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By BONNIE PRICE LOFTON
Rappahannock Neva Contributing Writer
The students of Rappahannock County High School know what it's like to lose one of their own in a car crash.
In the last four years, three recent graduates have died on roads in this county: Shawn Jordan (class of ’94), Gwen Bright (’92) and Brandon Hudsonpillar (’91).
This is not to mention close calls, like the five Rappahannock students involved in a head-on collision right before school started this year.
The kids can recite road safety rules like rites. Don't drink and drive. Always have a designated driver. Wear seatbelts, with shoulder harnesses. Stick to the speed limit.
So nobody was too excited when Principal Jack Raines announced that the juniors and seniors were going to be treated to a presentation by a woman from the Washington Regional Alcohol Program.
It started out predictably. The speaker, 23-year-old Kari Peters, began talking about the laws governing under-age drinking and told teenagers they were more likely to die in a car crash than in any other way.
The students listened politely. It probably helped that the speaker looked like a finalist in the Miss Sweden contest, with her sunny blond hair, creamy complexion, glowing smile and stunning figure.
After about 20 minutes, though, Kari started to get personal. "I used to go to parties and drink when I was a teenager. I did what everybody else did.”
And she started telling the story of a great fling she had for her 20th birthday. It was at Virginia- Beach in July, 1993. She was a student at Liberty University in Lynchburg. She,
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