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Sunbathing is Hazardous to Your Health

Samantha Schermanhorn and Kaylie George, both 13, were lying outside to get a tan in Economy, Pa., when Schermanhorn’s cousin drove up. He rounded a corner and didn’t see the girls, who had fallen asleep — lying in the street. Both were run over. Doctors treated both girls and declared them in fair condition. “I think maybe she’s learned her lesson,” said Sylvia Schermerhorn Vogt, Samantha’s grandmother. “She’s not a dumb kid. She’s a smart girl.” (RC/WTAE Pittsburgh) ...Sorry, but “smart” and falling asleep on the road just don’t go together.
Original Publication Date: 27 May 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.

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