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 her, 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