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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: Mom70x7 on June 22, 2008, 04:46:46 PM

Title: Accidents
Post by: Mom70x7 on June 22, 2008, 04:46:46 PM
Two accidents I'm curious about.

The first is the Eureka accident - it occurred Friday night and here it is Sunday afternoon, late, and they still haven't released the names of the kids. Quite a few Howard residents know people from Eureka. Anyone know anything?

The other accident is a curious one - what happened in front of P&J's the other night? I've heard all sorts of stories - a semi, a tow truck, a red Lexus, a pick-up? The only consistent report is that no one was injured. From the skid marks it looks like somone was pulling out of P&J's while someone else was driving by on the highway. Details?
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: heather_tyler_2014 on June 22, 2008, 05:20:12 PM
o my the weekend im gone :'(  is the weekend everything happens(kc was fun)
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Wilma on June 22, 2008, 05:47:59 PM
Then maybe you should stay in town, Heather, so we won't have any problems. 
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: heather_tyler_2014 on June 22, 2008, 06:08:05 PM
well just might do that but mom70x7......maybe there was semi driving by a tow truck to pull the red lexus and truck?????:) maybe not sure
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Dee Gee on June 22, 2008, 07:33:14 PM
Copied from Channel 13 WIBW, Topeka

(Eureka, KS) – Four of the teenagers in Friday nights car accident have now been identified.
16-year-old Jesse Osborn remains in critical condition.
16-year-old Tyler Thole also remains in critical condition.
15-year-old Dakota Brubaker is in fair condition.
15-year-old Cassi Bechtle also remains in fair condition.
The 15-year-old young man who was killed in the crash has not been identified.
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Marcia Moore on June 22, 2008, 08:20:18 PM
     I can't verify any of this, but I heard the boy who died was Jace Ross, that his mother is Vicki Ross who works at the Eureka hospital.  I was also told the one hurt the most is Jesse Osborn, who is a daughter to Cathy McDonald.  She had just dropped her one month old baby off at her mother's house and the kids were on their way back to Eureka.  I am guessing the Thole boy might be a nephew to Lawrence and Janice Smith, formerly of Severy.  The Brubaker boy is a grandson to Forest and Beverly Graves of Eureka, formerly of Sedan.  The Bechtle girl was supposedly driving.  She is the daughter of Kevin and Vicki Bechtle of Climax and the granddaughter of Ron and Linda Hurley of Climax.
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Mom70x7 on June 22, 2008, 08:43:47 PM
Thanks!
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Teresa on June 22, 2008, 09:15:51 PM
Jeeeeesssse Marcia.. Do you know everyone? :o

I hope the kids are going to be okay.
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Marcia Moore on June 23, 2008, 05:57:11 AM
     I deliver mail to Cassie Bechtle and her parents and grandparents, and I delivered mail to Jessie Osborn and her family when they lived at Climax.  I have known the Brubaker boy's mother and grandparents all my life, as they were formally from Sedan.   
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: patyrn on June 23, 2008, 11:31:26 AM
I just read on the Wichita Eagle website that all those involved in the Eureka accident this weekend were ejected from the vehicle.  If only we (both young and old) would take the time to buckle our seatbelts, injuries and deaths in most situations would be much less.  I once heard a highway patrolman give a lecture to students who stated that rarely did he remove a dead body from a fastened seatbelt. 

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and families of all involved in this tragic accident.  What a nightmare!!!
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Dee Gee on June 24, 2008, 06:17:22 AM
Eureka teenager killed in crash identified
BY JOE RODRIGUEZ
The Wichita Eagle
Authorities have identified the Eureka teenager who was killed in a Friday crash that also injured four other Eureka High School students.

Jace Ross, 15, died in the crash, which occurred at about 11:45 p.m. on a gravel road five miles south of Eureka. Ross was a passenger in the vehicle, a 1995 Toyota 4 Runner.

According to authorities, the driver, 16-year-old Cassi Bechtle, was going north on P Road when she lost control of the vehicle partly because of an approaching vehicle.

The Toyota left the road and overturned three times, causing all five teens to be ejected, according to the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office.

Ross was pronounced dead at the scene. The other teens were taken to Wesley Medical Center, where two -- Bechtle and 15-year-old Dakota Brubaker -- were listed in fair condition this morning.

The other two teens -- 16-year-old Jessie Osborn and 16-year-old Tyler Thole -- were listed in critical condition.

Prior to the crash, authorities said that the teens had attended a fundraising event at Eureka High School that involved taking pledges from local businesses and then walking around a track at Eureka High School.
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: heather_tyler_2014 on June 25, 2008, 07:42:44 AM
ok now getting back to the other accident that everybody kinda forgot about.........................ok the wreck out by p&j's that was sean murphy a graduate from west elk this year ......he pulled out of?????????????? p&j's,toot's,the carwash, me i'd say it was toots but i dont know and was clipped by a semi so please keep the family's in eureka that were hurt and the sean murphy family in your prayers (im not sure if he was hurt or not......i just now it would be scary to be hit by a semi) ok now that is what i know this what you'll now know also.
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: flo on June 25, 2008, 07:49:58 AM
Dakota Brubaker was dismissed from the hospital yesterday.
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: Mom70x7 on June 25, 2008, 02:16:57 PM
Thanks, Heather and Flo, for the updates.

I hadn't forgotten about the other accident, the Eureka kids just took my breath away.
Title: Re: Accidents
Post by: heather_tyler_2014 on June 25, 2008, 06:24:21 PM
Quote from: tyler_heather_2014 on June 25, 2008, 07:42:44 AM
ok now getting back to the other accident that everybody kinda forgot about.........................ok the wreck out by p&j's that was sean murphy a graduate from west elk this year ......he pulled out of?????????????? p&j's,toot's,the carwash, me i'd say it was toots but i dont know and was clipped by a semi so please keep the family's in eureka that were hurt and the sean murphy family in your prayers (im not sure if he was hurt or not......i just now it would be scary to be hit by a semi) ok now that is what i know this what you'll now know also.



ok i was informed that it wasnt  sean murphy that was in the car wreck and that it was nick murphy and his wife caroline and the 6th month old son isaiac.....................nobody hurt and justnick had a burn under his arm from the air bag