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my po-dunk hometown made the news today. though not nationally... yet. at least, i haven't found an easy-to-cut-n-paste internet article to post.
anyway, some woman out at the lake here left her 3 kids in a car on a boat access ramp. and then the car went into the lake, and all 3 died. so far, it's accidental. | |
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that's awful!!! | |
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AaronSuperior said: though not nationally... yet. at least, i haven't found an easy-to-cut-n-paste internet article to post.
anyway, some woman out at the lake here left her 3 kids in a car on a boat access ramp. and then the car went into the lake, and all 3 died. so far, it's accidental. Where is this in Southern Illinois...Damn and I thought the city peeps were | |
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MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said: AaronSuperior said: though not nationally... yet. at least, i haven't found an easy-to-cut-n-paste internet article to post.
anyway, some woman out at the lake here left her 3 kids in a car on a boat access ramp. and then the car went into the lake, and all 3 died. so far, it's accidental. Where is this in Southern Illinois...Damn and I thought the city peeps were it's not in southern illinois. i'm not some hillbilly! it was CENTRAL illinois and turn on your TV news, i'm sure it'll be on there, if you're in Chicago. | |
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AaronSuperior said: MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said: AaronSuperior said: though not nationally... yet. at least, i haven't found an easy-to-cut-n-paste internet article to post.
anyway, some woman out at the lake here left her 3 kids in a car on a boat access ramp. and then the car went into the lake, and all 3 died. so far, it's accidental. Where is this in Southern Illinois...Damn and I thought the city peeps were it's not in southern illinois. i'm not some hillbilly! it was CENTRAL illinois and turn on your TV news, i'm sure it'll be on there, if you're in Chicago. I'm at work the news will be over when I get home | |
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Shit, it seems like my hometown "Modesto" is always making the news. | |
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here are some articles:
http://story.news.yahoo.c...rged_car_1 CLINTON, Ill. - Three small children died after being trapped in a car that somehow went into a central Illinois lake from a boat-access ramp, authorities said Wednesday. DeWitt County Sheriff Roger Massey would not talk about how the car became submerged in Clinton Lake on Tuesday, except to say that the children's mother, Amanda Hamm, was not removing a boat. Authorities will try to reconstruct the event before further details are released, but it is being investigated as an accident, Massey said. "There's some unusual things that law enforcement departments don't run into every day," Massey said without elaborating. Hamm called deputies Tuesday evening, saying her children were trapped in the car. Massey said the children probably were underwater for 10 to 15 minutes. Christopher Hamm, 6, and Austin Brown, 3, were pronounced dead | |
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By JIM PAUL, Associated Press Writer CLINTON, Ill. - A man who was behind the wheel when a car plunged into a lake, killing his girlfriend's three children trapped inside, has been charged with driving under the influence. Authorities are still investigating and have not determined whether the plunge was an accident, or even why the car was next to the lake, Sheriff Roger Massey said. The couple were not launching or retrieving a boat, authorities said. Massey would not say what substance the driver, Maurice Lagrone Jr., 28, allegedly had used. Lagrone also was charged with driving with a suspended license. Lagrone and his girlfriend, Amanda Hamm, 28, escaped the car after it went off a boat ramp Tuesday evening, but Hamm's three children were trapped inside, Massey said. Hamm called 911 from a pay phone and emergency workers were at the scene in about five minutes, but Christopher Hamm, 6, Austin Brown, 3, and Kyleigh Hamm, 23 months, died. Authorities said a special prosecutor will be assigned because Hamm's mother works for the state's attorney. Neighbors at the apartment complex where Hamm and Lagrone lived together in Clinton said that she was a loving mother who never let her children stray from view and that the couple constantly were outside, playing with the youngsters. The school that Christopher and Austin attended offered counseling to children. And residents in the town of about 7,500 grieved at the restaurant where Hamm worked. "I'm doing OK, if you consider crying in spurts to be OK," restaurant manager Brenda Fouts told The (Bloomington) Pantagraph. | |
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oh lord there are pictures too
Emily Strange, right, speaks about the Hamm family, who lived in the apartment building, left, across from her Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, in Clinton, Ill. Christopher Hamm, 6, Austin Brown, 3, and Kyleigh Hamm, 23 months, were in a car that plunged into a lake in Clinton, Ill., Tuesday. All three died. | |
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Two fishermen prepare to launch their boat Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, at the site where a car plunged into the lake in Clinton, Ill., Tuesday. Christopher Hamm, 6, and Austin Brown, 3, were pronounced dead at a hospital Tuesday. Kyleigh Hamm, 23 months, was flown to a hospital in Peoria and died Wednesday. Maurice Lagrone Jr., 28, was charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license in Tuesday night's incident, authorities said. | |
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A memorial to Christopher Hamm, 6, is seen Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, at the site where he and his two siblings were in a car that plunged into a lake Tuesday in Clinton, Ill. Christopher Hamm, 6, and Austin Brown, 3, were pronounced dead at a hospital Tuesday. Kyleigh Hamm, 23 months, was flown to a hospital in Peoria and died Wednesday. | |
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DeWitt County law enforcement officials push the car into a garage, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, in which three children died when it plunged into a lake in Clinton, Ill., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003. A man who was behind the wheel when a car plunged into a lake, killing his girlfriend's three children trapped inside, has been charged with driving under the influence. | |
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so, like, am i famous now that my town made the national news? | |
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my parents went to the children's visitation last night. i guess the grandmother is the girlfriend of one of my dad's friends...
... oh, and it turns out i went to schook, K through 12, with the mother i didn't even put it together until the other day. shocking. | |
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AaronSuperior said: DeWitt County law enforcement officials push the car into a garage, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, in which three children died when it plunged into a lake in Clinton, Ill., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003. A man who was behind the wheel when a car plunged into a lake, killing his girlfriend's three children trapped inside, has been charged with driving under the influence. That's what my car looked like after a bitch ran into me, three weeks after I paid it off. | |
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AaronSuperior said: my parents went to the children's visitation last night. i guess the grandmother is the girlfriend of one of my dad's friends...
... oh, and it turns out i went to schook, K through 12, with the mother i didn't even put it together until the other day. shocking. I hope you're handling it ok. | |
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Moonbeam said: AaronSuperior said: my parents went to the children's visitation last night. i guess the grandmother is the girlfriend of one of my dad's friends...
... oh, and it turns out i went to schook, K through 12, with the mother i didn't even put it together until the other day. shocking. I hope you're handling it ok. i'm fine. i never really knew her that well. she was very quiet, and i guess everyone is saying she's kind of "slow". i never really thought of her that way. she wasn't a genius, but she was nice... i thought she was just quiet. | |
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AaronSuperior said: Moonbeam said: AaronSuperior said: my parents went to the children's visitation last night. i guess the grandmother is the girlfriend of one of my dad's friends...
... oh, and it turns out i went to schook, K through 12, with the mother i didn't even put it together until the other day. shocking. I hope you're handling it ok. i'm fine. i never really knew her that well. she was very quiet, and i guess everyone is saying she's kind of "slow". i never really thought of her that way. she wasn't a genius, but she was nice... i thought she was just quiet. I got news over the weekend that a friend of mine was killed in a car accident in Florida, so my ability to read things is a bit off. Glad you're ok. | |
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Moonbeam said: AaronSuperior said: Moonbeam said: AaronSuperior said: my parents went to the children's visitation last night. i guess the grandmother is the girlfriend of one of my dad's friends...
... oh, and it turns out i went to schook, K through 12, with the mother i didn't even put it together until the other day. shocking. I hope you're handling it ok. i'm fine. i never really knew her that well. she was very quiet, and i guess everyone is saying she's kind of "slow". i never really thought of her that way. she wasn't a genius, but she was nice... i thought she was just quiet. I got news over the weekend that a friend of mine was killed in a car accident in Florida, so my ability to read things is a bit off. Glad you're ok. oh dear i hope you're okay | |
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AaronSuperior said: Moonbeam said: AaronSuperior said: Moonbeam said: AaronSuperior said: my parents went to the children's visitation last night. i guess the grandmother is the girlfriend of one of my dad's friends...
... oh, and it turns out i went to schook, K through 12, with the mother i didn't even put it together until the other day. shocking. I hope you're handling it ok. i'm fine. i never really knew her that well. she was very quiet, and i guess everyone is saying she's kind of "slow". i never really thought of her that way. she wasn't a genius, but she was nice... i thought she was just quiet. I got news over the weekend that a friend of mine was killed in a car accident in Florida, so my ability to read things is a bit off. Glad you're ok. oh dear i hope you're okay I will be, but I don't want to jack your thread. [This message was edited Mon Sep 8 22:35:00 PDT 2003 by Moonbeam] | |
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