Hi BigJo
Really sorry to hear about your parent?s cat, they must be devastated. There has been a pretty big debate about letting your Bengal?s out; you might want to take a look at the <a href='http://www.bengalcatforums.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=6' target='_blank'>"Do you let your Bengal?s out"</a> thread.
We lost our first Bengal in January, he wasn't run over but we did use to let him out. We don't know what caused his death and because of this we won't be letting our new Bengal?s out, we've built a run for them instead. I know it's not the same but if you have two or more cats together they do a pretty good job of keeping each other active and if you get them altered they tend to loose the urge to want to roam!
Hope all goes well with any future Bengals
Heidi