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21. " Their deaths were ruled weather-related"

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:10 PM

12 hrs ago

Nope. Negligence by the city is the cause. “Weather related” was just the symptom

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Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police [View all] ificandream 16 hrs ago OP

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia 16 hrs ago #2

A bit more UpInArms 16 hrs ago #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel 13 hrs ago #18

Just tragic UpInArms 13 hrs ago #19

+1 dalton99a 12 hrs ago #22

unbelievably sad Kali 16 hrs ago #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff 16 hrs ago #5

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k 13 hrs ago #20

tragic Evolve Dammit 16 hrs ago #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove 15 hrs ago #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa 15 hrs ago #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL 14 hrs ago #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red 14 hrs ago #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles 14 hrs ago #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer 14 hrs ago #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 14 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 14 hrs ago #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican 14 hrs ago #15

America the Beautiful angrychair 13 hrs ago #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman 12 hrs ago #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn 5 hrs ago #25

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 11 hrs ago #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 5 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 5 hrs ago #27

K&R jfz9580m 1 hr ago #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E 44 min ago #29