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SEBRELL, Va. (AP) - An adult and three boys returning home from a Boy Scout
camping trip were killed Sunday when their vehicle ran off a rural highway,
crashed into a tree and burst into flames, state police said.

The driver, 43-year-old John Oliver, and three Boy Scouts died at the scene,
said state police Sgt. D.S. Carr. The driver's son, Michael Oliver, 12, was able
to get out of the car and was taken to a hospital, police said.

The three boys who died were identified as Luke Drewry, 12, and Carter
Stephenson, 14, both of Franklin, and Jackson Fox, 13, of Capron, officials
said. All were members of Boy Scout Troop 17 in Franklin.

The accident occurred around noon, police said. Another driver with the Boy
Scout group looked in her rearview mirror and saw Oliver's vehicle run off "a
sweeping curve" on Virginia 35 in Southampton County, Carr said. Carr said there
were no skid marks and no evidence the Oliver was exceeding the 55 mph speed
limit.

"At this time our primary concern is for the individuals and the families of
those individuals involved in the accident, as well as four our scouting family
as a whole," the Colonial Virginia Council said in a written statement Sunday
night.

(Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

SEBRELL, Va. (AP) - An adult and three boys
returning home from a Boy Scout camping trip were killed Sunday when their
vehicle ran off a rural highway, crashed into a tree and burst into flames,
state police said.

The driver, 43-year-old John Oliver, and three Boy
Scouts died at the scene, said state police Sgt. D.S. Carr. The driver's son,
Michael Oliver, 12, was able to get out of the car and was taken to a hospital,
police said.

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The three boys who died were identified as Luke
Drewry, 12, and Carter Stephenson, 14, both of Franklin, and Jackson Fox, 13, of
Capron, officials said. All were members of Boy Scout Troop 17 in Franklin.

The accident occurred around noon, police said.
Another driver with the Boy Scout group looked in her rearview mirror and saw
Oliver's vehicle run off "a sweeping curve" on Virginia 35 in Southampton
County, Carr said. Carr said there were no skid marks and no evidence the Oliver
was exceeding the 55 mph speed limit.

"At this time our primary concern is for the
individuals and the families of those individuals involved in the accident, as
well as four our scouting family as a whole," the Colonial Virginia Council said
in a written statement Sunday night.

(Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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