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Bill Black Argumentative Essay
On Jan. 29, a car driven by Bill Black, the principal at Tembrooke high school, exploded after a truck hit his car on First Street.

To avoid the speeding truck the Toyota, Black’s car, swerved and hit the curb which caused the car to roll into a ditch and burst into flames. Black survived the accident after passing drivers pulled him out of the flaming car and to safety. However, he suffered critical injuries.

Black was on his way home from chaperoning the school’s Homecoming dance on Saturday night when he noticed the speeding truck coming towards him. To avoid a head on collision, Black tried to swerve his car. The truck still hit the car which then hit the curb and flew into a concrete ditch before it bursted into flames.

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