Marco met zijn vrouw Elvira
"When the victim said: I don't blame you. That meant a lot to me."
12-05-2022
Marco is a truck driver. He causes a serious accident, is which a person dies.
After the accident, Marco's life is turned upside down. On the recommendation of his employer, he talks to one of the victims with the guidance of a mediator from Perspectief Herstelbemiddeling. Together with his wife Elvira, he recounts how it went. Watch the video 'Restorative mediation after a traffic accident: two experiences' below.
Marco also talks about the accident, the period afterwards, and his experience with restorative mediation in the Dutch podcast 'Contact Helps: dealing with guilt' linked below.
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“That fearful look in her eyes haunted me for a long time.”The girl that suddenly crossed the road on her bike looked Henk straight in the eyes at the last moment. Then his truck hit her. “That fearful look in her eyes. It haunted me for a long time. That’s why I started searching.”
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Daisy: “I really wanted to know how the driver was doing.”Two weeks after his 15-year-old daughter was hit by a truck, Francel wanted to get in contact with the driver. “I heard he was on sick leave. I proposed to meet with him, we would both feel better after that.”
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“Meeting her sister was an important part of my closure.”On Christmas Eve of 2020, Eva (25) hit a cyclist with her car. The woman on the bike wasn’t paying attention; it wasn’t Eva’s fault. The woman died. The victim’s sister wanted to talk to Eva afterwards, to let her know she was not to blame.