[Nfb-krafters-korner] Tragic News NFB

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Greetings, the below release describes an extremely tragic event which took 
 place in our community today.  We appreciate your thoughts and   prayers 
as we
go forward.  This story has been all over the local news  and bloggers have 
already been making many ridiculous statements about the  blind.   
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
COLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND EXPRESSES GREAT SORROW 
 
AFTER TRAGIC ACCIDENT 
 
December 17, 2010     Littleton, Colorado
 
Contact:  Julie Deden, Executive Director, 303 653-5987 
 
Early this morning, three students of the Colorado Center for the Blind  
were waiting at a Regional Transportation District bus stop at the Southeast  
corner
of West Mineral Avenue and South Utica Drive in Littleton when a  driver, 
headed north on Utica, lost control of her car as she was turning east  onto 
Mineral
and then hit the three students, one man and two women.   Emergency 
personnel rushed the three to Littleton Hospital.  The man later  died due to 
massive
injuries.  The women are in stable condition and  being treated.  The 
Colorado Center for the Blind is not at liberty to  release the names of the 
students
or further personal information at this  time while family members and 
loved ones are being contacted.   
 
“The students and staff of the CCB are in great shock and grieving,” says  
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,” continued  
Deden. 
“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,” reflected  Deden. 
 
The three students were on their way to the Center for its annual holiday  
party immediately prior to a winter break.  The CCB has requested  
assistance from
Littleton city officials, and grief counselors are present at  the Center 
to help staff and students address this tremendous tragedy.  “We  will do 
whatever
is necessary to help our family through this difficult  time,” said Diane 
McGeorge, Chairperson of the CCB’s Board of Directors and  herself a former 
Executive
Director of the Center. 
 
According to the Littleton Police, icy road conditions played a significant 
 role in today’s accident.  “Our students’ blindness had absolutely 
nothing  to
do with the accident,” said McGeorge.  “Our entire community is  reeling 
from this terrible incident,” said Scott LaBarre, President of the  National 
Federation
of the Blind of Colorado, the Center’s chief sponsor.  “These students 
were simply waiting for their bus like hundreds of  thousands of other metro 
commuters
on their way to work or school.  The  breadth and scope of this tragedy 
cannot be expressed in words,” commented  LaBarre. 
 
For more information about the CCB, go to 
_www.cocenter.org_ (http://www.cocenter.org) 
or call 303  778-1130.  The Center has been offering independence training 
to blind  youth, adults, and seniors since 1988.         

Scott C. LaBarre, Esq. 
 
LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
1660 South Albion Street, Ste. 918
Denver,  Colorado 80222
303 504-5979 (voice)
303 757-3640 (fax)
_slabarre at labarrelaw.com_ (mailto:slabarre at labarrelaw.com) 
(e-mail)
_www.labarrelaw.com_ (http://www.labarrelaw.com) 
(website) 
 
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