Fla. Highway Crash Kills Seven Children

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/school_bu...kxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Fla. Highway Crash Kills Seven Children By RON WORD, Associated Press
Writer

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. - Seven children who had been adopted by a single
family were killed Wednesday in a fiery crash when their car was
crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in rural northern
Florida.

The children, ranging in age from 15 years to 21 months, were alone in
the car, headed toward their home about two miles north of the crash
site. The truck hit them from behind, pushing their car into the bus
and causing the car to burst into flames, police said.

"It's a very chaotic scene," said Lt. Mike Burroughs of the Florida
Highway Patrol. "It's just a mangled, charred mess."

Everyone in the car was killed, including the 15-year-old girl who was
driving illegally. All of the youngsters had been adopted by the same
family and lived together, police said.

It was unclear why the children were unaccompanied.

Evidence from the scene showed that the truck, which was carrying
bottled water, did not brake before hitting the car on the two-lane
road, Burroughs said.

The bus ended up 200 feet from where the car struck it, and the cab of
the truck lay overturned near the scene, Burroughs said. The bus was
at an approved bus stop, but it was not immediately clear whether
children were getting on or off.

Nine students were on the bus, and three were thrown from the vehicle
by the force of the crash. The extent of their injuries was also
unclear.

State police said three were seriously hurt and six others suffered
minor injuries. Hospital officials said they received five children,
two of whom were in fair condition late Wednesday and three who were
in serious condition.

The drivers of the bus and the truck were also taken to hospitals. The
truck driver suffered minor injuries, and authorities planned to
interview him. The bus driver was thrown from the vehicle, and her
condition was not immediately known.

The car was driven by 15-year-old Nicki Mann, who was with siblings
Elizabeth Mann, 15; Johnny Mann, 13; Heaven Mann, 3; Ashley Kenn, 13;
Miranda Finn, who was either 8 or 9 years old; and Anthony Lamb, who
was almost 2 years old. Lamb was in the process of being adopted,
Burroughs said.

The bus was operated by the Union County school district, which has
three schools from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade in the area about 60
miles southwest of Jacksonville.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a
team of investigators.

Fatal accidents involving school buses are relatively rare. The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 71
passengers and 42 drivers been killed since 1994 in school vehicles —
an average of about 10 people per year.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.

laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:

> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.

Are you coddling the truck driver?

In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
> laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
>
>> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
>> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
>
> Are you coddling the truck driver?

Dollars to Doughnuts this results in more restrictions on teen driving.

In article >,
(Brent P) wrote:

> In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
> > laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
> >
> >> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
> >> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
> >
> > Are you coddling the truck driver?
>
> Dollars to Doughnuts this results in more restrictions on teen driving.

How do you restrict any more than "15 year olds aren't allowed to drive"?

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

In article >, Alan Baker wrote:
> In article >,
> (Brent P) wrote:
>
>> In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
>> > laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
>> >> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
>> >
>> > Are you coddling the truck driver?
>>
>> Dollars to Doughnuts this results in more restrictions on teen driving.
>
> How do you restrict any more than "15 year olds aren't allowed to drive"?

How many more gun laws have we had since "convicted felons cannot own
firearms"?

Government is idiotic and kneejerk in its reactions. There was a rash of
crotch rocket (motorcycle) riders offing themselves by doing things like
lanespliting at 120mph on the dan ryan expressway. Mayor Daley reacted
by trying to have a helmet law passed. a helmet law for bicyclists and
roller bladers.

In article >,
(Brent P) wrote:

> In article >, Alan Baker
> wrote:
> > In article >,
> > (Brent P) wrote:
> >
> >> In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
> >> > laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
> >> >> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
> >> >
> >> > Are you coddling the truck driver?
> >>
> >> Dollars to Doughnuts this results in more restrictions on teen driving.
> >
> > How do you restrict any more than "15 year olds aren't allowed to drive"?
>
> How many more gun laws have we had since "convicted felons cannot own
> firearms"?

If you cannot see the difference between the two, I can't think of
anything I can possibly say to help you.

>
> Government is idiotic and kneejerk in its reactions. There was a rash of
> crotch rocket (motorcycle) riders offing themselves by doing things like
> lanespliting at 120mph on the dan ryan expressway. Mayor Daley reacted
> by trying to have a helmet law passed. a helmet law for bicyclists and
> roller bladers.

See above.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

the loving, caring, mass-murdering, child-killing christian god strikes
again




"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" > wrote in message
...
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/school_bu...kxBHNlYwN0bQ--
>
> Fla. Highway Crash Kills Seven Children By RON WORD, Associated Press
> Writer
>
> LAKE BUTLER, Fla. - Seven children who had been adopted by a single
> family were killed Wednesday in a fiery crash when their car was
> crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in rural northern
> Florida.
>
> The children, ranging in age from 15 years to 21 months, were alone in
> the car, headed toward their home about two miles north of the crash
> site. The truck hit them from behind, pushing their car into the bus
> and causing the car to burst into flames, police said.
>
> "It's a very chaotic scene," said Lt. Mike Burroughs of the Florida
> Highway Patrol. "It's just a mangled, charred mess."
>
> Everyone in the car was killed, including the 15-year-old girl who was
> driving illegally. All of the youngsters had been adopted by the same
> family and lived together, police said.
>
> It was unclear why the children were unaccompanied.
>
> Evidence from the scene showed that the truck, which was carrying
> bottled water, did not brake before hitting the car on the two-lane
> road, Burroughs said.
>
> The bus ended up 200 feet from where the car struck it, and the cab of
> the truck lay overturned near the scene, Burroughs said. The bus was
> at an approved bus stop, but it was not immediately clear whether
> children were getting on or off.
>
> Nine students were on the bus, and three were thrown from the vehicle
> by the force of the crash. The extent of their injuries was also
> unclear.
>
> State police said three were seriously hurt and six others suffered
> minor injuries. Hospital officials said they received five children,
> two of whom were in fair condition late Wednesday and three who were
> in serious condition.
>
> The drivers of the bus and the truck were also taken to hospitals. The
> truck driver suffered minor injuries, and authorities planned to
> interview him. The bus driver was thrown from the vehicle, and her
> condition was not immediately known.
>
> The car was driven by 15-year-old Nicki Mann, who was with siblings
> Elizabeth Mann, 15; Johnny Mann, 13; Heaven Mann, 3; Ashley Kenn, 13;
> Miranda Finn, who was either 8 or 9 years old; and Anthony Lamb, who
> was almost 2 years old. Lamb was in the process of being adopted,
> Burroughs said.
>
> The bus was operated by the Union County school district, which has
> three schools from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade in the area about 60
> miles southwest of Jacksonville.
>
> The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a
> team of investigators.
>
> Fatal accidents involving school buses are relatively rare. The
> National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 71
> passengers and 42 drivers been killed since 1994 in school vehicles -
> an average of about 10 people per year.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
>
>

Brent P, > was motivated to say this
in rec.autos.driving on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:39:45 -0600:
> In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
> > laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
> >
> >> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
> >> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
> >
> > Are you coddling the truck driver?
>
> Dollars to Doughnuts this results in more restrictions on teen driving.

Or in an the speed limit being lowered and another jerk-water-town
florida speed trap appearing.

More on the accident: http://tinyurl.com/9pgre

necromancer wrote:
> Brent P, > was motivated to say this
> in rec.autos.driving on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:39:45 -0600:
>
>>In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
>>
>>>laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
>>>>kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
>>>
>>>Are you coddling the truck driver?
>>
>>Dollars to Doughnuts this results in more restrictions on teen driving.
>
>
> Or in an the speed limit being lowered and another jerk-water-town
> florida speed trap appearing.
>
> More on the accident: http://tinyurl.com/9pgre

They had church Wed night? Who the **** goes to church Wed night?!
I bet the poor kids were homeschooled.

Scott en Aztlán > wrote in
:

> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:39:45 -0600,
> (Brent P) wrote:
>
>>>> I don't know what to make of this. If the adopted parents let the
>>>> kids drive this car, then they oughta be charged with something.
>>>
>>> Are you coddling the truck driver?
>>
>>Dollars to Doughnuts this results in more restrictions on teen driving.
>
> This story made the KTLA Morning News. Emmet Miller reported that the
> Trucker who rear-ended everybody never braked before the impact.

Probably overtired,dozed off,or... was yakking on a cellphone. ;-)

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net