About this episode

Jo Alkir shares the tragic story of her daughter Olivia, who was killed in a reckless driving incident, and discusses her campaign for safer driving.

In this episode, we are joined by Jo Alkir; her only child, 17-year-old Olivia went out with her friends to celebrate the end of her exams, but she never made it home. Olivia was killed after getting into a car with a boy who had passed his driving test the day before, and made the reckless decision to race his friend. That decision would claim Olivia's life. Jo is here to tell us about that fateful day, the court case and Olivia's Legacy, as she campaigns for safer driving. This is REAL LIVES. If you'd like to support the show, you can do so here, thank you: https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast To visit Jo's website, please see here: https://olivia-alkir.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Naomi Channell

Guest: Jo Alkir

Topics covered

• grief
• road safety
• parenting
• loss
• advocacy

Keywords

• Olivia Alkir
• road safety
• grief
• advocacy
• reckless driving

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: REAL LIVES, Acast, olivia-alkir.co.uk

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