LANCE: Family displaced after parents’ death
The Pivonka family poses for a photo. Their parents, Frank and Yvonne, died in a car accident July 28. Photo courtesy of Jasmine Pivonka
This is an excerpt from a story in Issue One of the Lance. The Lance is out today. Make sure to pick up a copy, read the rest of this story on Page Three and tweet at us using #whslance to let us know what you think about this issue.
When sophomore Jasmine Pivonka returned to the scene of her parents’ fatal car accident, she collected everything worth keeping.
Her mother’s torn shirt. Her father’s business cards and glasses. A glove from his work. The broken headlights and car keys. A soda can.
These were the items left behind by the detectives, ignored by those who first witnessed the wreckage. They are the last things her parents touched. They lay alongside the tire tracks, marking the place where Frank and Yvonne Pivonka swerved into the trees in an attempt to avoid hitting a deer on July 28. To Jasmine, they are a reminder.
Continued on Page Three of the Lance.
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