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5 W'S 1 H
who      how
what
where
why
when

HOW and WHY don't need to be answered in the lede.

-NUT GRAF

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                        LESS IMPORTANT at the bottom


WHO- who was in this story? who was the participants in this problem? Roger Clementine, John Jacob Jingleheimer-Smith, Melba Jingleheimer-Smith

WHAT- A car accident occurred

WHERE- Austin, Texas 1st street and slaughter lane

WHEN- Tuesday afternoon @ 4:45pm

WHY- the 13 year old boy was illegaly driving 

HOW- does a 13 year old boy really know how to drive? maybe that's whats wrong 

                                                                 CAR ACCIDENT
LEDE- Tuesday afternoon around 4:45pm, a car accident occurred, on 1st street and Slaughter Lane. Roger Clementine is the 13 year old boy who was driving and got in the accident, Jacob and Melba Smith both 91 and 67 were in the accident as well and injured. Both were taken to the hospital while Mr.Smith was taking on a serious head injury. While only Clementine only suffered a few cuts on his face but was taken to the hospital but then released. 


NUT GRAF- Clementine was going 60 mph, going west in the eastbound lane on slaughter lane, which is the wrong way. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were going 10 mph in the far eastbound lane  of slaughter heading east. Clementine was cited by the police for driving without a liscense, speeding, and driving in the wrong lane. 

"I was on the other side of the road in traffic and this kid was going so fast in maybe at lest a 40 mph limit" said witness Mary Ann

The road Clementine was driving  was way below the sped limit of what the speed he was going. Which was about 20 mph over what he was supposed to be driving.

" When i first got called on the job I didn't realize that it was a 13 year old driving the car" said the Police officer first called.

When you see a car speeding down the wrong side of the road, you don't really think of a 13 year old driving the car, people would probably think. Where's the parents? 









     







"The old couple shouldn't of been driving 10mph on a 40mph road, this road is for fast traffic not slow driving with no traffic" witness Michael Johnson said. 










        
A road that's a main road and the speed limit is 40mph should always go 40mph, not any slower, it's 40 for a reason. 

   
" I feel really bad for the housband, getting a serious head injury at the age of 91 must be really harsh", Brittany longstock said