Comments on: Driver Charged In Three Vehicle Wreck At Northview

By: Pensacola Mom

Pensacola Mom — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:25:35 +0000

I just recently moved from Molino to Pensacola, but I still attend NHS. I do not think that anyone should have the right to talk bad about someone’s mistake. What if it were you that got into a wreck? Would you like it if someone were to comment bad about you on a public website? No, I think not. Jessy has been through enough already, and I’m sure he has had enough lectures from his parents, and the police that showed up at the wreck, so he doesn’t need anyone else, (escpecially people he doesn’t even know) to open there mouth about him. Jessy is a great person and yes, he made a mistake but everyone makes mistakes but you cannot hold it againt him. Everyone was or will be okay in the end and before you know it, everything will be back to normal. So I believe it is safe to say that people need to back off and leave the lectures and bad mouthing to his parents not everyone in the community that thinks they will make a difference by speaking badly about someone else’s child. Have more respect than that. Would you want your child to have to read about other people bad mouthing them? Or would YOU like to see people you don’t know bad mouthing your child. No I didn’t think so. I say keep the comments to yourself.

Jessy don’t let people that don’t even know you judge you because you made one mistake. You are a great person and just because you made a mistake doesn’t make you any less than what you are.
Thank you.

By: older mom

older mom — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:45:36 +0000

It is my understanding that passing on the right hand side on the grass has been illegal since I was a student…many years ago…’tho some folks in the country continue to do so. It seems to me that everyone is just in too big of a hurry~don’t have time to live. No matter where a school is located, there will always be teenagers showing out or not paying attention. I couldn’t tell you how many ‘near wrecks’ have occured in that area from people of all ages not paying attention and you’d be surprised at the percentage of those leaving the school parking area who don’t observe the STOP signs there at the intersection of Hwy. 4 and Pine Barren Road. Until there is a deputy parked nearby, writing tickets, it will not change or worse yet, when someone is killed~ God forbid!
I’m sure the kid didn’t mean to do all that he did, but the truth is, he did, and inocent lives were in danger. The man who WAS waiting patiently to pull onto highway 4 and was hit broadside, was on his way back home from taking his sons to school to then take his wife to surgery in Pensacola. Instead, his car was totalled, he was carried to P’cola in an ambulance because he was already a heart patient, and had had surgery recently, and her surgery had to be postponed.
Now the one vehicle family’s car is destroyed and that was how they got to work and back. So, while the kid didn’t mean it, lives have been turned upside down…all because someone couldn’t wait just a minute or so to get to school. If he was running late, then he should have left earlier…we all make mistakes, I’ve made my share, but we have to accept responcibility for our actions and learn from our mistakes, or better still, learn from the mistakes of others! Thank God no one was killed!

By: me

me — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:26:43 +0000

WOW…Northescambia is getting really, really popular when Edward Cullen gets on here and leaves a comment. lol

BTW..I seen a deputy this morning patrolling the traffic around the school, and I am sooo glad. I just wish it wouldn’t have taken an accident to see it, I also think they need to patrol the traffic coming from Century on Hwy 4 right before school starts. The traffic is real bad and alot of speeding cars, I guess trying to get to school on time. I hope someone from the Sherriff’s Office reads all of this, and does something. Thank You

By: Susan Odom

Susan Odom — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:50:10 +0000

I was one of the medics that responded to and treated patients at the scene. And, I have six children, ages 13-24. (Ive just about seen it all on BOTH sides of the fence! )
Yes, the teen made an illegal pass that resulted in an accident. And yes, it could have been much worse. I see it every day. But I also think that this young man has probably learned a valuable lesson and ,hopefully, will share this with his friends. The school isn’t located in a “bad” spot. If everyone would slow down, pay close attention and obey traffic laws, we wouldnt have nearly the accidents that we do. But even in the best of circumstances, we are all human and make errors. Thankfully no one was seriously injured and hopefully students learned a lesson that wasnt too painful to swallow…this time.

By: uhh...

uhh... — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:42:20 +0000

Only irresponsible parents would be jumping up to defend their child. He was wrong, if he wouldn’t have broken the law he wouldn’t be in this situation. Admitting is the first step, everyone. Stop saying “It wasn’t his fault!”.. – it WAS. Yes, thank God no one was hurt; that doesn’t excuse the behavior. That tardy policy isn’t so strict to the point that students should break the law to get to school. They get 3 tardies before anything happens. All of the reasons that have been given in these comments are ridiculous and a poor attempt to make someones bad decision seem okay.

By: parentbernice

parentbernice — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:42:02 +0000

why don,t parents put them on school bus.hold the driveacconablity for geting to school an save gas at the same time

By: barbra from mexico

barbra from mexico — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:22:30 +0000

well…. here is what i have to say…. that you parents are really stupid because if it were your kid you would be jumping to the defense of your kid ….and trying to say it wasnt wrong! so yall are blowing it out of the water ….KG…. it is done and over with he has the ticket he is paying for it so chill out

By: edward cullen

edward cullen — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:03:04 +0000

yall all need to shut up, yea he made a mistake but he doesnt need people to get in his business… he knows it was illegal to pass on the shoulder of the road.. so everyone needs to get over it and be happy that nobody was seriously injured!!!

By: Wake up

Wake up — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:35:12 +0000

To Mom in Washington:
It sounds as if you are defending his bad decision as a driver. The ONLY person at fault in this accident was young Mr. Grimes. He attempted to pass cars that were following correct driving procedures. And not pass correctly, but pass them on the RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD. He was also driving too fast for conditions, which caused him to spin out of control. This accident could have been avoided if he had just waited behind the cars, instead of trying to speed around them because he was late for school. There is no excuse for what he did. He made a very bad choice and now he has to take the consequences of his actions. He is very fortunate that the injuries were not worse. So please, do not say that people are blaming him because he is young. They are blaming him because he was at fault. The same blame would be placed on a 50 year old had they been the one to pass on the right side rather than waiting. Instead of excusing bad behavior, let’s be accountable. That advice is applicable for people of all ages; not just the young.

By: Mom in Washington

Mom in Washington — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:51:20 +0000

When Jessie told me about the accident I didn’t want to look at the pictures. I have a teen of my own. I took a look and thanked God no one was killed. I told him that I was involved in three accidents soon after I learned to drive. At 47 I can tell you that I was in the wrong place, but they weren’t my fault. However, being young I got the blame for two. At seventeen, I was creeping home in a blizzard. When a van came over the hill I pulled into the ditch to avoid the accident. The driver lost control of the van and hit me. I had a whiplash and a permanant back injury, I drove away. The driver of the van was speeding on an icy hill. He was one of my former teachers.

People like to hit my cars.
Later in life I would have four adults hit my car while it was parked or stopped.
I was hit twice while in parking spots by elderly women. Once at a red light with a train a women racing to make a light barreled into the car behind me, pushing him into me. She worked for an insurance company. The last time I was not in the car; a man backed his truck into mine at the gas pump.

When I look at the comments I’m ashamed of our society and myself we all assume we know what happened. I’m sorry that this happened but, maybe a future death will be prevented.

They call them Accidents not On purposes.