Family ticks off tragic teenager’s bucket list, found AFTER she died
THE family of a teenager killed in a road accident are completing a bucket list of her wishes after finding the must-do list on her laptop.
Asten Jones, 18, of Dunoon, Argyll, died after her Vauxhall Corsa was involved in a crash with another car on the A815 in Kilmun, on the Holy Loch, on May 21.
She was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow suffering from multiple injuries, including to her brain.
Doctors decided to turn off her lifesupport machine after realising the severity of her condition.
Her mother, Cathy Muir, said: ‘Doctors told me that even if she had survived her physical injuries, there was no way she could recover from her brain injuries.’
The teenager’s family were devastated and, in her honour, have set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money to fulfil all her wishes on her behalf – including her desire to ‘do something for charity’.
Mrs Muir, who has five other children, is now preparing for a tandem free-fall parachute jump on August 22.
She said: ‘We discovered the bucket list on Asten’s computer when searching for photographs after her death.
‘There’s 42 items she wanted to achieve during 2017. We are going to complete the bucket list on her behalf.
‘She wanted to do something for charity, so I’m going to do the jump for charity. I also want to set up a small charity in Asten’s name.
‘It will allow people to apply for funding for books, uniforms, equipment, which will enable them to go to sixth form, college or university to get qualified for their chosen trade.’
Eight members of Asten’s family hope to tick off items on her bucket list by December 31. This includes jumping into a pool fully clothed, inventing a cocktail, naming a star and getting a piercing.
‘Things she wanted to achieve’
Mrs Muir said: ‘We are going to work through the list.
‘We are not all going to do everything, but we think we can do it by the end of the year.’
The fundraising page can be found at www.gofundme.com/asten-jones-bucket-list-no-27.