How very sad. What horrible, meaningless deaths. I wonder whether the driver of the other vehicle was drinking or whether he/she had somehow misunderstood and turned onto the wrong side of the highway.

I saw that in the news....awful

How horrible for them.

Oh, that's terrible. We've had several cases of cars traveling the wrong way on highways recently, and it always seems the innocents are killed.

That is so terrible. I feel so badly for the family....especially the little ones left with no parents.

Last time I heard about something like this happening the driver going the wrong way was busy texting on her phone. She lived, the mother and son in the car she hit weren't so lucky. It's a very sad and careless tragedy.

I've seen a woman driving at high speed in the dark in the left lane on the freeway with an illuminated cell phone held up in front of her face, at windshield level. The instance that is the main subject of this thread could just as easily have involved narcotics as alcohol. In either case the abuser may think they are not intoxicated, so that there is no reason for them not to drive. Other people - apparently even judges - telling them there is a problem may have no effect.

Not always drunks or cell phone users drive the wrong way. My dad, year before last, just before Thanksgiving had his car worked on. My brother took him to pick his car up and then left to go home. My dad headed out of town and took I 80 on the wrong ramp! Thank goodness he didn't hit anyone. A cop found him before anything bad happened. My dad has dementia and should never have been driving. They finally took his keys away. It took almost killing him or someone else for my brothers to do it, though.

I think it can be due to poor eyesight, also, as many states don't require an eye test for years.

Tox labs aren't back yet but police due suspect alcohol to be a factor which is not surprising considering the other driver was a 22 year old college kid and the wreck happened at 1:30 am. So tragic.

Such a sad story. Poor little orphan girls. It always seems the perpetrator isn't badly hurt, just the innocents.

The driver is in critical condition too. It's sad all the way around. Lives changed forever. (((to the families)))