Not once. Call me a morbid cunt, but I'm still proud of myself for it. Was it a mature thing to do? Nah. But I would do it again. Over the years I've even considered sending follow-ups. I haven't, obviously, and the wife thinks it would be petty. I agree it would be, but still.
When I mentioned that my mom recognized the kid (he was prob in his mid to late 20s when I say kid, btw), I forgot to mention *why* she recognized him. He was apparently an asshole to her and her co-workers on multiple occasions because he refused to carry his ID, which of course he didnt have on the day of the accident, driving his parents car that he wasn't an insured motorist on. He bitched and screamed at them when he overdrew his accounts, etc. I never saw this happen, but my mom doesn't have a dishonest bone in her body, so if she said it happened - it happened.
Seeing my dad die right in front of me in my front yard as a 20 year old isn't even the worst part of it. That's not what made me so angry and thats not what sticks in my head from that morning. Seeing what it did to my mom that day and for months after is what made me angry.
Her crying face is burned into my brain and I'll never forget it. That image is more vivid and painful than the image of my dad in his car that morning. I'd never seen her cry and scream like that, even at her own mother's funeral. She kept screaming and asking me why it happened, and screaming "Why, he was my best friend. My best friend."
Fuck that kid. Fuck that kid's parents. I hope they're still paying off those medical bills.