How do you get your life back on track when everything seems set against you?

That's the question Tim Roxborogh put to listeners today, after the tragic story of the fatal police pursuit crash in Christchurch.

The three victims were all teenagers, two of them just 13. They died after fleeing police in a stolen car, their lives coming to a fiery end after crashing into a tree.

An article today suggested that the one of the boys, Brooklyn Taylor, had his life course pre-determined from the age of four.

Roxborogh asked listeners if their life had gone down the wrong path at any point, and how they got out of it. 

Multiple callers shared their stories of how they turned their lives around.

Amongst them was Steve told of how he stopped fighting and stealing thanks to a generous man who took many troublesome youth under his wings, while Paul was taken off a similar path after meeting the love of his life. 

It was motherhood that helped Robyn, even though her child was conceived through sexual assault. She says she gained a lot of strength from her experiences. 

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