Georgia Southern students help each other cope with loss

Campus responds after 5 GSU students killed in I-16 crash

A Georgia state trooper works the scene of a deadly crash in which five people died and three others were injured early Wednesday in Ellabelle. The Georgia State Patrol said seven total vehicles, including two tractor trailers, were involved in the early morning collision on Interstate 16 about 20 miles west of Savannah. - photo by Associated Press

Deadly Crash- Georgia Ledb — A Georgia state trooper works the scene of a deadly crash in which five people died and three others were injured early Wednesday in Ellabelle. The Georgia State Patrol said seven total vehicles, including two tractor trailers, were involved in the early morning collision on Interstate 16 about 20 miles west of Savannah. - photo by Associated Press

With a flurry of text messages, Facebook posts and lots of heart-to-heart talks, nursing students at Georgia Southern University shared first the uncertainty of who was involved in the deadly accident on Interstate 16, and then comforted each other in dealing with the tragic loss of their friends and colleagues. “Everyone was pretty much in shock,” said Hannah Shambayati, a senior student who received several messages from frantic, concerned friends earlier in the day. She was not aware of the accident until noon, when the messages started pouring in.

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