
Any attorney, doctor and low lifes that go out to cause and profit from a collision should be thrown to the wolves. Dash cam dash cam dash cam!
Still even if the granny is crouched down or sitiing on the road you as a driver is still responsible to be aware of your surroundings, that is one of the important rules in driving lessons 🙄
I was a collision investigator for about 10 years. People who are crouched down can be very difficult to see. Time of day, weather, victims clothing, lighting, road surface and topography are just some of the things that come into play when we look at these. It seems like a duh, but in reality it is very easy to miss someone who is crouched down or to mistake them for an animal or even debris.
It's less punishment to hit something below the sight line of your car, than to hit someone in plain view. It takes a lot more negligence to hit something you can actually see.
Yeah in this case for sure. It was broad daylight so you're still going to see the person. it might take a little longer but you should see them in time to swerve or stop. However, I will say at night it's a whole different ball game. now this didn't occur at night, but if someone were laying on a road in the dark by the time you see that person, especially if it's a road with a pretty decently high speed limit, you could certainly hit them because you don't see then till it's too late.
What's not only fair. He only received 5 yrs.
There’s hardly anything that pisses me off more than break-checkers.
The thing that pisses me off most is people who misspell the word brake.
@Lachlan Cameron yup.
If you're getting brake checked a lot, back off.
Hitting a grandma on grandson birthday every birthday she is going to remember her mother dying on that day and why only 5 years in prison he should be in there 30 years
Hit and run is the most despicable crime. My dad was killed by a hit and run driver - he was only 44 and left my mom, and us kids, devastated. Sadly, the justice system doesn't weigh that in their sentencing. The drivers life should be forfeit for the life they took.
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These first responders are true heroes, their jobs take guts and true strength of character. God bless them all.
My deepest condolences to the surviving family & friends.
Amen . My they find a peace in their hearts. Bless you all.and everyone else also.
How come people that cause an accident; (killing others) only get a short jail sentence when they murder innocent people??? Their accountability and responsibility ought to give them a much longer sentence for taking the lives of loved ones, who suffer the consequences forever ingrained in the living, whom have to cope with their loss.
Not murder. Different set of criterial, but I agree that it is not sufficient enough sentence wise.
My heart goes out to anyone who investigates such as this. As a career fire officer I have been involved with my fare share and maybe more but in all but one case the in depth investigation at the scene was done by others. My one incident of responsibility for investigating the death of a six year old boy was more than enough for me. How these guys go on beats me. I still see, almost forty years later, every minute detail, recall every little sound and the reactions of both parents, one in a state of utter disbelief the other hysterical. Interviewing the older brother, who with his friends were responsible for instigating the fire with lighted aerosol cans and the sudden realisation he had killed his younger brother. The whole thing was utterly heartbreaking to me as a father of two the same age. Have I recovered? Not really. The images, smells and sounds are still there but with a little more detachment every day. How full time investigators do it without emotional burnout beats the hell out of me.
It starts out difficult. You think about it and it plays on your psyche. After repeated incidents year after year you begin to "build up immunity" for a lack of better terms, to the carnage. After a while I found that I wasnt even thinking about it as soon as I cleared the scene. Unless I was the arresting or reporting officer of course, and only because I was reminded of it during the subsequent investigaton. Of course there were more serious/gruesome incidents that would stand out, but generally speaking, I got over it. You just get used to it, even if you dont want to. You cant feel bad for not feeling bad. If you do, then it's time to find a new profession. I was just glad to be able to assist in bringing closure to greiving family/friends. One execption, when kids were involved it took a little longer. When it's a fellow officer, all bets are off. I still find myself shaking my head 21 years later at the whole incident. Still fresh in my mind. When clearing these types of scenes I always said a prayer for the families who, in a few hours, were going to have their lives smashed and forever changed.
Feel bad for the kid to grow knowing his beloved grandmother passed getting him candles. RIP
I'm so impressed by what kind of sleuthing there is when an accident happens. It's like a fine art almost. Impressive.
The problem is that with the advent of dash cameras, we see video after video of crashes when cars do things they say is impossible.
@@morganzonder1243 that's the absolute truth!! The experts think they know how everything works but they fell to realize that not everything in life has perfect logic.
I like it when the experiment dude pops up and gives a chill atmosphere in tense situations
@@FLEETOFSLIVER don't speak about things you dont understand. What freaks you out may be routine to others.
5 yrs for a drunk hit and run plus tampering with evidence a slap on the wrist
David Harris a Woman almost hit and killed five people including myself driving drunk one night when she was heading towards the scene of an accident. She wound up with a measly 30 days in jail and a slap on the wrist.
@@wingerfan1 some woman in ILL drove around a stopped school bus and killed 2 kids she got 4 yrs but wanted leincy and sorry for your loss
I'm annoyed that they kept showing the poor grand-mother being thrown by the car into the pile of garbage when that wasn't conclusive. Quite certain that the sleaze-bag, cheating, drunk-driver did stop after hitting her at speed, but because he didn't want to be done for DUI, he moved & dumped her body on the pile like a piece of trash, probably covering her with other rubbish so as not to be noticed (she may have even been still alive then)!
Dash cam
Dash cam
Dash cam
Only way to reduce insurance fraud
I can NOT believe these people who cause the death of innocent people and children are given such lite prison sentences! Why? Because they use a car instead of a gun?
That's just not right!
The mother who caused the death of her child by tailgating, can't serve a prison sentence because SHE DIED. So what are you talking about?
@@Pravda_Z I did not say I can't believe she got off with a light sentence, I said "these people".
She may not pay in life for her wreckless and irresponsible behavior, but just research the ridiculously low punishment handed down by courts because the deaths were caused by a car instead of any other weapon. In some cases they are given nothing more than probation and their license suspended. As if that's going to make them stop driving.
The guy who got 11 years in prison should be an eye-opener to the idiots out there break-checking other vehicles in road rages. If you cause a horrible accident you might end up a decade or more in a federal prison.
Perfect reason to have dash cams!! I have one and I am really glad I do now!!
Edit 1: I cannot believe that guy got only 5 years after he had 5 to 6 beers, hit, killed, tried to hide evidence, and left the scene of the accident, killing that poor grandmother! About 20 years ago there was a guy near St. Louis that was given 4 years after killing 4 family members due to him drinking and driving!! Only 1 year per person!! I remember some of the news reports of some of the family members working tirelessly to change the drunk driving laws to get longer jail/prison terms of convicted drunk drivers killing someone when they were driving and get into an accident. I really hope they were able to change the mandatory time in jail/prison sentences for drunk drivers that killed someone as a direct result of them driving drunk!!
All of them got off lightly. The one with the grandmother the guy tampered with evidence, hit and run...
The last case bothers me. He killed someone and wasnt charged?
It was still an accident. If he stopped, he would have gotten a lot less.
It's one of the reasons dashcams came into existence. I imagine that before long, every vehicle will have one.
@Lady Jupiter it can only get worse over here as more and more vehicles hit the road. We moved to Devon to get away from traffic and queues.
I'm annoyed that they kept showing the poor grand-mother being thrown by the car into the pile of garbage when that wasn't conclusive. Quite certain that the sleaze-bag, cheating, drunk-driver did stop after hitting her at speed, but because he didn't want to be done for DUI, he moved & dumped her body on the pile like a piece of trash, probably covering her with other rubbish so as not to be noticed (she may have even been still alive then)!
Driver who caused this "accident" is a MURDERER.
It's incredible what they can find out
They really care and that is awesome!
Set up, but bus driver absolutely driving to close, sadly 2 lives are lost, that driver took 2 lives should got 2 life sentences geez
Quite right. The idiot who brake checked the R.V initiated it But if the bus wasn't following too close it wouldn't have hit the car in front trapping the poor occupants.
Exactly! But the driver of the white car was also TAILGATING, leading to her and her child's death. The only somewhat innocent person was the motorhome driver.
System so broken your life my life no one’s life has meaning geezus maniac go out murder people get 25 year’s? 25 for a life omg 😱
The insurance industry calls this a “swoop and squat”. So sad the people lost their lives.
wingerfan1 I heard about that to, whoever drove the red car and left is defiantly involved. He wouldn’t have driven off if they did not do this on purpose. This person’s negligence killed a mother and son. I hope this person gets caught soon and There is justice for everyone especially for the two that died.
@@liztrainer895 he was arrested.
If you are VERY sharp on your instincts...as in, you've practiced the entire maneuver before in safe conditions plenty of times...you can sometimes avoid being rear-ended on the interstate by hitting the hazard lights the instant you realize you're getting ready to drop significantly below the posted speed on a road with such a high speed limit. I learned from watching semi drivers that putting your hazards on right away makes the driver behind you know immediately that this is not normal braking. Drivers behind you who see you braking may not be able to properly judge just how hard you're braking and may think you're just trimming your speed slightly when you're actually coming to a stop or close to it. The thing is you have GOT to practice this in advance multiple times in a safe situation because you need to be able to a) hit your hazards without taking your eyes off the road at all, b), brake, and c) keep your car under control and steer left-handed during a hard braking maneuver. But if you DO practice this safely before you have to do it for real, it can reduce the severity of or avoid an incident altogether.
11 years for purposely causing a fatal crash? Wtf
Hit and run 5 years that is a joke
chris macleod this person did not want to get in trouble and go to jail. But should have stopped to offer help and call 911.
11*
Not in jail long enough for the second story
11 years ONLY?!! My god...unbelievable...
I wish at times people would take the law into their own hands, as in this tragic case. The justice system stinks!!
How you going to send a elderly woman who has had a stroke and also has disorientation some times to go into traffic to get candles? How lazy are you.
Exactly! The mother could have or asked resteraunt to put candles on
the bus was following too closely
@z screw you snowflake even the accident investigator said the bus was following too closely
@z Going by video looks like their cruising down road. where do you see laura merge infront of bus and stop
Agree. The school bus driver should have been driving a lot more carefully.
Actually the car and the bus we're probably following too closely.
But ultimately the blame lies squarely on the stager's shoulders.
He should have received life in prison and the Drs and Lawyers in the ring face very stiff sentences and stripped of their licenses/disbarred.
@@mpat511 I agree with all of that. I wonder if there were disbarring proceedings at all?
the sentencing of these killers is a joke.
Atleast make it as long as being in school or dont do it at all?
The years that were sentenced for these crimes are insulting. The families of the victims were failed by the justice system, and by the judges that were over these cases. Smh
California
@@kimberlymartin7498 😔 smh😥 I wouldn't want to live there.😫
Thank God we have cops to help solve cases like these
My thought is I know that the RV. had an extinguisher and so did that school bus, why did they not help that mother and child put the fire out? it's unfortunate that things like this happen. I pray for those families.
Have you ever tried to put out a fully engulfed car on fire. Not gonna happen with a fire exteguisher and the threat of an explosion, plus the intense heat keeps you from getting close. By the way, it was a re-enactment so maybe they did.
@@lkop09nowbterp I understand that I also understand that you get to be the hero whether you die or not at least you saved a mother and child. It's called putting yourself last.
People follow WAY too close. Give some damn room people
5 years for killing a person? WTF?
I see it over and over. If you're drunk and kill someone while driving you get a tiny bit of time in jail. I saw one where the drunk man hit and killed a family of 3 plus his own friend. He got 4 years, 1 with good behavior.
*hits dummy*
Flex tape guy: "now thats alot of damage!!!"
11 years is not. enough for a staged accident that caused 2 people 2 loose there life .they should have gotten life.
11 years is too small for killing mother and son. So so sad may their soul rest in peace
I mean, I've heard of leaving a trail of breadcrumbs, but treadmarks work too!
11 years is a joke 😡😡
Nothing is worth the death of two innocent souls, there should be stiff penalties for this kind of fraud and even a higher price to pay when there are deaths involved in this type of fraudulents.
That man was only charged with 5 years? I’d think 15-20 at the least!
Not to mention he tried to cover his tracks!
Thank you for uploading this show. It is fascinating.
5 years for hitting that women. Heck might as well have gotten away with it cause 5 years aint shit for taking that ladys life. Very sad and unfortunate thats for sure.
What's worse is people hardly serve their entire sentence 😡
These criminals deserve more jail time.
This video was recommended in November 2020. In the first case, why was the bus driver not charged with following too closely and driving too fast to avoid a collision? If a driver maintains a reasonable distance and a safe speed, it is always possible to avoid a collision with a car which has stopped suddenly. In my opinion, this school bus driver deserved a portion of the blame for two deaths.
Hearing that a child and his or her mother died together crushes me
I think the guy who hit the grandma should be locked up for life
11 & 5 years for murder??? That's insane! Not even a slap on the wrist! How is that justice??
She was following the motor home way too close to start with.........
Becky Shock no she was not ,
@Becky Shock True, but so what? Nobody cares. Bottom line is that she wouldn't have died if that person didn't intentionally brake check everyone. So you can stop criticizing a dead victim's choices!
I’ve been watching your videos and every time I feel sad and guilt and anger it not fair for this to happen in the world😓😢
Ah cool, I just found this series again after looking for the whole of quarantine
11yrs for killing a mother and child? And 5yrs for killing an elderly women? They should of gotten life. People get more time for marijuana!!
11 years. I hope they put them with the worst. Once they find out why the guy is there they will deal with him
How could you not see a crouched person on a straight road in broad daylight? I don’t see how that would diminish responsibility
Because your eyes are not looking down at all times. Anyone that has ever driven a car has driven over something they did not see, regardless of the size of it. If it's not in your sight line, it's difficult to see. Same reason that people up in the air, on roof tops, etc. surprise you - because you normally aren't looking up. I used to be a roofer and you would not believe how many times people walk just a couple feet under you and do not notice you there.
Doesn't matter WHY traffic stops in front of you. You're required to be able to stop safely IN YOUR LANE.
5 years? That’s all the guy got!!! Hit & run should of been 2 years by itself. That’s not justice for her family. He should of at the least got 20 years. This didn’t happen in the uk where light sentences are normal. There victims never get justice. Unbelievable!!!
hang on, if the wife was asked to pick up car parts how did she not see the dead body?
American documentaries repeat everything 5 times
That's because of the cut out commercial breaks, there are just so many.
Lady Jupiter fine, North* American
@Lady Jupiter I'm confused. This cases are in the US in a Canadian show which seems to be produced in London (UK), LA (USA) and Munich (Germany).
Okay :confused:
@@Sciss0rman
People are dumb everywhere. Don't get confused and become 1 of them.
@@davejones5640 dumb ass humans .ugh
Only a 11 year sentence for causing the death of a mother and son?!?!
RV slams on brakes to avoid someone trying to cause an accident. Another good reason for a dash cam.
The background music is used on Hoarders...i am expecting a hoarded car, lol
This is a sad testament to our judicial system. The man deliberately caused the death of a young mom and her very young child. Depriving them and their families of having long happy life together. Yet our ridiculous legal system simply sentences this murderer to 11 years in prison. Even worse, our broken judicial system will no doubt release him in half the time. It is disgusting. He should never be released from prison.
5 Years After He Wrecklessly Murdered That Poor Old Woman?! WTF!
How much effort and expense do they go to with re-enacting these? And where do they do it? Would be scary to come across unknowly. Never heard of staged accidents! Unbelievable/sick!!!! Don't even really understand how they work or their profitability anyway
Crash for cash incidents have been rife for years. We can all learn from these re-enactments.
How is the first one not first degree murder, since it occurred directly in the course of committing a crime? I guess I have a misunderstanding on that.
What about the fire extinguisher on the bus? I feel like they maybe could’ve tried to help them out. I’m not saying they did anything wrong cause I wouldn’t do any better in that situation. My heart goes out to the family of the mother and son and also to everyone involved and who witnessed this accident
What part of the word TAILGATING do people not understand 1st clip
Clearly the jails are way too full of minor drug offenders to put drunk and other murderous drivers away for anywhere long enough.
Me and my mom were involved in a rear end crash, we were stopped for a bus and a girl rear ended us pretty hard we then got pushed into a delivery truck and we pushed that delivery truck into the other delivery truck. We were lucky we walked away with a few bruises and we were pretty sore
our car had the most damage like an accordion
We were in a Jeep Grand Cherokee that car saved our life’s and my mom got another Jeep
Only 5 years? That’s ridiculous!
5 years old is not enough for killing 2 people it should be 50 years🤬😡🤯🤯
5 years for ending someone's grandmas life is thoroughly astonishing and sickening. My condolences to all the family members effected in this episode.
11 yrs is a slap on the wrist!!!
5 years? it is so low
Five years is an insult to the family and society! Murdering sob
5 years for hit and run and trying to hide the evidence is no way a long enough sentence. The first case 11 years for taking 2 lives isn't long enough either. These families lives are forever ruined because of these criminals. Where's the justice?.
11 years in prison was not long enough for someone who deliberately causes a crash for self gain and killing a young mother and child. He also had previous convictions for the same offence and could have been a lot worse with a school bus .
Drivers who commit these offences are just selfish scumbags and should be banned from driving for life with no second chance..
The first accident underscores the fact that people should keep a proper following (and stopping) distance, especially when you drive a large vehicle that takes a longer time to stop.
The guy only got 5 years for a hit and run that killed a woman due to him being drunk? That's not justice, life in prison without parole is justice!
It was still basically a head-on collision!
the fire information was something i didn't know about (in terms of the heat)
Anyone else just get really mad every time they watch an episode of this show? Not that it’s a bad show, I didn’t know anything about accident investigators until now, but how light the sentencing is for all the people that caused the crashes or ran from the crashes. Light sentencing seems to be a theme here.
Why was the man that deliberately cause the accident only given eleven years?
In the first case, did the lawyer that set all this up do any time?
What Season and Episode was this from?
He deserves life in prison he took away two innocent lives the funny thing is if you get caught with a fire arm ten years in jail...and this guy only gets eleven years this system is is fahked up
Im loving this awesome show
Dramatisations are the worst.
Only 11 years?! Listen it's like he sold two life's for 100 bucks okay? A life is priceless but not one but two life's! Shame on that guy shame on him!
11 years that is so unfair kmrct
Investigator: "There was soot inside the trachea."
Fake autopsy report: "The upper airway is clear of debris and foreign material; the mucosal surfaces are smooth, yellow-tan, and unremarkable."