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Girls killed in car crash after wild party
An early Sunday morning crash, August 11, took the life of three teenage schoolgirls. 18 year old “P” plate driver, Jane Larsen, was on her way home from a house party with her two friends when she lost control of their car after she had run through the stop sign where the two lane road they’d been on intersected the M5. All three girls were pronounced dead at the scene. According to one of the girls last Twitter entries, Saturday, they were to attend a party that night “to have the time of their life”. The Paramedic at the scene says that a mixture of alcohol and marijuana played a major role in the accident. He says, “the combined effects of such depressant drugs can dramatically slow down your ability to coordinate the skills needed for safe driving and can result in serious consequences.”, in this case, death. Family and friends gathered for a vigil on Sunday afternoon, where a very emotional David Samuel, one of the girl’s fathers, told staff, ” I hope people learn from this. Somebody needs to make these laws tougher for all these partying, inexperienced teenagers out here, because they get 3 or 4 in a car, then they want to act out for their friends and these wrecks happen”. Victor Nilov, the head of the Sydney police department says, “Behind the wheel dealing with the effects of drugs is like holding a loaded gun, but many teenagers don’t treat it that way. The laws have no effect on these type of people, so we need to take a completely different approach with them. If they can't stop themselves from intoxication and driving, they need to be under the strict control by what's closest to them, the vehicles themselves.”says Victor Nilov, the head of the Sydney police department.” Victor suggests implementing a sensitive, zero tolerance device in the steering wheel of all P platers, used to detect the alcohol in their breath, and in turn preventing the vehicle from starting in such cases. ”We need to remove dangerous
An early Sunday morning crash, August 11, took the life of three teenage schoolgirls. 18 year old “P” plate driver, Jane Larsen, was on her way home from a house party with her two friends when she lost control of their car after she had run through the stop sign where the two lane road they’d been on intersected the M5. All three girls were pronounced dead at the scene. According to one of the girls last Twitter entries, Saturday, they were to attend a party that night “to have the time of their life”. The Paramedic at the scene says that a mixture of alcohol and marijuana played a major role in the accident. He says, “the combined effects of such depressant drugs can dramatically slow down your ability to coordinate the skills needed for safe driving and can result in serious consequences.”, in this case, death. Family and friends gathered for a vigil on Sunday afternoon, where a very emotional David Samuel, one of the girl’s fathers, told staff, ” I hope people learn from this. Somebody needs to make these laws tougher for all these partying, inexperienced teenagers out here, because they get 3 or 4 in a car, then they want to act out for their friends and these wrecks happen”. Victor Nilov, the head of the Sydney police department says, “Behind the wheel dealing with the effects of drugs is like holding a loaded gun, but many teenagers don’t treat it that way. The laws have no effect on these type of people, so we need to take a completely different approach with them. If they can't stop themselves from intoxication and driving, they need to be under the strict control by what's closest to them, the vehicles themselves.”says Victor Nilov, the head of the Sydney police department.” Victor suggests implementing a sensitive, zero tolerance device in the steering wheel of all P platers, used to detect the alcohol in their breath, and in turn preventing the vehicle from starting in such cases. ”We need to remove dangerous