Brief Candle

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Clayton High graduate killed in pickup-truck collision

Girl's death not just a statistic

More charges for woman involved in deadly wreck

Shannon Adkins was my second cousin.  Sweet, bright, a great kid.  Seven weeks shy of her 19th birthday.

I don't care about the well-being of Desiree Olsen and her children.  She chose to place her own convenience above the safety of others.

I know that in time, this will pass, but today, I just want revenge.

Comments

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry for your loss.

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

This is horrible. I'm so sorry for your family's loss. :(

[samaritan1975.livejournal.com]

My condolences to you and your loved ones.

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

My deepest condolences to you and your family.

[elalyr.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry to hear that. There just aren't words.

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

My condolences.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Theron.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Teri.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, samaritan.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, allandaros.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Camille.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, MrTeufel.

[atolnon.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, atolnon.

[bobmungovan.livejournal.com]

Thoughts and prayers to you and yours.

I have to admit, this is a little extra-jaw dropping for me because a couple of years ago I visited relatively nearby. My mother-in-law grew up in Goldsboro, and we all went out there to see the grandparents, aunts and uncles Thanksgiving 2006.

We did a bit of driving around and I understand how dark and dangerous those roads could be.

[metallian.livejournal.com]

How terrible, and with all she' had done and had planned to do to prevent this sort of thing from happening, too...

You have my condolences.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

One of the articles I read noted that the population in that area is just outgrowing the roads in place. There was a lot of traffic on the secondary roads we took in the area, and the volume sometimes got a little scary.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Metallian.

That's the perversity of this whole thing. Shannon had taken at least the first steps towards finding a reason for Johnston County's particular notoriety.