Michelle Taylor’s last words, before she was crushed to death by a truck tire, were, “What does this idiot think he’s doing?”

With her 83-year-mother in the passenger seat, the 53-year-old high school teacher was driving along Ontario’s Highway 9 in a Buick Regal when a truck started to drift over from the opposing lane.

The vehicle was a burgundy Ford pickup customized with off-road tires and an aftermarket “lift kit.” And at the wheel was a teenager who had fallen asleep.

From the dad’s perspective, it was the smartest thing he could have done

In the split second before impact, Taylor slowed almost to a stop and pulled as far off the shoulder as she could. The first thing the truck’s bumper would have hit was the Buick’s hood.

“The thing just rolled right up and into the cab and crushed her,” says her husband, James Taylor. “On the positive side, it was instant death for my wife.”

The driver of the truck emerged virtually unscathed. A month after the collision, he posted “miss you” on a Facebook photo of a large truck that was presumably the vehicle involved in the crash. Just this year, he was proudly posting photos of his newest rig: a GMC Denali with custom front bumper, off-road tires and, once again, a lift kit.