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Impaired drivers and drunk driving accidents seemed to always find a way into the life of Candy and her family. Candy encountered many problems throughout her life with these impaired drivers, and received much tragedy from them as a result. The first incident occurred when her twin girls, Cari and Serena were 18 months old. The girls were being taken care of by Candy’s mom while she was at work one day. Her mother decided to take the girls out to the store and soon after seat belting the girls in, they were rear ended by a drunk driver. Cari was strapped in tight in the front seat and was sitting between two adults, which saved her from any injury. However, Serena was sitting in the back strapped into “an old-fashioned car seat that hooked over the back of the seat”(Lightner 10). During the accident it flipped over and ended upside down on the floor of the back seat. Everyone in the car was rushed into the hospital where Ca
ndy worked, however, Serena being lacerated from the shattered window was the only one in critical condition. The glass was removed from all over Serena’s body and the crash left her covered with black and blue marks. After a week she was fully recovered but Candy was shocked after the terrifying incident. She never followed through with the case and was unsure of what happened to the driver that had hit her girls.This is a picture of the type
of car Candy's mom drove.
Six years, in 1975, after the incident with her twin girls, Candy suffered another accident with an impaired driver. This time, it was with her then four year old son Travis. Travis was playing out side in the front yard of the Lightner house. He went out into the street to pick up a ball that had rolled out into the middle of the road and was run over by an unlicensed driver who was also on tranquilizers. Travis was rushed to the hospital and suffered many serious injuries. He was temporarily paralyzed on one side of his body and “suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs, a broken leg, and a fractured skull” and was in and out of a coma for many days (Encyclopedia of World Biography). After many required surgeries to fix all the damage caused to his body, Travis was diagnosed with permanent brain damage. Th
is time Candy did not overlook the accident and pursued it in court. However, Candy unfortunately lost the case. The police did not issue a ticket and claimed that it was actually Travis’ fault for running into the street. The driver was let off with no ramifications, and Candy was devastated.Tranquilizers.
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