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Fatal accident adds new sorrows |
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Garry Van Kirk |
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Apr 22, 07 - 11:07 AM |
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Fatal accident adds new sorrows
M-G students, staff turn to each other for comfort
BY BARRY WILLIAM WALSH
bwwalsh@marion.gannett.com
FAIRMOUNT - Saturday, Ryne Brown, a Madison-Grant senior baseball player, had to focus on the team's matchup against the Marion Giants, even though less than 24 hours earlier he had witnessed the death of his classmate Jared Scott, who died in a motorcycle accident right in front of the high school.
"It has been rough," Brown said. "I actually saw (the accident). I knew it was him. I knew he had his bike with him. We went to elementary school together."
Friday afternoon, moments before school let out, Scott, 18, and who opted to graduate midway through his senior year at Madison-Grant High School, was riding his 2006 Honda motorcycle on Ind. 9 when he collided with a 1993 Buick Century driven by 42-year-old Fowlerton resident Lisa Trosper.
Grant County Sheriff's deputies said Scott's motorcycle struck the car's driver-side door area as Trosper, who was also northbound, began to turn left into the school entrance. Scott was attempting to pass Trosper when the collision occurred, police say.
He was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force trauma, and on Saturday, even at the boys' baseball game, which Madison-Grant won 8-2, Scott was on the minds of many.
"A lot of the seniors took it real tough," said Shawn Smith, a Madison-Grant sophomore baseball player. "At the beginning (of the game) they spoke some words about Jared and Josh McCormick (a freshman Madison-Grant student who died in December). We had to keep our minds off it and pick each other up."
While all of the school's sporting events were canceled Friday night in the wake of the wreck, Saturday's game was played, which was no easy task, said Steve Shugart, Madison-Grant head baseball coach.
"It was hard (to play Saturday), but it was good therapy," Shugart said. "I got to school minutes after the accident. Kids were just wandering around the school. Some of them saw the accident. We talked about living our lives to the fullest."
Scott was also on the minds of many of the Madison-Grant community in attendance at a ceremony dedicating a memorial tree to McCormick, who died about five months ago.
"We come today with heavy hearts for another young man whose life was tragically cut short," said the Rev. Brian Wise, pastor at United Methodist Church in Summitville. " ... We pray for the broken hearts in this community."
Many in the community were still trying to come to grips with Scott's death Saturday.
"I'm supposed to be the old guy here taking care of things. Talk about a bad day," said Rick Clevenger, manager of Point Pizza in Fairmount, where Scott was employed. "He was supposed to be here at 4 p.m. (Friday to work) ... . It's a bad day."
Clevenger said he will always remember Scott as a polite boy who respected his elders and always cared about his appearance.
"He was one of those flashy dresser kind of guys," Clevenger said. "He always cared about what he had on, and I always harassed him about it because I said, 'All you are doing is delivering. What does it matter?'"
Clevenger said Scott was going to be missed.
"He was just a whale of a kid," he said.
Chronicle-Tribune Night Editor Adam Wire contributed to this report.
Originally published April 22, 2007 |
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