Sunday, November 21 is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
Police, government, awareness organizations, and the loved ones of victims all gathered in the lobby of Confederation Building today to remember those injured or killed by a road traffic incidents.
On average, five people die every day in Canada as the result of a motor vehicle collision, with most of those coming from distracted or impaired driving incidents.
The widow of Shannon Pittman, a man killed in a distracted driving crash in 2016, recounts the horrifying moments surrounding his death.@VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/j2PFLcwAYL
— Noah Sheppard (@SheppardNoah14) November 19, 2021
Sarah Pittman, the widow of Shannon Pittman, a man killed in a distracted driving crash on the TCH near Butter Pot Park in April of 2016 shared the horrifying details surrounding her husbands death.
“Sudden, brutal, and without warning.” Pittman says time has lost all meaning since the crash, and their lives have been ruined.
Shannon Pittman died 24 hours after the crash, after struggling for his life in the ICU with a severe head injury.
Sarah laid out plainly how to prevent these needless deaths.
She says only by cutting out distracted, impaired, and reckless driving can we be solely focused on the task at hand and prevent deaths caused by “stupidity” and “selfishness.”
Premier Andrew Furey and Minister Bernard Davis speak with the families of victims of distracted driving.@VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/GqB8ROIJ2F
— Noah Sheppard (@SheppardNoah14) November 19, 2021
