Last week, on Thursday, a young girl (19) was driving her two sisters to a bridal party east of Wilmar, Minnesota when they collided head-on with a minivan while trying to pass. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune said, " Joe Mayer said his daughters were late for a bridal party in Willmar when they tried to pass another vehicle about 18:30 while traveling west on Highway 12." Within minutes, they were all dead. Only the driver was wearing a seatbelt.
This was the second highway fatality in the state in the New Year. The first fatality, a guy who was driving drunk and rolled into a ditch apparently wasn’t as colorful as this story; no less tragic however.
The wedding for the girl’s brother was yesterday.
I told Jill that I guessed that, "I would rather be late, than dead." I cannot even imaging getting into a car without wearing a seatbelt. And, I can’t imagine that Daniel would either.