I think some of you are missing the point of this thread. The Op is not saying the kids are not responsible for the accident. The driver is responsible for driving recklessly thus losing control, etc. He was probably showing off for his friends & they all paid with their lives, tragic.

The point of the OP is he is saying it is very tactless for the paper to publish the article about the accident then a full page ad for car sales on the next page. Wheter by accident or on purpose I agree it was very tactless for the paper to do this. They should have been paying more attention. From what the OP says the paper does crap like this all to often.