Posted on 04/19/2006 8:15:37 AM PDT by Full Court
Expectant mom dies in collision
A 27-year-old expectant mother died in a head-on collision Sunday on U.S. 31 in Shelby County, authorities said.
Sarah Porter, 27, of Jemison died in the 11:20 a.m. accident, said Sgt. Tim Sartain, Alabama State Troopers spokesman. She was six months pregnant, said Doug Ballard Jr., Shelby County coroner.
Her husband, 29-year-old Heath Porter, remained in critical condition at UAB Hospital Sunday night, said Bob Shepherd, hospital spokesman.
Marco Guarviola, 26, address unknown, a passenger in the 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck that collided with the Porters' 2002 Volkswagen, was also taken to UAB Hospital, where he was listed as critical Sunday night, Shepherd said.
Manuel Valdez, 22, address unknown, who was also in the truck, was taken to Princeton Baptist Medical Center. Efforts to reach a hospital spokesman Sunday night were unsuccessful.
The accident, which occurred in the Saginaw community just south of Alabaster, is under investigation, Sartain said. He declined to provide details.
Several serious accidents have occurred at the site, Sartain said.
"I don't understand why so many accidents have occurred at this particular location," Sartain said. "Traffic is moderately heavy, but the street is a straight, two-lane stretch."
Accident fatalities are always sad, Sartain said.
"But this happening on Easter Sunday is such a tragedy," he said.
E-mail: kbryan@bhamnews.com
Well, I was educated at Texas Tech, and at Texas Tech (and the rest of the free world), grammar and proper punctuation are a good part of writing. I guess Alabama is different. If they hired me, they wouldn't have to pay an editor as well as a writer.
We know what you said you heard.
Your word isn't enough.
I'm done. You're like talking to a brick wall.
I've been thinking the same thing.
No, it's not going to be a handbook. It's going to be a newsletter. The front page will be personalized from the employer.
The other three articles will be the same. We have 11 different companies lined up to purchase the service.
You're incredibly dense.
*shakes head*
Even Harper Lee needed an editor.
Besides, I majored in political science.
But I have won a few peer reviewed awards for my writing. Maybe I should of majored in English.
The PR firm does. They farm out a lot of their writing projects to me. Sometimes it's just dry and dust press releases. Sometimes I write articles for client newsletters and magazines. Sometimes I write letters for clients.
Just depends on what they need.
Hasta La Vista baby!
I really don't care about your career, Full Court.
All I care about is your source.
You don't have one.
See, how unfeeling of you.
I knew all along you didn't really care about the facts of this issue.
You are just ticked that it involved illegal Mexicans.
For some weird reason you are projecting and taking it personally.
Wrong. The "facts" are ~all~ I've cared about.
"Facts" that you have yet to provide a source for.
Yes; maybe you should have.
Go back and read your very first post on this thread. You bias is very obvious. All you were worried about was that someone said the word Mexican in conjunction with a crime.
That's all you cared about.
I was worried because there was nothing in the article to back up that assertion.
No, I don't think so. I had a wonderful time working in politics. I've worked for people as varied as Attorney General Charlies Graddick to Ambassador Alan Keyes.
It was great.
But now because I have a talent at writing I am able to stay home with my children, pick and chose my projects and make great money all the while.
God is good.
Why? A member of a special interest group?
Beside4s, your first post on the thread shows you are now lying. Give it up.
You are the liar, Full Court.
I wanted a source. You have failed to provide one.
That means that YOU lied when you added "Mexican immigrant" to the headline.
Now who's projecting?
Yes; God does watch out for certain folks.
Here is your first post sweetie, live and learn not to lie.
"How on earth does the nationality of the driver have ~anything~ to do with the story?
Or has it finally come to the point that any time a hispanic last name is mentioned within an article, it instantly becomes an immigration issue?
How do you even know the driver is Mexican, for that matter?"
FC...I think you missed the point of what hispanarepublicana was saying, when he said, "Yes, Maybe you should have"....you made a grammatical error when you said, in your post, "Maybe I should of majored in English"...
You said "I should of majored"...thats incorrect...what you should have said was, "I should have majored"...the use of the words 'of' and 'have' are not interchangeable in this context...
I think some may presume that a writer would not make that mistake...
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