[real-eyes] FW: sad news
- From: Chip C.Bloch <Chip.Bloch@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:19:35 -0600
Sad news
Subject:
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.
Shelly Blomstrom
Blind Rehabilitation Specialist
VISOR Program, KCVAMC
4801 E Linwood Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64128
816-861-4700 X57591
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