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IS 2NEWS AT 5:00
SCHOOL DAY THAT WAS ANYTHING
BUT NORMAL FOR STUDENTS WHO
LOST THREE CLASSMATES... AND
SAW THREE OTHERS INJURED IN A
CRASH. GOOD EVENING I'M MARK
ALLAN. AND I'M KATIE USSIN.
BELLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS RETURNED TO THE
CLASSROOM TODAY WHILE
INVESTIGATORS CONTINUED TO
HAPPENED.
JORDAN BURGESS IS LIVE IN
OUR TOP STORY WITH WHY SO MANY
QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED.
I TALKED WITH POLICE AND
THEY TELL ME THEY'RE STILL
"NOT" SURE WHERE THE STUDENTS
WERE GOING THAT FATEFUL NIGHT
OR WHAT CAUSED THE DRIVER TO
LOSE CONTROL. BUT EVEN
THOUGH THEY EXPECT THE
INVESTIGATION TO TAKE
WEEKS..IT WON'T LAST NEARLY AS
LONG AS THE HEARTACHE CAUSED
BY THIS CRASH.
A ROCK IS
TOUGH..HARD..AND..LIKE THE
THIS PART OF
UNFORTUNATELY..ONE OF THE SAD
PARTS OF LIFE. THIS ROCK
OUTSIDE BELLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL
IS PAINTED IN BRIGHT COLORS
BUT ITS MESSAGE IS MUCH DARKER.
A MEMORIAL TO THREE
GIRLS..17-YEAR OLD SOPHIE
KERRIGAN..16-YEAR OLD SKYLAR
KOOKEN..AND 14-YEAR OLD
JUILIANNA HAWK. AS I
UNDERSTAND FINE YOUNG LADIES
AND GOOD STUDENTS AND WE'RE
GOING TO MISS THEM DEARLY.
ALL THREE WERE PASSENGERS IN
THIS TRUCK THAT SLAMMED INTO A
TREE JUST BEFORE 1 A-M SUNDAY
MORNING ON WAGNER ROAD. THE
17-YEAR OLD MALE DRIVER IS OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL. A FOURTH GIRL
IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AND A
SECOND BOY HAS BEEN STABALIZED.
POLICE ARE STILL UNSURE
THIS POINT IT'S REALLY EARLY
ON IN THE INVESTIGATION SO
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO
SIFT THROUGH ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN
SIFT THROUGH ALL THE
ATTENDED A VIGIL FOR THE THREE
OUTSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST
NIGHT. SWAPING STORIES AND
SHARING MEMORIES. IT'S HARD
YOU KNOW YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO
PUT YOU IN YOUR GRAVE. YOU
DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR KIDS IN
A GRAVE." BELLBROOK IS NO
STRANGER TO TRAGEDY. MORE
INVOLVING STUDENTS LED TO THEM
NOT BEING ALLOWED TO DRIVE TO
SCHOOL. THAT RESTRICTION WAS
LIFTED TWO YEARS AGO. WE
THOUGHT THAT'S SOMETHING WE
COULD RESPONSIBLE TEACHING
THEM AS A YOUNG TEENAGER LET'S
BE RESPONSIBLE AND HERE'S PART
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY
ACCIDENTS COMING TO AND FROM
SCHOOL. BUT DANGER DOESN'T
STOP WHEN THE BELL RINGS...AND
NEITHER WILL THE HURT CAUSED
BY THE CRASH. WHICH IS WHY
STUDENTS WILL BE SEARCHING FOR
THEIR OWN ROCKS. BECAUSE
WHILE THEY CAN BE TOUGH AND
HARD..THEY'RE ALSO STEADY..AND
SOLID. OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO
THE FAMILIES. OUR SYMPATHIES
TO THEM. THE LOSS OF THEIR
PRECIOUS DAUGHTERS. ANYTHING
WE CAN DO TO HELP.
COUNSELORS WILL BE ON HAND
FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED SOMEONE
TO TALK TO. IN THE MEANTIME
WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH
INVESTIGATORS AS THEY CONTINUE
TO LOOK INTO THIS CRASH.
REPORTING LIVE..JORDAN
BURGESS. 2NEWS.