PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING
Heartbroken family makes appeal to driver involved in hit-and-run death
THE Bradley family has spent a month waiting and hoping for answers.
The pain over the death of their son and brother Scott, who was struck by an unknown vehicle near Mossman, is exacerbated by not knowing what happened.
Today the Trinity Beach family makes a fresh and emotional plea to the driver involved to come forward.
In a heartbreaking letter, brother Michael said it was not about trying to bring that person to justice, but to give a sense of closure as they battle their ongoing grief.
“LIFE will never be the same. Things cannot be reversed, but the right thing can still be done.”
These are the powerful words of the family of hit-andrun victim Scott “Moses” Bradley.
It has been almost a month since the 24-year-old Trinity Beach man was found dead on a Mossman road after being struck by an unidentified car.
His traumatised family remain desperate for answers, penning an emotional message to the person involved.
Younger brother Michael said it was not justice they were seeking, just closure.
“Now we have to live in a nightmare from which we cannot wake, lying awake at night, wondering in hopelessness what happened to our son and brother that evening,” he said.
“I ask for the poor soul to let the guilt stop eating at their peace of mind and to come forward, so that we in turn can also begin to move forward. Don’t let us all go backwards.”
The family only know scant details of that fateful September 2 evening – a birthday celebration at a Mossman pub, a late-night walk home and a horror discovery by a passing motorist who found his body about 4.45am the following morning on Junction St.
It is understood he may have been lying on the road when he was fatally struck.
Michael said the family continued to believe his brother could still be alive if the driver who hit him had stopped.
“My brother was a fighter in life. He was not weak in any way. He would have made a full recovery. We all would have,” he said.
His mother Janice said the family wanted to try “everything” to learn the truth and had travelled to Cooya Beach where Scott had been housesitting to put posters up, calling for information.
“It’s just devastating,” she said.
“Initially we just wanted to wake up and it would all be gone away, but we have to accept that’s not the case. We live a new kind of normal now.” Police continue to call for witnesses to come forward and contact either the Forensic Crash Unit on 4030 7174 or anonymously via Crime Stoppers via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au