[BitWielder1]

Teenagers do stupid things. Some very stupid.
Drive too fast, drink too much, use drugs, break into a house.
Some stupid things are fatal.
I'm not going to call it a mistake, she must have known she was doing wrong.
I can understand her parents are hurting. They would have hurt just as much if she had wrapped her car around a tree.
But then they would have nobody to blame.

[Tax-chick]

I can understand her parents are hurting. They would have hurt just as much if she had wrapped her car around a tree. But then they would have nobody to blame.

Oh, sure they would. Blame the car manufacturer, blame the designer of the road, blame whoever didn't cut the tree down, blame whoever sold her alcohol, blame the phone manufacturer because it was possible for her to talk/text while driving ...

If you're a person who doesn't accept responsibility, then you're a person doesn't accept responsibility (for yourself or your child), no matter what the reality of the situation is.