So the carer just noped out and let them sit underwater?
The wife was driving her husband, with their carer riding in the back seat. Over a bridge near their home, driving down an incline, the car tipped over the edge and fell into the water. Although only 3 feet deep, the car had fallen upside down. The carer escaped out a rear window and called for help.
All around very tragic. Husband died at the scene of drowning, and wife passed shortly after in hospital from drowning injuries as well. I can only imagine if it was my parents or grandparents. I hope they are in a place of peace, and that the family is able to find peace as well. I feel very sad for the situation, very unfair and unlucky.
Tragic. I know there is no set age to hand over the keys and stop driving but maybe the carer should have been driving. The average age to stop driving is 75 (which still seems young to me) but this couple was 82 and 89. My stubborn mother-in-law drove to 92 until one day she couldn’t get her leg from the gas to the brake and it scared her enough (after a few more outings) to stop driving. It is dangerous not only to the driver but to everyone on or near the road.
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So the carer just noped out and let them sit underwater?
The wife was driving her husband, with their carer riding in the back seat. Over a bridge near their home, driving down an incline, the car tipped over the edge and fell into the water. Although only 3 feet deep, the car had fallen upside down. The carer escaped out a rear window and called for help.
All around very tragic. Husband died at the scene of drowning, and wife passed shortly after in hospital from drowning injuries as well. I can only imagine if it was my parents or grandparents. I hope they are in a place of peace, and that the family is able to find peace as well. I feel very sad for the situation, very unfair and unlucky.
Tragic. I know there is no set age to hand over the keys and stop driving but maybe the carer should have been driving. The average age to stop driving is 75 (which still seems young to me) but this couple was 82 and 89. My stubborn mother-in-law drove to 92 until one day she couldn’t get her leg from the gas to the brake and it scared her enough (after a few more outings) to stop driving. It is dangerous not only to the driver but to everyone on or near the road.
Carer as in a care giver?