which Cari attended.
This is a picture of a Carnival similar
to the one which Cari was on her way to the day of her death
On May 3, 1980 another accident occurred this time with her then 13-year-old daughter, Cari. Cari had just finished her softball game and was waiting for Candy to pick her up and bring her to the Catholic school carnival. After waiting for a long time, Candy decided that it would be fine if Cari walked to the carnival with her friends, while Candy went shopping with a friend. Cari ended up walking alone and on her way to the Carnival, Cari was hit from behind by a drunk driver. She was thrown 125 feet through the air and landed in the middle of the road. Her body was so badly damaged that not one single organ was able to be saved for donation. Candy, being out shopping with her friend, had no idea what had happened until she returned home. She pulled into the driveway to find her father and ex-husband Steve waiting on her front lawn. Candy thought that Steve had come and was angry that she did not have the kids ready for him to take for the weekend, however that was no where close to what had happened. When she got out of her car her dad approached her and told her what had happened. Candy was in shock and collapsed on the lawn. After being carried into her house Candy began screaming and could not believe what had just happened. She thought her ex-husband and her father were playing a sick joke on her and she yelled at them saying, "why do you hate me so much?" (p. 2) When she realized the tragedy was not a lie she broke down and wondered why it had to be her little girl.
Clarence William Busch was the name of the driver who hit and brutally killed Cari. Candy found out that after hitting her daughter Busch drove off as if nothing had ever happened. When he hit Cari, Busch had had four prior drunk driving convictions and had not served more than 48 hours for any of the convictions. Also, Candy later found out that he had just been arrested for another hit-and-run accident just two days before Cari’s death and let out after a day in jail. The policemen on her case told Candy that she would be lucky if Busch saw any jail time and that he was likely to see no prison time. He told Candy that it was just the way the system worked, and there was no changing it. Clarence William Busch was sentenced to two years in jail, but was released after serving 16 months in jail. Candy was infuriated with this outcome and determined to make a change in the world. The picture to the left is a picture of a man being arrested for a drunk driving accident.
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