The uncle in question left the wake [my cousin was Irish Catholic in religion thru his mom] and toured the accident scene for reasons I'm not clear on.

Not only that, he decided to brag about it at the wake the next day. This infuriated my cousin's immediate family and ever since then the family has been divided into two camps.

There were attempts to reconcile. All ended badly. My dad's brother who lost his son and dementia uncle's kid actually had a fist fight at my sister's college graduation party. We don't usually get white trash stuff like that.