Rita Bentley and Monica Heaney, who lost loved ones in traffic accidents, have started The Road Ahead, which aims to provide support to people affected by crashes
She says there is "no support for people following a road traffic collision".Image caption,Rita got involved with Road Safe NI in 2016 and established an office, with Monica, at the corner of Newry City's Showgrounds stadium"I'm a teacher and I was going out and doing road safety talks to any school that was interested.""You can't think straight so you need somebody else to be thinking for you," she said.
"You need somebody else to sit with you and you just want to know that somebody else is there who has been affected.Court cases, contacting the police, she added - these are things that are totally alien to most people confronted with the sudden death of a loved one in a road crash.In 2021 two people were givenMonica said she realised afterwards that Karl's death was "very complex" and that it wasn't "just about me and my family's grief".
"The two people involved didn't set out to do that. There was no drink or drugs or speeding. They literally missed one sign.She continued: "I've had other people contact me who have witnessed a road traffic collision or have been involved in some way but haven't been hurt. "So there is a whole plethora of things and providing support just to families who have been bereaved isn't enough.Monica Heaney, whose son Karl died in an incident on the A1, said providing support only to families who have been bereaved is not enough"Everybody's grief is different and individual," she added."Other people need one-to-one support so we offer counselling with trained counsellors.
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