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Students injured in car crash

1956
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Forty cadet students were taken to Cranbrook by army personnel to sell poppies for Remembrance Day. On their return, the sergeant driving the truck, who was reported by the Indian Agent to have been heavily intoxicated and driving recklessly, crashed the vehicle. The sergeant was killed, one of the children was seriously injured, and almost all of the children sustained minor injuries. They were taken to the hospital for treatment.  

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