The letter that follows was sent to on Friday and may reflect the feelings of how many people feel about the tragic death of Tyaisha Cox and the ensuing trial which ended on Thursday with the acquittal of the driver, Melanie Wedgwood, whose vehicle hit the six-year-old.Dear Sir,

As the writer said, it is impossible not to feel deep sympathy, if not empathy, with Tyaisha?s family, who not only lost an innocent child, but have had to wait years to see the case concerning Melanie Wedgwood come to trial.

Now it has, and it is understandable that they still feel no closure as a result of Ms Wedgwood?s acquittal. The feeling that someone should be held responsible for a tragedy of this kind is natural. But ? and Magistrate Edward King?s decision could still be appealed by the Crown ? on the whole, Mr. King?s decision seems to have been fair and balanced.

In part, as he said and Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown acknowledged, the law itself was deficient when it comes to governing drivers? behaviour at pedestrian crossings, not to mention how drivers should act around buses.

Then too, there is no question that this crossing and bus stop has been dangerous for decades and no one acted to make it safer. One of the real tragedies of this affair is that it took the death of a six-year-old to bring about improvements both there and at other schools with dangerous crossings.

The list goes on. There is no doubt that there are many, including Ms Wedgwood, who will wish that they could have done something different. They will be burdened with guilt, rightly or wrongly, until the end of their days, albeit none who will will suffer more than Tyaisha?s parents or her brother, who suffered the horror of seeing his sister die.

But it does not seem that there was any one mistake or deliberate act that caused Tyaisha?s death. Instead a sequence of errors and mistakes resulted in tragedy.

But now, as ?Beyond Belief? says, it is time to move on. Tyaisha must never be forgotten, but understanding, and perhaps, in time, forgiveness, are needed now.