Kansas News Fatal Crash Near Ulysses

[hugz]

saw this on the news/

Fatal Crash Near Ulysses Claims Lives of Four High School Girls

Four high school girls from Ulysses are dead and one is injured after their car was hit by a semitrailer today. The Highway Patrol says the girls' car pulled in front of a semi that was eastbound on U.S. Highway 160.

The car was hit on the passenger side and came to rest in a ditch.

Three of the girls died at the scene and another died while being flown to a hospital.

The accident happened just before noon, on the east edge of town. The girls names haven't been released, and the condition of the survivor is unknown.

[Tee]

My prayers go out to the families of the girls and to the survivor, especially if she was the driver.

[Gypsy]

How unimaginably horrible for the families and the town and the driver of the truck. He or she must be devastated. I can't imagine living with that memory.

[eunuch]

Open lunch periods + teen drivers = tradegy.

[Army_of_One]

Teen drivers + inexperience+dangerous roads+cell phones = tragedy.

This kind of stuff is very sad.

[jeezeweeze]

[HeddaLettuce]

Oh how awful..and awful for the truck driver also.

Was the driver on the cell phone?

I don't let my young driver have a cell phone period. I don't think it is safer to have one. I put an old out of service one in the glove box with a charger. It will dial 911, that is it.

My thoughts are with all the families - and the whole community. It will be a tough one to deal with.

[TheWizzard]

This is a terrible accident. Being a parent of kids that age makes a person think. My heart hurts for all involved. In a town like that everybody knows everybody. Im sure every single person there is affected by this tragedy. It is an awful way to learn a lesson, about teen driving, cell phones, or open lunch periods at school. The biggest lesson should be that when you leave the house or your kids leave the house, they may not come home. Everybody... love your kids. Tell them you love them. Grab them and hug them, no matter how old they are. I cant imagine never being able to do that again, or only having the "last" memory. Living the rest of my life trying to remember if I said " I love you" when they left, or if the night before they went to bed mad for some trivial reason.
Treasure your kids. Do something extra special with your kids this weekend . When they look at your like your crazy and ask you what is up with you, tell them that no matter what they are a special gift and you love them.
Remember those parents in Ulysses. They dont have the chance to do that anymore.

[357 mag]

very sad deal...

[momof2beautifulkids]

Cant even imagine--my heart goes out to the families!!