A MOTHER’S PLEA TO QUIT POSTING CRASH VICTIMS PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Jean Davy who lost her son in a tragic traffic crash, pleading to the public not to capture and circulate photographs of victims on social media. She was speaking during yesterday’s National Road Safety Council (NRSC) mid-year press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in St Andrew.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Relatives of persons killed in traffic accidents suffer immense emotional strain, and many unanswered questions linger when gruesome photographs of the deceased persons, as well as the mangled remains of motor vehicles, are splashed across social media. These are stark and, often, unwanted reminders.

It’s an unbearable experience for one mother, Jean Davy, whose son was tragically killed in a crash along the North-South Highway last year, the anguish of which was multiplied tenfold, she said, as photographs of her son’s body were circulated on several social-media platforms via cell-phone recordings, the Jamaica Gleaner  reported on July 13.

She now pleads to the public to consider the pain of family members left to suffer the loss and is asking for compassion and empathy. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20180713/please-stop-it-hurts-mothers-plea-quit-posting-crash-victims-photos