The dad was out to get milk for dawson's baby sister. Dawson wasn't even there he was in Boston b/c Joey had called him drunk and they were having issues. And the other driver actually fell asleep at the wheel and was coming toward Dawson's dad.
This is why Dawson was all mad at Joey after his dad died and kinda blamed her. And then there was the scene where Pacey takes Dawson to the scene and tells him the story that this guy had been working late and fell asleep at the wheel...
I know i'm a dork, but hey thanks to TBS and a few school breaks i've seen a lot of dawson's creek re-runs.
