My name is Patrick James. This is a picture of my ten year old daughter, Alexis James.She was killed July 17, 2007 in a 15-passenger van accident in South Carolina.The accident resulted from the failure of the left rear tire. When the tire failed the van rolled over and my daughter was ejected from the vehicle, even though she was wearing her seat belt. It was a lap belt only, 3-point lap/shoulder belts were not required in this van when it was manufactured in 1994.
A woman named Darlene Bakos used to live in wny and knew me. She contacted me and gave me your web site and phone #. I would love to talk to you, what would be a good day/time for me to call? I was a single mom to a handsome, talented,#1 mathmatician in our state when my son was killed in a 15 passenger van rollover at his university October 17, 2001. He too had his seatbelt on but he and another student were killed and the rest seriously injured when the van broke in half after rolling over and hitting a tree. I vowed to get these deathtraps off the road and spare other families this unimaginable grief but I hit rock bottom with my grief and couldn't come up for air for years. My two daughters and I could barely function and it caused depression and medical problems for us all. I cried looking at your daughters picture, thinking if I had been able to change legislation this wouldn't have happened to you. This is not a club you ...
My name is Patrick James. This is a picture of my ten year old daughter, Alexis James.