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April, 1991- We are in this photo. The ambulance in the bottom left, seen in it's entirety is where we were placed just after this picture was taken. We are still on the sidewalk in the group on the bottom left, before we were put on stretcher and placed in the ambulance. The article says she ran a red light, but she did not. She came down the hill from behind us and hit us while we all stood still in line to turn left. That's why our rear ends were all crushed in. The young man in the Volvo is mentioned, Curtis James Becker. He worked at VG's doughnuts in Cardiff. We just went there 10 years later and they said they still remembered him. A memorial used to hang there but has since been removed. In the hospital we overheard one of the elderly ladies in Betty Dixon's car say she told her she was going too fast down the hill. No one knows what exactly happened, but many of the elderly forget which is the break and which is the gas pedal in emergencies. New drivers probably do the same in their needed moment of instant rectification. Curtis James Becker and Bertha Holley, may you both rest in peace. |
Set 9.1.'03