joytheobscure
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This is a picture of my Dad's first cousin's little twin grandbabies, (two years old) we have a large family reuinion with lots of distant cousins, we only see these babies one weekend a year. Justin my four year old plays with these girls every year. So I'm not really close but its still family and a shock- I feel sad and like I need to hold my babies all closer tonight.
Student hit near school
By Doug Russell
News Editor
Frink-Chambers School was reeling this morning following the death of 5-year-old Cameron Bobbitt. The student was crossing the street in front of the school when she was hit by a pickup truck, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Superintendent Ron Joslin said the child’s mother was walking with her when she was hit.
The driver of the pickup, Max E. Kinyon, 76, of McAlester, said he was distracted by other children and didn’t see Bobbitt, the patrol reported.
Joslin said he would probably hold an assembly this morning to help students and staff deal with the tragedy. The school also allowed parents to take their children out of school today, if they desired.
There will be no school Friday and all school activities scheduled for today and Friday have been canceled, Joslin said.
School staff members and an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent who stopped on his way to work diverted traffic through the school parking lot this morning.
Students arriving at the school stared at OHP and Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Department vehicles before teachers ushered them across the street and into the school. Several students cried when they spotted the cars, as if they knew something bad had happened.
Many of the teachers and staff members were visibly upset, as if fighting back tears themselves, while they assisted students.
The school has crossing guards that help students get safely across Frink Road in the afternoon. In the morning, “The parents usually walk them to class,” said Donna Curry. Her voice cracked. “This morning it didn’t matter.”
http://www.newsok.com has a video clip