Rockford Incident

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This story is about my mother’s first cousin who was involved in a fatal car accident over this summer. We are all from Beloit, WI born and raised, however, the accident took place in Rockford, IL just 30 minutes away from Beloit. My mother’s cousin name is Bonnie, 53 she was headed to Rockford with her best friend on a very sunny day to take care of some errand’s when she arrived at a stop in Rockford at a four-way intersection where she was hit from the back by a vehicle behind her. Nevertheless, the car that hit her from behind was hit by another car, which made the other car crash into her from behind. Furthermore, once the car from behind T boned her, she was pushed into oncoming traffic where she and her best friend were then hit on

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