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Brandon
Couch,
a
recent
mechanical
engineering
graduate,
was
killed
in a
traffic
accident
about
6:20
a.m.
Tuesday
on
Indiana
63
near
Interstate
74.
He
was
on
his
way
to
work
in
Attica,
Indiana.
Couch
died
when
the
pickup
truck
he
was
driving
was
involved
in
an
accident
with
a
semitrailer
driven
by
Joseph
A.
Hopkins,
45,
of
Nicholasville,
Ky.
Hopkins
was
not
injured,
according
to
police
reports.
Couch
was
a
three-year
varsity
letter
winner
for
the
football
team
prior
to
completing
his
eligibility
last
season.
He
was
the
first
three-time
winner
of
the
"Spirit
of
Chauncey
Rose
Award"
for
mental
attitude
and
leadership
that
is
voted
on
each
year
by
the
football
team.
He
graduated
in
November
of
2007.
Couch’s
death
came
just
days
after
another
accident
claimed
the
life
of
Rose-Hulman
student
Nicholas
B.
Lee,
a
junior
biomedical
engineering
major
from
Bryan,
Texas.
Adam
C.
Effinger,
a
senior
computer
engineering
major
from
Plainfield,
Ind.,
was
injured
critically
in
the
same
accident,
which
occurred
Saturday,
April
5,
on
Woodsmall
Road
in
southern
Vigo
County.
Because
of
the
deaths
and
injuries,
the
counseling
office
at
Rose-Hulman
has
extended
its
hours.
“I
am
deeply
grateful
to
the
many
members
of
the
Rose-Hulman
family
who
have
already
stepped
in
to
provide
the
support
and
friendship
we
all
need
to
feel
and
to
show
in
moments
like
this,”
said
Rose-Hulman
President
Gerald
Jakubowski.
“So
soon
on
the
heels
of
other
tragedies,
I
ask
you
to
join
me
in
providing
the
support
we
all
need
in
these
difficult
times,”
Jakubowski
said
in a
statement
to
the
campus
Wednesday. |
