That I’ll be walking down the sidewalk, with friends, just like any other night. Then, I’ll hear a crash, turn around, and a car will be driving out of control toward me. The driver will be drunk out of his mind. He’ll crash into us. Maybe I’ll survive, maybe one of my best friends will be dead.
It’s easy to forget that the only thing that makes cars useful tools and not deadly weapons is a fragile physics. My deep condolences to the family of Rebecca Bray. Let’s hope the man who killed her is actually prosecuted.
It is lucky that Joseph Rose didn’t write this story, otherwise there would probably be quite a bit of blame discussing the lack of protective equipment the dead person was wearing and pointing out that they could have used better lights and… oh wait they were walking and not on a bicycle, well I guess that explains why the Oregonian isn’t rushing to blame the victim…