Elementary student dies in car crash 12-13-2010
IN ANOTHER FATAL INCIDENT INVOLVING AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT IN CHARLESTON OFFICIALS SAY 10-YEAR-LD JALYN REED OF CHARLESTON WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE STUDENT WAS RIDING IN A VEHICLE TRAVELLING WEST ON HIGHWAY 32 WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK HIT THE BACK OF THEIR VEHICLE. THERE WERE SIX PASSENGERS AND FOUR WERE THROWN FROM THE CAR UPON IMPACT. THE SURVIVORS WERE TREATED FOR BRUISES AND LACERATIONS BUT POLICE SAY JAYLAN WAS THE ONLY PASSENGER WHO DID NOT SURVIVE THE CRASH. WITH TWO FATALITIES IN JUST ONE WEEKEND--THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FINDS IT UNBEARABLE. JAYLYN'S 15-YEAR-OLD SISTER WAS LAST REPORTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE MEDICAL TRAUMA CENTER IN MEMPHIS.