Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
Van Was Carrying Church Youth Group On Beach Trip
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EMS and rescue workers, firefighters and neighbors stand together for a prayer after removing all victims from the crash scene Monday morning. - Photo by Robin Snow
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But when she and her neighbors ran out their doors, what they saw was much worse.
A church van carrying nine young people and two adults had collided head-on with a pickup truck.
At first, they thought the van, which was pulling a trailer, was a tractor-trailer. Then they heard the young people pleading for help getting out of the van, which had been knocked over onto its side. They - with help from other motorists - did what they could until emergency personnel arrived minutes later.
The wreck was reported at about 7:50 a.m. about a half mile inside Davie County from the Yadkin County line.
N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper J.L. Deal reported that a GMC pickup driven by Allen Groce, 23, of Yadkinville was traveling north on US 601. Groce’s truck collided with a passenger van driven by ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.