Terminal cancer, and a huge car crash.

[backwoodsman]

A 14 year old, with terminal cancer, was granted a dream ride in a Porsche.

The Porsche then crashes, causing him to bite his tongue off, and suffer severe injuries to his legs.

He passed away 2 months later

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2709536/Te...

[Jasandjules]

Pretty tragic all round.

[Oakey]

I'm sure the compensation from the death of their already dying son will ease their pain somewhat

[harrisp]

Oakey said:

I'm sure the compensation from the death of their already dying son will ease their pain somewhat

Because money solves everything, obviously.

[Hilts]

Oakey said:

I'm sure the compensation from the death of their already dying son will ease their pain somewhat

It might buy him a better coffin/funeral.

/pragmatism

[BlackLabel]

What a tragic chain of events.

I appreciate this is the Mail so the facts may not be 100% correct but the article suggests that:

1 - The charity approached the boy's family offering him this opportunity.
2 - The charity did not have insurance (or at least not proper insurance) - WTF!!!!
3 - Their attitude post accident has been terrible.

Re the compensation - yes this boy was terminally ill with only months to live however this accident must have made those final few months innumerably worse for the little boy and his family! I can't stand 'compensation culture' but in this case they deserve every penny they get - which they'll hopefully donate to a children's cancer charity.

[Silent1]

harrisp said:

Oakey said:

I'm sure the compensation from the death of their already dying son will ease their pain somewhat

Because money solves everything, obviously.

Seems to be for them seeing as they've said they're suing for compensation.

[anonymous-user]

There was a young lad up in Yorkshire who had a similar last wish granted recently, many PHers made that possible, all with the best intentions and I understand it brought him great joy.
But to suffer such a cruel twist of fate as a result of goodwill and best intentions is so tragic.

[Martin4x4]

A different perspective from the Guardian

'The Guardian' said:

Karin Benedik, head of the charity, said: "We are speechless. We helped this family, and now our name is being dragged through the mud. We don't want to say any more because we need to see what the accusations are, but as far as we're concerned we were not the organisers and are not responsible." She added that the organisers were Porsche Forum but refused to pass on a contact at the association and the website of the group provides no contact details. Porsche declined to comment on the case.

The laywer Dr Astrid Wagner likes to court controversial cases

[Mr_B]

Tragic, but can't help think it just pushes everyone down the road of not wanting to do anything or take a risk in case you a lawyer chasing you for money.

[longshot]

BlackLabel said:

2 - The charity did not have insurance (or at least not proper insurance) - WTF!!!!
3 - Their attitude post accident has been terrible.

Where does it say either of these things?

[s p a c e m a n]

How the fk do these journalists get jobs? I only scrolled quickly through the article on my phone and picked out a couple of spelling mistakes, then at one point they say that he died in the car.

[BlackLabel]

longshot said:

BlackLabel said:

2 - The charity did not have insurance (or at least not proper insurance) - WTF!!!!
3 - Their attitude post accident has been terrible.

Where does it say either of these things?

The statement by the family lawyer suggests that there wasn't proper insurance. And that the charity won't tell the parents who actually organised the drive.

"Dr Wagner said: 'It was a charity event but these things should be properly organised and that means that the should be insurance as well as anything else. But the children's charity claim they didn't organise it, but won't tell us who did".


Edit - I made those observations purely from the DM piece in the OP. The Guardian article someone posted later obviously changes things a bit.

Edited by BlackLabel on Tuesday 29th July 21:09

[Baryonyx]

I can't say I'm entirely comfortable with the idea that the family are now chasing a quick buck and going after a charity for it. They have suffered a tragic loss, so perhaps their judgement is impaired.

[aw51 121565]

s p a c e m a n said:

How the fk do these journalists get jobs? ...

They just do; ABH on the English language and a basic inability to report events accurately on many/most occasions (the reality being to often just make some sht up and publish it!) is endemic to mainstream journalism these days .

Oh, and if there's some gossip to be squeezed in... This could be rumours among those at the scene, or from social media, for example - but this is where the sht that is 'published' comes from, I'd suggest .

No verification, just "publish and be damned!" .

[greygoose]

BlackLabel said:

What a tragic chain of events.

I appreciate this is the Mail so the facts may not be 100% correct.

There isn't even a house price in the article.

[zygalski]

Were any royals involved?
How will the accident effect house prices in the area?
Are the parents on any benefits?
We need to know the answers to these questions!

[Lordbenny]

A Boxster 986.... Hardly a dream ride...he could have got a go in an MX5 if he went on PH.

[ILoveMondeo]

Baryonyx said:

I can't say I'm entirely comfortable with the idea that the family are now chasing a quick buck and going after a charity for it. They have suffered a tragic loss, so perhaps their judgement is impaired.

Indeed, It's all very tragic, suing a charity seems a bit off though.

However how much of this is true, or daily wail tripe is anyone's guess.

Poor lad.

[Bluequay]

harrisp said:

Oakey said:

I'm sure the compensation from the death of their already dying son will ease their pain somewhat

Because money solves everything, obviously.

People don't always sue for money, sometimes it takes putting people under oath in front of a jury to get to the truth of what happened. If that was my kid and the charity that was organising the event wouldn't satisfactorily answer my questions I would do the same thing.