IFjane
03-24-2008, 05:24 PM
This is so sad. The little blurb is pretty accurate. Unfortunately, it was a case of a kid on a lightly-traveled country road, on his way home from church.....listening to his ipod....most likely without a helmet, though I have not been able to verify that today. The last thing he expected was a car on that road....and of course, because of the earphones he couldn't hear a thing....
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8061179
All guidance counselors from the county were called to the high school to help deal with this. I waited all day to see what the media would report ("bikes should not be on the road, etc."). I am so glad they have not said that. Sad. Very sad.
The woman who hit him is one of my former parents - I taught three of her five children and am supervising the teacher of two of her grandchildren now. She has had a rough time of it - four years ago her apartment building burned to the ground and she lost everything, but all members of the family were ok. Three years ago her husband was murdered. When she hit the boy she jumped out of her car and attempted CPR....
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8061179
All guidance counselors from the county were called to the high school to help deal with this. I waited all day to see what the media would report ("bikes should not be on the road, etc."). I am so glad they have not said that. Sad. Very sad.
The woman who hit him is one of my former parents - I taught three of her five children and am supervising the teacher of two of her grandchildren now. She has had a rough time of it - four years ago her apartment building burned to the ground and she lost everything, but all members of the family were ok. Three years ago her husband was murdered. When she hit the boy she jumped out of her car and attempted CPR....