Oh what a terrible thing to happen.. Such a same.. I feel so bad for their families. Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 7:55 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Drinking & Driving > Today, EARLY this morning, at about 2AM, 4 young girls from Columbia, in > their early 20s, were in a TERRIBLE car accident about 6 blocks from here. > So far, two of them have died_my daughter and I knew them both. So very > young. They said speeding had a lot to do with the accident, for to > travel uphill for 100 yards, after crashing into the end of the cement > bridge wall over the Shawnee Run Creek, and then having enough speed to > make it up the hill. hitting things along the way, then crashing into a > retaining wall, and throwing that rubble all over the highway (462, which > is part of the old Lincoln Highway that runs through Columbia), closing it > down for 6 hours, they MUST have been FLYING. Sad to say they were > probably out drinking, too, at a local pizza establishment's tavern under > the shop. Our daughter dated the step-brother of the one that was > pronounced dead first, for two years, and I know this will hit her very > hard, when she finds out. I can't say anything to he! > r, yet, because the names have not been released to the press, as of this > point in time. I just feel so sad for these families, all of whom I > probably know. In fact, I probably know all of the kids involved in the > accident. I can't even imagine the agony they are going through right > now. > Please, hold your children, and explain to them about driving safely, and > NEVER drink and drive_better yet, don't drink at all. > :o( > Lynn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message