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• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a child >> Peter - Interview 13 >> Tim died in a terrible car crash. Peter described what happened when the drunk driver lost control of the car.

In 2005 Peter’s son was killed in a car crash. Tim was only 19 when he died. He was in a car driven by a friend who was drunk. Peter and his wife have experienced a terrible loss. They comfort each other and do not want formal counselling.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a child >> Elizabeth - Interview 16 >> Elizabeth couldn’t believe it when the policemen told her that her daughter had not survived a car accident. Marni had been driving her car. She veere

In 2006 Elizabeth’s daughter, Marni, was killed when her car veered across the road and crashed into a lorry. The accident may have happened because Marni had a medical condition. Her death was a terrible shock. Elizabeth was devastated.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a husband, wife or partner >> Josefine - Interview 30 >> Josefine’s husband was killed in a car accident. The police called at the house to tell her what had happened. She has never blamed anyone else for hi

Josefine’s husband, Nicholas, was killed in a car accident in 2001. Josefine was shocked but understands that death is part of life. She arranged a ‘green funeral’ and buried Nicholas on her own land. She has had tremendous support from family and friends.