I was on a field trip to the museum yesterday with my daughter's preschool class. One of her teachers was pulled out of the museum, and we found out today that her son died in a car accident.

He was 14 years old, driving himself to driver's education class. he had called his dad and his father had told him not to drive himself, but the kid went anyway. lost control on a gravel road and rolled the vehicle.



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Terrible

oh my god!! yesterday was not a good day for accidents in this area!! another teen girl i know very well was in an accident yesterday, but was only treated for minor injuries. news report said her car (again on gravel roads) went in the ditch, flipped at least once and ended up in a cornfield!! fortunately she was only treated for minor injuries... but still. i'm very good friends with this family. these things are hitting too close to home....

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oh dear, that's awful.

oh, those gravel roads... i remember that all too well.

best wishes to the families of these kids.

a kid about that age died at home this weekend
he was the only one in the vehicle that wasn't wearing his seatbelt
as someone who's sister died because she wasn't wearing hers this drives me insane

i hope the parents of the kid who drove himself to lesson don't blame themsleves. it is a tragic waste.
are you going to have to explain to your daughter why her teacher is gone from school?

emm said:

i didn't know about it til i dropped her off today, otherwise i would have said something to her sooner. the other two teachers in the class said they would talk to the kids and tell them what happened, but i'm sure i'll have some more explaining to do when she gets home. i'm just not sure what i'm going to say....

...How awful..

fantasyislander said:

just tell her the truth, that he was driving and wasn't very good at it yet, he lost control of the car, and because he wasn't wearing a seat belt was hurt so seriously that he died.
that way when she asks questions you'll be able to answer her fully and truthfully.

people die every day. It is no big deal.

Just yesterday, down the street from my house, a guy in a pick-up truck tryed to make it across the tracks, before the train, he ended up killing his whole family.

MickG said:

It's a big deal to someone....

These stories are so sad. I hate to hear about young people dying

MickG said:

nice.