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Parents Accept Settlement In Girl's Death in Test Drive.

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Author: Hurst, Marianne D.

Section: NEWS IN BRIEF
Parents Accept Settlement In Girl's Death in Test Drive


The parents of an 8th grader who was killed while test driving an electric car designed by high school students in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will receive a $400,000 insurance settlement.

Students at Kennedy High School were demonstrating cars they'd built for the Iowa Electrathon on a closed course at McKinley Middle School when the accident occurred last May.

Megan Hollingshead died when she lost control of the car going into a curve, according to district officials. The car smashed through a barrier, and Megan suffered a fatal blow to the head. She was wearing safety gear, including a helmet and a seat belt.

"It was a freak accident," said Lew Finch, the superintendent of the 18,000-student district, who said that the car was going about 15 miles per hour.

The school district no longer allows middle school students to test drive the cars, a practice which has become increasingly popular in recent years. (See Education Week, May 7, 2003.)

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By Marianne D. Hurst



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