Lynne Spears accidentally ran over and killed a boy in 1975

The National Enquirer reports that in 1975 Lynne Spears ran over a 12-year-old boy and killed him. Lynne, then 20, was rushing to the hospital with her brother, who had some kind of unspecified injury. According to the Enquirer, the guilt still haunts Lynne and she generally refuses to talk about it.

The ENQUIRER exclusively reveals Britney Spears' mom Lynne is hiding a shocking secret tragedy. The mother of the pop star ran over a bike-riding young boy with her car and killed him! The accident occurred in 1975, and Lynne Spears is still haunted by the death of the 12-year-old boy.

'To this day, Lynne hasn't gotten over what she did. She gets that terrified look in her eye when she is thinking about it,' said a source close to the Spears family.

'She has told only a few people about the accident and always says, ‘Please don't think I'm a bad person.'' Lynne was 20 when the tragedy occurred in her hometown of Kentwood, La., during the same year she married Jamie Spears. When the accident happened, Britney's mom was driving her brother to the hospital after he'd suffered an injury.

'It bothers Lynne still to this day,' said a representative for Lynne Spears. 'She really doesn't like to talk about it. She just wanted to forget that it ever happened - but she can't.'

[From the National Enquirer]

What an incredibly sad story, and how incredibly tragic for the boy's family. When I was five my best friend's dad accidentally ran him over when he was playing in the driveway. He managed to live but was in a full body cast for over a year. Even as a little kid, I remember being overwhelmed by how obviously grief-stricken and inconsolable his father was. I can't even imagine what it must feel like to know you caused the death of a child.

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