Show Accident gives students a new new meaning to the word impact I by Ray Cauthen f Mark MarkE E. E Bow Bowers rs and Julie A Crim Grim students said They both feel they really have an understanding understanding- today of what the word impact means On Sunday morning Feb 26 BoW 26 Bow Bowers ers was driving Crim Grim home hom in his 1972 Camaro Crim Grim was asleep with her back to the front of the car Approaching a stop sign at S 8 E. E Bowers momentarily realized he had dozed off In the instant that f followed Bowers Bowers Bowers Bow Bow- ers realized the front of the car was und r an oncoming train Crim Grim was thrown wn for forward hitting i ting her tailbone against g in the h JQ X ij d. d J i r ar ar- r J g- g gt 5 t o V f th-o th t 1 rigl g e impact f The car was dragged til it hit a cement which post which caused the car to release from the train and turn around Crim Grim at this point yelled to an Bowers We hit a train we hit a train Bowers came around enough to push to-push push himself in a where Crim Grim could pull him free of the car Im m going to live my life everyday every day to the fullest fullest fullest full- full est as if it were my last Bowers suffered injuries on his chest nose eye and contracted fluid in his knee Crim Grim s suffered multiple bruises and a broken scapula Both stated that the real impact was on their outlook on life Bowers stated The accident prompted me t to redirect my energies towards those people and things that are most important important important im im- im- im to me Crim Grim said Im Fm going to live my life every s dt t e 5 3 a. a h fullest ji ii t asif i it i were were my last as |