More than three years after Jenny Higgins fatally struck Santa Cruz resident Timothy Starkey with her car, she said not a day goes by when she doesn’t think about the pain her actions have caused his family.
“I carry a burden of shame, of sadness,” Higgins told San José Spotlight.
Higgins, the co-founder and former president of Women’s March Bay Area and a former San Jose City Council candidate, said she has been attending therapy sessions and support groups to address her survivor’s guilt and the trauma of the crash.
“In order to figure out what the meaning of my life is after a mistake that is so tragic, that caused so much pain to so many people,” Higgins said.
Higgins was driving from San Jose to Los Gatos on the morning of Dec. 16, 2019, when she veered out of her lane on Blossom Hill Road and struck 66-year-old Starkey, who was on the shoulder unloading his…
