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Here is a reply from my other cousin, her aunt:
She is much better. She got out of the hospital on Fri and flew home on Sat. Then she flew to Washington on Sun. for her boyfriends funeral. Her boyfriends parents paid for their tickets . . . I think they feel partially responsible, being it was their son that was driving. Her and Wendy flew home this evening. She broke her left eye socket and there might be some permanent damage with that, but other than that she should be just fine.
(Bonk5 here)
Emotionally she will take a long time to heal. I am sure she feels some guilt also. After all it was her car, he drove not her. I still don't have all the information. But if the Boyfriend already had a DUI while serving, the Military should of done more restrictions with him. I don't know maybe they did when he got it. Guess it wasn't enough. Then the chase, they saw who he was he did not have to chase him, a car or city police could of followed him and arrested him when he got to (her) apt.
Well you know how when the things happen we think all the what ifs! Bottom line it was the BF fault for driving and drinking!
I'm so glad to learn she is out of the hospital! That's really great news.
About the emotional part, if she loved the boyfriend then she is grieving his loss along with trying to deal with the fact that he got drunk and nearly killed her, as well as destroying her car. That can't be simple or quick to recover from.
My aunt was involved in a car accident in Oregon when she was about 20 or 21. She was a newlywed and had never been far from home; a native Oklahoma girl who had moved to the Pacific Northwest after her marriage. She was driving and had an accident, and a passenger in the other car was killed.
My aunt was not criminally prosecuted (she was not intoxicated or anything like that), but was ticketed as being at fault, at least partially. I don't recall the exact details but I think her ticket was for 'excessive speed for the road conditions', because although she wasn't exceeding the speed limits, it was very foggy at the time.
She didn't drive a car for more than ten years after that. Accidents involving a fatality or serious injuries are damaging in many ways, even if not everyone involved was hurt.
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