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My wife, who teaches German at the same college where I teach, organized an excursion for dinner tonight at a German restaurant in another town about a 45-minute drive away, including about 15 students and some faculty and staff. We all drove down there in several cars.
After dinner, a couple of the staff left first, then the students, and then my wife and I left about ten minutes later. A couple of emergency vehicles passed us, heading in our direction, then about halfway home we found the road blocked by an accident scene. The cars in front of us were turning around, so we did likewise, and found an alternate route home, wondering whether that wreck involved our group.
When we got home around 10:30 PM, my wife started calling around. The staff who left first had returned without incident. Someone dug up some cellphone numbers. So far all we know is that nobody's been able to contact any of the students in that group, except for one who answered her phone from a hospital bed and got cut off before she could give much information.
So now we're waiting to see what other information comes in. If it turns out to be a multi-car wreck, it will probably hit the local TV news in the morning. Nothing on the 11 PM news as far as I could tell, but that was probably too early.
After dinner, a couple of the staff left first, then the students, and then my wife and I left about ten minutes later. A couple of emergency vehicles passed us, heading in our direction, then about halfway home we found the road blocked by an accident scene. The cars in front of us were turning around, so we did likewise, and found an alternate route home, wondering whether that wreck involved our group.
When we got home around 10:30 PM, my wife started calling around. The staff who left first had returned without incident. Someone dug up some cellphone numbers. So far all we know is that nobody's been able to contact any of the students in that group, except for one who answered her phone from a hospital bed and got cut off before she could give much information.
So now we're waiting to see what other information comes in. If it turns out to be a multi-car wreck, it will probably hit the local TV news in the morning. Nothing on the 11 PM news as far as I could tell, but that was probably too early.