What the heck happened? '65 Belvedere...

Years ago I had a friend that had a 55 Chevy. Was running from the law and got in a head on going 60 or so. His brother was riding in the middle of the front seat. Brother died on the way to the hospital. Parents did not know what to do with the car so the had it towed home from the impound yard & put a tarp over it. Course the area d-bags stole the tarp. For some reason the parents did not get rid of the car prior to my friends release from the hospital stay, which was 3-4 weeks long. Buddy ended up in the mental ward of the local hospital. They could not even give the car away. Ended up paying some body to haul it off......