Sunday, June 15, 2008

continuing saga

Well we have been through the funeral, and cleaned out the boys flat in Queenstown, and pi8cked up Liams tools, I have just taken some back as his boss said they could buy some to help with funeral costs.
Much has happened. At Art school, I couldn't go to classes at first, and just kept up wqith deadlines, and am now in a little class at design school, in ceramics, so that isn't too difficult for me, although I am still getting upset every day. I have been going to the community law centre, trying to find out things, but they ionly say just go along with what the police are doing. I picked up a phamphlet from there for victim support, and they arranged a meeting with the coroner for me. as I don't know how this all works, I need to know how. The coroner said he would get Shreik to take me up to the site where the 4WD wernt over and Liam was crushed by it, and came to rest on a grassy verge on the side of a little trickling hillside stream. That was quite peaceful, but up where the lads had put Liam into the helicopter, i could feel all their grief. I had gone up 2 weeks earlier, but couldn't get up in my car, the road from piano flatisnt that great.
There was also the problem of the news paper article, where they had said, the vehicle was going slowly, three got out, the other one didn't, This sounded as though Liam had just sat there. so Ryan said he would help me with that, but nothing has happened. so I thought we should just write a letter to the Editor.
The ones who saw the 4W@D go over said it all happened in slow motion, But the ones from the top said it must have been going at least 80-90ks, and they had only just got out, so stories vary.
I think liam must have been draged along, judging by his clothes, he was also at the site where the vehicle landed on its side and broke all the side windows, as he had little cuts all over his hands, and his body was crushed at some point, either there, or at the other side of the stream, where it hit the rock and bounced back to the othere side of the stream and onto it's wheels again. Liam came to rest on a grassy verg at the other side of the stream. I sat for a while and them sprinkled water on Liams final resting site.
I have also been trying to find out about the road, and it is a public road, but the Southland end is shut off in the winter. They don't do any maintenence, as to discourage people from using it.
What they call a road is just huge ruts, and I don't know how any vehicle would even think of trying to go up it. Let alone take passengers. I stopped at the shingle creek pub, which is at the other end of the track. the codc grade that end, but only a few bikes go in. the 4WD's just tip over it is so bad, but these mishaps go unreported. We are going over to australia for a few weeks, so it will be good to get away and be warm.
i went up and saw some of the lads, Josh said he had become an alcoholic, but for a good cause.
I saw Dale briefly he wasn't too happy and said they hadn't spoken to the police yet. there is going to be an inquest, but this won't be till nearer the end of the year. Shriek said it was a homocide investigation, I had to look that up in the dictionary.