Colorado State Patrol

The Colorado State Patrol never even told me that Joe was ejected from the truck. That fact,  and several others,  were revealed to me through the local newspaper. Although I know I shouldn't,  I harbor treatment toward authorities because of it.

Here is a link to the article: http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/13644225-113/weld-sikes-county-crash

When my sister arrived from Georgia,  I asked her to take me to the wrecking com pany so I could see the truck. I didn't take pictures. I didn't have to - the image is forever burned into my thoughts. The entire cab of the truck was level with the hood. If Joe had not been thrown out,  he would have been even more mangled. 

The investigators would not let me search the truck for any of Joe's belongings. At the time,  no one knew where his phone or wallet were located. I was not allowed to touch anything. 

Since then,  I found out that a co-worker who was helping with clean up at the crash site picked up some of his belongings (including his phone and wallet) from the mud near the truck. It took all day to load the truck and trailer on the wrecker.  Within a couple of days, some of Joe's belongings were returned to me by the co-worker. 

I found out a couple of weeks ago that pictures were taken on the scene during clean up. When I saw the truck,  it was somewhat put together.  It didn't look like this:

When the State Patrol informed me that the truck had rolled down an 80 ft. embankment,  I had in my mind a picture of being in the hills. 

All of this is still hard for me to grasp. I continuously try to understand what caused the accident to begin with. I can only trust that God knows what he is doing and had bigger plans for Joe than what we had together.