You Can’t Ask That - Killed Someone

Jo was driving along the highway, when she came acrossa woman with 4 children trying to cross the road.As she approached, a little boy pulled away from hismum and ran out in front of her car. In that split second,she was forced to make a sickening choice — hit the boy,or swerve and hit his mother and the 3 other children.'This is an instance of no-good choices at all. None.I would have put the car on its head if I could have.'While she knows she could have done nothing to avoidthe accident, Jo says she feels responsible. 'I washolding that steering wheel. I was driving that car….It’s about the responsibility, I was the one behind thewheel.' You’ll also meet Chrissie, who was jailed aftershe killed her best friend in a drink driving accident;Ron, a former police officer who shot a soldier who’dgone AWOL and was driving an army tank throughpedestrian streets; Leigh, who lost his son in a tragicaccident; and Nathan, who lost control of a car as ateenager, killing his two best friends. What does it doto someone, ending a life? Each of the people in thisepisode woke up one morning feeling like an ordinaryperson and went to bed forever changed. Misunderstoodand marginalised Australians are at the centre of thisprimetime series. They add new voices and perspectivesto the public debates they are often mysteriously leftout of.