Teen Tragedy

Matt Pearce writes about a great tragedy in Ohio, in an article titled "Six Ohio Teens Killed, Two Hurt When Packed SUV Plunges Into Pond" published March 10, 2013 in the Los Angeles Times. Officials say they do not know where the SUV was headed early sunday morning, however just south of the city of Warren the SUV hit a rail and flipped over into a pond. Police have confirmed that none of the eight teenagers, youngest of whom was only fourteen, were wearing seat belts in an SUV originally meant to seat five. Four of the teens died immediately. Another two were taken to a hospital where resuscitation efforts failed to revive them from the trauma they suffered from the extremely cold water. The only two surviving teen were identified as Brian Henry and Asher Lewis. This is such an unfortunate event, and it is very sad to hear, especially when it involves such young people. It reminds me of the assembly that we had about safe teen driving, and it is another example of why teens are not allowed to have drive other teens.