Garage Explosion Results in One Dead and One Injured

Two former volunteer firefighters were called into action today suddenly when something exploded in a neighbor’s garage and ignited Jimmy Seabolt and Jacob Beretta. The two neighbors, Jeff Kelton and Jason Bray, tried feverishly to put the flames out. For Jacob Beretta it was too late. He lost his life on Nov 28th while his step-father struggles with burns on 20-30% of his body. The tragic story has caused great heartache in the area where Jacob had lived since he was eight years old. WZTV reports:
Flames and black smoke could be seen in the sky throughout the neighborhood.

Neighbors say the two were working on a car in their garage, when they heard the sound of an explosion. Bray says, “Thank everybody that helped that night.”

Jacob suffered with burns on more than 90-percent of his body. Knowing he didn’t survive has left these neighbors in a state of numbness. Neighbor Jeff Kelton says, “It’s hard to believe. You’re glad he aint suffering.”

The East Robertson High School senior is remembered as a jokester. They say he liked to play around and had big hopes and dreams.

What a tragic story. We wish only the best for the family of the victims and hope Mr. Seabolt can make a full and speedy recovery.

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05 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Boy Left on Nashville Bus for 10 Hours

An ordinary bus ride turned into a frightening ordeal for one 7-year-old in Nashville Tennessee. Semajay Woodward fell asleep as he rode the bus to school in the morning. After the bus driver and the bus monitor dropped the children off at school the bus driver drove the bus to his home and then left for a second job. Semajay was left on the bus for about 10 hours hungry, cold, with no bathroom and alone. He wasn’t freed until after 4 pm. The bus driver told the boy to not report the incident and sent him home with some food.

Semajay Woodward, 7, was picked up from his home by a school bus to be taken to Nashville Global Academy, when he fell asleep on the way to school. Both the bus driver and the monitor did not see the sleeping boy for unknown reasons when they dropped the rest of the students off at school. The bus driver then drove the bus home and went to a second job. Semajay was on the bus for nearly 10 hours, alone, hungry, cold, and without a bathroom. No one realized the boy was mistakenly left on the bus until the after-school pickup. Semajay’s mother reported to News Channel 5, that the driver actually sent her son home with some food and told him not to tell anyone what happened to him all day. Both the bus driver and the monitor have since been fired.
Source: Justice News


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