On July 28, 2008 my ex-husband was killed by an 80 year old woman. He was crossing the street on his bike and see did not see him. She ran him over with both her front and rear driver side tires. He died about 15 minutes after being hit,at the scene of the accident. The eldery woman said the sun was in her eyes and she didn't see him. When she initially hit him she said she thought she hit something but kept going. She said she became confused. Had she stopped Paul may have lived throught the accident.

This was a woman with no history of any accidents, tickets etc. She was not on any medication that would impair her driving and she had not been drinking. As far as we know there were no known health problems that would have prevented her from driving, other then slowed reaction times do to her age.

Paul yelled to her to stop and put his hand on the car to try to stop from falling but she stated that she did not see or hear him.

This tragedy could have been prevented if she had let someone else drive for her. Paul will never see his children married or his grandchildren grow up. And the woman who hit Paul will have to live with the guilt of killing an innocent person for the rest of her life. I can't begin to imagine what that poor woman must be going through. It's been almost a year and I still cry every time I think about him and what he went through. I was in a similar accident in 1996 only the person who hit me was young and stopped when I screamed. She was able to hear me, and I credit that with saving my life.

If you know someone who you feel is getting to old to drive, please love them enought to discuss it with them. Take the time to drive them or find someone who may have the extra time to drive them where they need to go. Let's prevent anyone else from suffering the hurt and pain not to mention loss that my children and family had to suffer.