1.) Family of 4 - mom, dad, 4-year-old daughter and 8-year-old daughter + 4-month-old niece they were babysitting were on the way home from the Rodeo this past Sat. night, where the 8-year-old had participated in the barrel racing event, when they were t-boned by a drunk driver. The 8-year-old and 4-month-old baby were killed. The 4-year-old was life-flighted to a Jacksonville, FL Trauma Center where she is fighting for her life. Mom and dad were hospitalized locally overnight but were released on Monday. DUI driver also hospitalized locally but his condition nor his name has been released. The dad of the girls slipped into the hospital Tues. morning with a gun, specifically to kill the DUI driver but was stopped and taken to jail. (I kid you not, but it was probably to prevent him from trying to take further action.)
2.) Sat. night - same night - two 18-year-olds were playing head-on "chicken" with their cars on an infrequently traveled highway just outside of the city and neither chickened out - at least not in time, apparently. They crashed head-on and both died instantly.
3.) Again, Sat. night - same night, a well-known and well-liked 17-year-old teen went home and committed suicide after his girlfriend broke up with him.
4.) Monday morning, Aimee (RIP), the sweetheart receptionist at my Dr.'s office, was on her way to work when a young man from our community was also on his way to work when he crossed the center line and hit Aimee head-on, killing both.
All I can say is that this community is reeling...so much tragedy to so many good, average people, well-known and loved. DAMN! Yeah, bad shit does happen...most often to good people who don't deserve it...you just never know...
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