And while that mother was killed on Mother's day, another mother's special day was filled with grief after her teenaged son lost his life in a terrible traffic accident this weekend. It happened after 4:00 on Saturday morning on the Northern Highway. 19-year-old Evan Garnett Jr was driving to his mother's home in Los Lagos after a night out, but never made it. At mile 12, he had a violent collision with a bus that was on the other side of the highway, parked on the road's shoulder.
The Honda Accord he was driving was stripped of its top, as he literally appeared to have run under the bus.
For the beleaguered Officer Commanding Belize Rural, it is the 16th traffic fatality in his area for this year. He told the media about it:
ASP Chris Noble - Rural Executive Officer
"Sometime after 4 this morning police responded to an accident scene in the area of mile 11. Visiting the scene a single vehicle apparently collided into what is the remains of a passenger bus that was parked on the opposite side of the highway. The lone male individual that was in the vehicle succumb and has been taken to the morgue."
"Our preliminaries are that we are uncertain as to what may have caused it. We still are looking into the possibility of why he veered off the road. Damages to the vehicle is immense, but one has to be cognizant of that fact that vehicles are man-made and they have their flaws. Its only there to take you somewhere. But some people abuse the use of it and with diminished capacities it could mean anything."
His family declined comment today, but on Saturday night, his friends held a candlelight vigil in his memory. And with the assistance of our colleagues from KREM News, here's what they had to say about him:
Friend of Deceased
"Give his family the strength to move on from a very devastating, life-changing event. It is something none of us expected, but we ask the almighty father to bless us with the strength and courage to accept that Evan's not here anymore."
Friend of Deceased
"I could always remember when we would see each other and he would say "kid, kid" - we would just share smiles. On behalf of my friends I would like to say rest in peace and his soul rest in peace."
Friend of Deceased
"We know that Evan's dead right now, but I hope his soul rest in peace. I hope he didn't go out in pain. The way I saw Evan this 
morning, it is just really, really, really, sad."
Friend of Deceased
"On behalf of myself, Kijano Moody, Evondale Moody and other students from Ms. Ebanks preschool, we started from there and then to 
Grace Primary School - all the way through St. John's College. Our friendship has been strong since then and hasn't broken, rest in peace bro, my classmate, brother and friend Evan Garnett."
Friend of Deceased
"I would just like to thank god for blessing us with Evan's smile and happy presence that he always brought around no matter what. 
He would always find a way to put a smile on your face."
Friend of Deceased
"Don't let this happen again girls and guys - don't let us have to miss a friend, a son, a family. It's not fair for us. As fathers and mothers oh God help Jacinta right now. Tomorrow is mother's day and she is losing her son. Imagine, it's not fair, not for her. None of knew what would have happen last night."
Garnett Jr is the grandson of Evan X Hyde, the Publisher of the Amandala Newspaper.
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