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Heartbreaking: Woman live tweets her husband's death. Accidentally.

The accident as tweeted by local news authorities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s a town in Vancouver called Salmon Creek. One of the best known and loved local names is Caran Johnson, who dutifully and helpfully tweets the morning traffic conditions each day.

She helps commuters know which roads to avoid, where the congestion is worst, if there’s a set of lights out and reports on any accidents.

Just a few hours ago, without even realising it, Caran Johnson live-tweeted her own husband’s death.

She began by tweeting about a crash involving two cars just after lunch time. She kept tweeting the traffic, updating her followers on the crash as news came tonight. And then slowly but surely she came to the realisation that her husband was in one of the cars.

Her last tweet reads: “it’s him. he died”.

There has been a phenomenal reaction to Caran Johnson’s tweets and social media has been overwhelmed with strangers expressing their support, sending their love and sharing in this poor woman’s grief.

You can read how this distressing story unfolded below, as this woman live tweets her husband’s death unknowingly: