[il-talk] Fw: [blparent] News Article about the Tragedy

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Let's keep these folks in our thoughts and prayers!


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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 3:24 PM
Subject: [blparent] News Article about the Tragedy


> Blind man killed when car slides into Littleton bus stop; two women 
> injured
> By Howard Pankratz
> The Denver Post
>
> Three blind adult students on their way to a holiday party were struck by 
> a car that slid on ice near a bus stop where the three were waiting. One 
> died from his injuries.
>
> The man who died was identified this afternoon by the Arapahoe County 
> Coroner as David Nanney, who had been a student at the Colorado Center for 
> the Blind since June.
>
> The accident occurred on the southeast corner of the intersection of West 
> Mineral Avenue and South Utica Drive.
>
> Lt. Sean Dugan, spokesman for the Littleton Police Department, said that 
> the three adults were waiting to take a bus to the Colorado Center for the 
> Blind, 2233 W. Shepperd Ave., in Littleton.
>
> Dugan said that ice on the street is believed to be the major contributing 
> factor to the driver losing control.
>
> All three victims were transported to Littleton Adventist Hospital, Dugan 
> said.
>
> Dugan said the driver, a 21-year-old woman, was traveling north on South 
> Utica Drive and was turning east on Mineral Avenue when she lost control 
> of her car and slammed into the bus stop hitting the people.
>
> He said the three people hit lived near the bus stop along with a number 
> of other people who attend the Colorado Center for the Blind.
>
> "The students and staff of the CCB are in great shock and grieving," said 
> Julie Deden, Executive Director of the CCB. "Our love, prayers, and 
> tremendous sorrow go out to the family and friends of the student we have 
> lost and we are praying hard for the two women still in the hospital."
>
> The three were waiting for the bus to take them to school for a holiday 
> party, according to a release from CCB.
>
> "At the Center, we are first and foremost a family and we will love and 
> support one another through this great tragedy which has struck us at a 
> time of year normally reserved for joy and celebration," Deden said in the 
> statement.
>
> Grief counselors are at the school now. The names of the victims have not 
> been released.
>
> Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz at denverpost.com
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