Tuesday, January 13, 2009

S.C. Homeschool Family in Fatal N.C. Accident

A homeschooling family on a day trip from South Carolina ended the day in a tragic accident that left the mother and both children dead.

Patricia Bigger, 29, of Liberty, S.C., and her two children, Caroline, 7, and Anthony, 4, died Friday after their minivan crashed into a pond near Rosman, N.C. News reports said the cause of the crash is under investigation. The father, Brent Bigger, who was driving at the time, survived the 8:30 p.m. accident and helped pull his family from the water, but they could not be revived in time.

(Asheville Citizen-Times, 1/10/09)

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