Letter writer wants hit-and-run driver to know her husband died as a result of accident in Antioch in May

Dear Editor:

This is written to the woman who caused the wreck in the Target parking lot on May 22nd of this year. I don’t know your name because no one bothered to get it, the police did not come to make an accident report either – thank you Antioch – and you just drove away!

My husband died from this accident! I know you drive a White Dodge Ram lifted pickup. My husband had just left the Dress Barn where he had been doing me a favor, was getting ready to leave the parking lot, when you came around from another side, in his lane. He tried to get away from you as you were bearing down on him. He tried to get off his motorcycle (bike) and get out of the way. It was not a single person accident as the police were reporting; it is called a non-contact collision! The bike fell on his leg and crushed it. He told me you got out of your truck and stood there watching, while he laid there screaming. We have been married 37 years and it is the first time I ever heard him scream.

Yes, he called and left a horrifying message on our phone. I want you to know what the consequences of your actions were. Roy Adams was the father of 10 kids and grandfather of 23, great grandfather of 9. His greatest honor was to ride with the Patriot Guard and Warriors Watch, honoring our fallen and serving military families and heroes. He served this country for eight years, himself. He was a very safe rider and would never have fallen off his bike. He was healthy and never sick a day in his life, took no medications and had all his body parts except a gall bladder. He was a big strong man who loved his family beyond measure and did more service for people than anyone I ever saw! He was a God loving Christian, went to church every Sunday, paid his tithing and kept the commandments.

It took him a month to die, it was horrible and painful, taking his eyesight and his leg; causing two strokes the last one being massive because he was on blood thinners to prevent more blood clots caused by the severe fracture of his left leg. He begged me to help him get relief from the pain. My saddest regret is that I could not. We have always had each others’ back, but I could not help him, this time. The damage was too great.

I know you walked away and left him there to be taken to the hospital, I don’t think you even called 911. Another woman came out of the parking lot and did that. Now, I am left to deal with the aftermath. I have no accident report and so could not get a lawyer.

We just had to lose one of the most important persons in our lives, and believe me it has changed our lives forever. I just wanted you to know what your negligence caused.

Mrs. Rose Adams (now a widow), Knightsen


6 Comments to “Letter writer wants hit-and-run driver to know her husband died as a result of accident in Antioch in May”

  1. Arne Simonsen says:

    I hear your plea and can only hope that that individual will come forward. As a fellow veteran, I am as upset as you are.

  2. karl says:

    i am very sorry about your loss.

  3. Siri says:

    Rose, I hope she reads it. I posted it on my facebook page for everyone I know to see.

  4. jerry collins says:

    i was a personal friend of ROY AND MANY OF HIS FRIENDS,WE ESCORTED WITH HONORS ROYS REMAINS ON THE BACK OF A MOTORCYCLE IN A PROCESSION OF FAMILY AND WARRIORS WATCH RIDERS,IT REALLY WAS AN HONOR TO KNOW THIS GENTLE GIANT,HE WAS FUNNY AND MILD MANNERED AND WE ALL HUGGED HIM EVERY TIME WE MET UP TO GO ESCORT A SOLDIER WHEN THEY CAME HOME FOR THEIR ESCORT, I SENT A MESSAGE TO ROSE TO CHECK EVERY CAMERA WITHIN 500 FT OF THE MANSLAUGTER THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL COMMITTED,I HOPE THEY DO FIND YOU AND ADMINISTER THE PUNISHMENT THAT U SO DESERVE,U WILL BE WONDERIN WHEN THE DAY WILL COME WHEN THEY COME KNOCK ON UR DOOR TO TAKE U AWAY LIKE ROY WAS TAKEN AWAY. U FOREVER PUT A STAKE IN THE HEARTS OF MANY THE DAY U WATCHED HIM LAY THERE AND LATER RESULTING IN HID DEATH,WATCH UR BACK BECAUSE THEY WILL COME FOR YOU ONE DAY SO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND SAVE THIS FAMILY THE HEARTACHE THEY WILL HAVE FOR YEARS TO COME. jERRY COLLINS ANTIOCH.

  5. eileen liu says:

    It’s very suspicious that the police didn’t even get the name of the hit/run driver or take a report. What’s their excuse? Perhaps the cop is a relative of the hit/run driver? Another police cover-up? With the recent tax increase pushed by the City Council, we were supposed to get some semblance of police service. Your letter is tragic and infuriating. I feel very sorry for your heartache and anxious for my own family with that creep still on the loose.

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