Father, Daughter Killed On Way to GI Soccer Game

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Updated: 5:24 PM Sep 1, 2009 Father, Daughter Killed On Way to GI Soccer Game Inland, Neb. A rollover crash on a rural road in southern Nebraska has killed an 8-year-old girl and her dad. Posted: 12:13 PM Sep 1, 2009 Reporter: Associated Press

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A rollover crash on a rural road in southern Nebraska has killed an 8-year-old girl and her dad.

Clay County authorities say 34-year-old Jesus Medina-Gonzalez and daughter Vanessa Medina were pronounced dead Sunday at the scene of the accident.

Sheriff Jeff Franklin says Medina-Gonzalez was driving his sport utility vehicle when he lost control on a gravel road and it rolled three times about 2 1/2 miles northwest of Inland.

Franklin says there were six related people in the SUV, all from Harvard. They were headed to a soccer game in Grand Island.

Medina-Gonzalez, his daughter and another girl were not wearing seat belts and were thrown from the SUV.

The four others were treated for minor injuries at a Hastings hospital.

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Posted by: Corina Guerrero Location: Hastings on Sep 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM

Sadly this is the result of not buckling up our children. Vanessa was an angel, she was beautiful lil girl who loved everyone she meet with a smile u would never forget, I will never 4get, Vanessa's dad was a very active man,husband, father.he loved his girls and u never seen him without them. He loved soccer, played and coached it. He DJ'd many family gatherings, he had alot of dreams for ur youth playing soccer, he would give the shirt off his back to u if u needed it, he'd give u his last dollor if u needed it. Vanessa & her dad will never be forgotten. This is very sad and has hit us very hard BUT Vanessa & daddy got to go together! Thats how they were here on earth also, Where She Was, He was.& Where He went She went. So it makes since that they would go together.♥ We love and miss you 2 so much and we will see u again! Ur place here on earth (accident site) will always be a BEAUTIFUL site like the 2 BEAUTIFUL people who died there. Miss'n you both.

Posted by: Tammy Location: Raymond NE on Sep 3, 2009 at 12:32 PM

There is a great event coming up to raise money for seat belt awareness: Saturday, September 12 @ 8:00 a.m. Erika's Fun Run - Communty Wellness Center in Cozad Nebraska. Erika was only 16 when she was killed in a crash she would have survived if she had not been partially ejected from the vehicle. ThesE accidents happen WAY TOO OFTEN! Come to the Fun Run and help raise awareness! Thanks!

Posted by: Maureen Location: California on Sep 2, 2009 at 02:44 AM

Again, the price of not wearing seat belts. This is so sad, but people just haven't gotten the message somehow. Are there any demonstrations available to the public to show them what happens to the human body after being thrown around the inside of a rolling vehicle until finally ejected through a broken window or door? The CHP has what is called a "rollover trailer" that is brought to various sites where the public is in attendance. Every time the unrestrained dummy flies out, sometimes with leg still caught in the vehicle, there is an audible gasp from the viewers. It is easy to see that they have no idea about this. The deaths are counted, but those with injuries may go through life with horrible effects that can never be righted. People of Nebraska --please listen to the pleas of the professionals who know more about seat belt usage than you do. They want you to stay as safe as possible on the road, instead of your family at a funeral home selecting your casket.

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