It’s not supposed to happen this way. Spring break is a time for cutting loose and having fun for a brief time before getting back to the school grind.
But, for four Indiana families, the dawn of the Spring season comes with unexpected heart ache and grief.
Daily Mail reports that four Indiana high school students returning from a spring break trip have been killed in a horror crash in Alabama.
The four boys, one of whom had been their school's quarterback, all died when a mini-van driven by another man drifted across the meridian and hit them head on.
He also died in the crash and several people in a third car were injured.
Corporal Steve Smith with the Alabama State Troopers says the four teens were Matthew Riley Zimmer, Evan Weaver, Matthew Roe and Alexx Bauer.
The 18-year-olds were from Angola, Indiana, a small community near the Michigan state line. They all attended the same high school.
Bauer and Zimmer played for the Angola High School football team. In 2010 Bauer was the quarterback of the team, a position that would have made him a school hero.
Today, as word of the deaths spread, many students at the school had updated their Facebook status simply with a full stop '.', in apparent tribute to their classmates.
Twenty-one-year-old Niall McNellis of Troy, Alabama, also died in the crash around 3 pm Saturday.
An initial investigation indicates Mr McNellis was driving south on Interstate 65 just south of Clanton, Alabama, when his mini van crossed the median and hit the car driven by Mr Zimmer head-on as the teens drove north.
It was unclear if bad weather that passed through the area contributed to the wreck. Hail and possible tornadoes were reportedly occurring near the scene.
A message on the football team's website said the members 'thoughts and prayers' were with all the students' families.
'We will never forget you,' the message read.
Head coach Luke Amstutz said the four were 'wonderful kids'.
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Sunday 27 March 2011
4 Indiana high school students die in car crash in Alabama returning from Spring break
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