If there is a safety message to be echoed, this accident shows just how dangerous rural roads and highway can be. We see lots of vehicle crashes in our rural areas. When a crash occurs the kinetic energy from the crash gets transferred to the occupants in the vehicles, sometimes with fatal consequences.

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This is a well-used area and it wasn't there the day before. Some students saw it, told the teachers and they called the fire department. We took it very seriously.

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If anything happens to anybody here — volunteer or career — Darrell is on the phone with them. He's a really good listener and easy to talk to, like another family member coming to see you.

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