TWO years after his 18-year old daughter, Carmen, died in a single-car crash, it was another crash that took the lives of four young men that prompted John Maher to first share his family’s story with others.

Since 1997, John has told the heartbreaking story of his daughter’s crash – on November 18, 1995, Carmen died instantly when she fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a tree, just five kilometres from the family home.