A senior at our school was killed this morning on the way to school. He had a head-on collision with a school bus. He crossed over the yellow line and smacked into the driver side bumper of the bus and thus, killing the boy at the scene. Shawn Heckathorn was wearing his seat belt and his airbag deployed but it made no difference. We haven't yet learned the cause of him driving over the yellow line (i.e. texting or whatever else might cause the minor distraction). I'm sure we'll learn soon once the investigation is complete. There were kids crying all over the school. What's a weird connection is there were was a boy that drowned this summer in a canal and the boy happened to be Shawn's best friend. The drowned boy's sister was planning on going to the Homecoming dance with Shawn this coming month. Another sad thing that I heard today at our emergency staff meeting was that Shawn's sister came in today to collect his stuff out of his PE locker and school locker. How devastating. The family is also hurting for money. The dad has a heart condition and hasn't been working lately and they've been collecting bills like there's no tomorrow. I didn't know this boy personally but I can't even imagine the hurt that his family and friends are feeling right now. His life was way too short.
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