04-02-2006, 05:57 AM
Well, here\'s a tragic story...this happened on Wed night and ended the life of two beautiful teen age girls. It not a horror related story at all, but one that has deep meaning to me, I was there, and experienced it as it all unfolded. Let me tell you now, I love my wife, my kids, family, and friends a little more…cause you just never know when it’s your time. I’ve lived through a lot of thing, seen a lot of crazy shit, and don way too many thinks that would make you gasp…but this was truly one of the hardest to deal with!
[color=\"blue\"]Rain pounded the highway ... fog clouded the charter bus windows ... then, out of nowhere, foam panels dropped into the bus\' lane on U.S. 90 ... The driver swung the wheel right then compensated left.
A bus crash that killed two West Brook soccer players Wednesday on their way to a playoff match in Humble played out like a movie to the girls on board.
Gasps of "Oh my God," filled the bus, sophomore Elise Huch said.
"A lot of people were screaming and we were scared," she said.
About 45 miles from Charles Street Stadium, where the Bruins were headed to play Houston Lamar, the bus driven by 41-year-old Lorri Ann White of Silsbee tumbled onto its left side with a mighty window-bashing crunch
Laurel Battle, 17, can\'t begin to describe the scene. And she won\'t. It\'s just too horrible.
The 22-member soccer team left West Brook about 2 p.m., some surprised they would play in the bad weather, Battle said.
About 45 miles from Humble, some girls had started to curl up for naps.
The team watched the movie "Dude, Where\'s My Car?" and finished homework when "two huge white things," fell into the road, Huch said.
"Everything was normal. Then I saw that thing in the road," said Huch, who sat near the front.
Battle, like Huch, was on the good side of the bus, the right side. Battle has no lasting injuries; Hutch dislocated her left shoulder.
When the bus toppled to the left, Battle fell on top of three other girls.
Girls sitting on the left side, including the late Alicia Bonura, a senior, seemed to have more injuries. The other girl who died was sophomore Ashley Brown.
Head coach Rachael Scoggin attempted to calm the trapped girls, Huch said. When the bus stopped moving, Battle opened the roof hatch so bloodied girls could climb out.
Battle, sitting near the rear, never saw the piece of foam that apparently caused the driver to steer the bus off the roadway.
Battle doesn\'t blame White for the accident.
"There was no way she could have run over that (foam)," Battle said in defense of the driver.
The fogged windows unnerved Huch, 16 and in training for her driver\'s license. Asked a day later, Huch wasn\'t sure if the defrosters were working. White wiped the windshield clean, Huch said.
"You could barely see out the windows," she said[/color]
[color=\"blue\"]Rain pounded the highway ... fog clouded the charter bus windows ... then, out of nowhere, foam panels dropped into the bus\' lane on U.S. 90 ... The driver swung the wheel right then compensated left.
A bus crash that killed two West Brook soccer players Wednesday on their way to a playoff match in Humble played out like a movie to the girls on board.
Gasps of "Oh my God," filled the bus, sophomore Elise Huch said.
"A lot of people were screaming and we were scared," she said.
About 45 miles from Charles Street Stadium, where the Bruins were headed to play Houston Lamar, the bus driven by 41-year-old Lorri Ann White of Silsbee tumbled onto its left side with a mighty window-bashing crunch
Laurel Battle, 17, can\'t begin to describe the scene. And she won\'t. It\'s just too horrible.
The 22-member soccer team left West Brook about 2 p.m., some surprised they would play in the bad weather, Battle said.
About 45 miles from Humble, some girls had started to curl up for naps.
The team watched the movie "Dude, Where\'s My Car?" and finished homework when "two huge white things," fell into the road, Huch said.
"Everything was normal. Then I saw that thing in the road," said Huch, who sat near the front.
Battle, like Huch, was on the good side of the bus, the right side. Battle has no lasting injuries; Hutch dislocated her left shoulder.
When the bus toppled to the left, Battle fell on top of three other girls.
Girls sitting on the left side, including the late Alicia Bonura, a senior, seemed to have more injuries. The other girl who died was sophomore Ashley Brown.
Head coach Rachael Scoggin attempted to calm the trapped girls, Huch said. When the bus stopped moving, Battle opened the roof hatch so bloodied girls could climb out.
Battle, sitting near the rear, never saw the piece of foam that apparently caused the driver to steer the bus off the roadway.
Battle doesn\'t blame White for the accident.
"There was no way she could have run over that (foam)," Battle said in defense of the driver.
The fogged windows unnerved Huch, 16 and in training for her driver\'s license. Asked a day later, Huch wasn\'t sure if the defrosters were working. White wiped the windshield clean, Huch said.
"You could barely see out the windows," she said[/color]