88 (or 89) year old Canton woman Ilse Horn was charged in the death of 4 year old Diya Patel.
Horn has an abominable driving record apparently unrelated to her age: 5 chargeable car crashes – crashes, not speeding tickets, although she has at least one of those as well – since 1982, when she was 61 or 62.
I don’t know Ilse Horn, but her behavior fits of the profile of a lot of people in her generation: “I know my rights”, “I’ve got what’s mine and I’m keeping it”, etc.
From public records, we know that Ms. Horn has lived in some pretty toney places: Newton and West Newton before she and a relative named George Horn moved to Canton.
This week, the DMV revoked her license on the basis that she poses an “Immediate Threat” to public safety.
About time.
So, what is citizen Horn’s reaction to this? A public apology, an expression of remorse?
Nope. She hired an attorney.
And where was said attorney or for that matter, family, when Ms. Horn was raising havoc in those five other accidents? She didn’t become an Immediate Threat overnight: why didn’t he or she or they move to have her license revoked?
I guess it’s true what they say: only the good die young.