Tragic Accident

Once again there was an accident involving a couple kids who just graduated from high school and one lost his life. It was all over the news yesterday and today and the driver is being charged. Most of the focus has been on the fatality who they say is someone who is well liked, good athlete, a bright future ahead of him and who always had a smile on his face. While I sympathize with all who knew him, especially his family, I can't seem to keep from asking exactly who is to blame. They are offering counseling services at the school for those affected which is great but will they miss the opportunity to be honest with the kids and give them a life lesson? I think both of these boys were drinking, in fact after the accident the driver was spotted running off with a cooler of beer to dump. The victim was not wearing a seat belt either. My take on it is that both boys had been drinking and maybe the driver was more sober than the victim. It very well could have been the other way around and our good kid might be the one being charged. Too bad that graduation speech hadn't contained anything about the dangers of drinking and driving and maybe these types of accidents right after graduation could be avoided.