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  • Some Simple Advice...

    ...Advice that could of saved my friend.

    Just under 2 weeks ago, my friend Brad was driving along when a car crossed the median, smashing head on into him. While this may be bad, unfortunately at the time my friend Brad was not wearing his seatbelt. Due to this, he was ejected and thrown about 30 feet and broke over 40 bones in his body, as well as severe head trama and internal bleeding.

    Up to yesterday, things were looking great for him, considering what he had been through. He was awake, talking, and fairly optimistic. But yesterday, the last day of school, we get some very unexpected news. Senior students were informed that Brad had died of a unknown reasons that morning. Quiet unexpected and not a great way to end your highschool life.

    Anyways, all I can say is that remember not everyone is invincible, and the simplest of actions can greatly save you or harm you if you don't pay attention to them.

    Note: Brad was never the careless type, heck he was the opposite. He was doing an errand for a friend, brining him some items from his house. Just one simple lapse of judgement ended his life.

    http://www.westernmustangs.ca/SportS...99&SPSID=30431 That was from the day of the accident.


  • #2
    Wow Andrew I'm really sorry to hear all of that. It's gotta be a really hard thing to go through right now. May he rest in peace.

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    • #3
      Ahhh geeze, sorry to hear about that man, if you wanna talk ill be on msn.
      -Kevin

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      • #4


        I am very sorry to hear that. I know what you feel. two years ago i lost a friends in a car accident too. Since then I always wear seatbelts.
        May your friend R.I.P.

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        • #5
          sorry to hear that man. i never quite understood why people dont wear seatbelts. Its not like its difficult to put on, nor is it at all uncomfortable.

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          • #6
            Very sorry to hear that Andrew, RIP

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            • #7
              Sorry to hear that I also dont understand why people dont wear their seatbelts.
              You've got to try to find what's right before your eyes-Finger Eleven


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              • #8
                Hey Andrew. My deepest condolences to you and to his family.

                Im sorry to hear this.

                Wether you take your car, to the supermarket or photoshop a few hundred yards or whereever, ALWAYS always wear the seatbelt. It only takes you 2-4 seconds to buckle in on.


                Advice to everybody !
                Think on always to wear a seatbelt, even though the ride is short or long.


                Drive safely out there on the roads, Fellas !
                Inactive from May 1 2009.

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                • #9
                  Sorry to hear about your friend....

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                  • #10
                    Life's a bitch sometimes.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by MaxPower
                      It only takes you 2-4 seconds to buckle in on.
                      not even, I'd say no more than 2 seconds

                      I litterally will not let the tires roll once until everybody is buckled in. One time when I lived in Japan I picked my dad up from work so we could go grab some lunch. We were only driving a few blocks and he was in a hurry. He told me "just go" but I put the car back into park, put on the parking brake and just looked at him. Talk about a role reversal, eh?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by screaming_emu
                        not even, I'd say no more than 2 seconds

                        I litterally will not let the tires roll once until everybody is buckled in. One time when I lived in Japan I picked my dad up from work so we could go grab some lunch. We were only driving a few blocks and he was in a hurry. He told me "just go" but I put the car back into park, put on the parking brake and just looked at him. Talk about a role reversal, eh?
                        Slow people takes it on in 4 seconds, So thats why I put both 2-4 seconds there. Think of the average people out there. Dont poke my eye out for missing this out. I do agree though, it can be done at 2 seconds time.

                        You're really good. . Have you thought about that his "Just go" could have been his last words if you didnt parked your car, and told him to buckle up ? Think about it, 2 seconds mate.

                        Joe, you're a good sample. There's should be more of you around here. 'Thats regarding driving safe in traffic. And no, Im not talking about more Emus around here.

                        Stay cool Joe. You just got some respect from me. !
                        Inactive from May 1 2009.

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                        • #13
                          Just about to leave for visitation, here is a good article that was in our local newspaper today:



                          A London couple is devastated today as they prepare to bury their 19-year-old son, a popular University of Western Ontario student who was injured in a crash this month.
                          Brad Harries died Tuesday, two weeks after his car was hit by an SUV that crossed the median on Wonderland Road. He was recovering from several broken bones and a punctured lung and had been transferred from London Health Sciences Centre's Victoria Hospital to Central Park Lodge when he died, his mother, Ellen Harries, said yesterday.

                          "We are going to be lost without him . . . He was the centre of our universe," she said, her voice crumbling throughout a telephone interview. "He was our baby. We went to everything he was ever involved in, his volleyball games, everything . . . our lives revolved around him."

                          The science major who graduated from Saunders secondary played on Western's volleyball team. Yesterday, Western News announced his death on its website.
                          "Brad was a wonderful young person and he will be dearly missed both on and off the court," volleyball coach Jim Sage is quoted as saying. Harries, who worked at West Haven Golf and Country Club, "burned the candle at both ends," his mother said. A dedicated athlete, he also loved guitar and played in several bands over the last few years.

                          Harries said she and Brad's father, Ty Harries, will miss the piles of shoes at the door that meant "the boys" were over.
                          "He was a social butterfly and he was so likable," she said. "There would be a party here and you couldn't get the door open for all the shoes."
                          London police are still probing the June 6 crash that sent Harries to hospital and they expect charges will be laid, Const. Brian Armstrong said yesterday.
                          "At this point in time, we still need to determine a few things before we can determine what is the most appropriate charge," he said.

                          So far, it has been confirmed that Harries was driving south on Wonderland when a northbound SUV jumped the raised median in the middle of four lanes of traffic south of Springbank Drive.

                          The collision closed down a section of Wonderland for six hours that day and sent Harries to hospital in critical condition with several injuries, including a broken femur, broken pelvis, punctured lung and cracked ribs.
                          He died as a result of complications from those injuries, his mom said, adding the teen's older brother and sister are "devastated" by the loss.
                          Visitation is from 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. today at Westview Funeral Chapel. His funeral will be held at Forest City Community Church tomorrow at 11 a.m.

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