Okay, here at my house, if the phone rings before 8, generally, it's not good news that comes through from the other end of the line. The phone rings at 7 this morning. For starters, although an only child, I have a pretty big family and a lot of aunts and uncles, who are at "that" age. But this time, it was someone, no where near that age! My aunt called to let me know that my cousin died last night in a car wreck. Mind you, she just got a brand new car last week and not the first vehicle that she wrecked. I wasn't close to her...I had not seen her in a long time BUT she is gone. Just that quick! She was 20!!!!!!! She has a brother who is younger and hopefully with the help of one of my aunt and uncle's raising him, he will be in a better place as he becomes an adult and carries on because he wasn't exposed as much to the drug & alcohol world like she had been by her mother, who I love but she had/has (will have again I'm afraid now) lots of those issues. At one time, I was extremely close to her grandparents, my aunt and uncle and my uncle has been battling cancer for some time and I especially feel so bad for them because every time we turn around, there is another loss it seems.
Anyway, just needed to get that out. :(
UPDATE:
They haven't determined as of yet what caused Laura to loose control of the car but I was told that she lost control, hit a tree, bounced off of that and flipped the car around hitting another tree. (Possibly slick road & leaves but there is chance they were drinking.) Her and her b/f were in the front seat. Her b/f's best friend was in the back seat; he was killed instantly. Laura was killed instantly as well but they have flown her to the medical examiner to determine complete cause of death because there was not a mark on her. We're guessing possibly a broken neck. Her b/f was the only survivor. They said that she couldn't have been going over 40 mph and she was only approximately 150 from her house where the accident took place! Unreal!!
Rhonda aka RaRa
