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Thursday, 28 March 2024

The pain of a deadly crash is being felt from Vero Beach to Massachusetts

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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The pain of a deadly crash is being felt from Vero Beach to Massachusetts
The pain of a deadly crash is being felt from Vero Beach to Massachusetts

A deadly crash involving one van and a pick-up truck at the intersection of Merril Bridge and Indian River Boulevard.

In the van, members of the college of Holy Cross rowing team.

NEWSCHANNEL 5'S TODD WILSONHAS MORE ON THE YOUNG ATHLETEWHO LOST HER LIFE THIS MORNING- AND TWO COMMUNITIES HURTING.TODD...IT WAS A LIFE CUT WAY TOSHORT.

THERE ARE MANYQUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BUTONE THAT MANY SEEM TO STRUGGWITH IS 'WHY'..<< NATS: (VO) IT'S A DEADLYSCENE INVOLVING ONE VAN AND APICK-UP TRUCK AT THEINTERSECTION OF MERRIL BRIDGEAND INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD INTHE VAN, MEMBERS OF THECOLLEGE OF HOLY CROSS ROWINGTEAM.

12 PEOPLE INJURED ANDONE DEAD.

20 YEAR OLD GRACERETT PASSED AWAY AS A RESULTOF HER INJURIES.

NATS: (VO)RETT, A SOPHOMORE, TURNED 20TUESDAY.

AND HAD RECENTLY SETA WORLD RECORD BY ROWING383,000 METERS.

THE COLLEGE ISSADDENED AND CAME TOGETHER TOCELEBRATE HER LIFE AND CONSLEONE ANOTHER.

(SOT 2:06:07)2SEC THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OUTTO THE FAMILY.

NATS: (VO)AUTHORITIES SAY, THE TEAM WASHEADING HERE...TO THE VEROBEACH ROWING CLUB TO TRAIN.NATS:09:21:21 TRAGIC,ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC.

(VO)KRISTINE SPOSATO LIVES IN VEROBEACH BUT IS FROMMASSACHUSETTS.

(SOT 9:21:57) 9SEC THEY WERE PROBABLY WAKINGUP ON ONE OF THE MOSTBEAUTIFUL DAYS WE HAVE HERE INTHIS AREA TO COME AND TRAINAND THIS HAPPENED AND IT'SHORRIBLE.

NATS: (VO) SPOSATOIS PRAYING FOR ALL INVOLVED.(SOT.

9:22:39) THEY MUST BEDEVASTATED.

NATS: (VO) ALONGWITH THE DEATH OF RETT ATLEAST 12 OTHERS WERE HURT INTHE WRECK.

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