Switched at death!
CALEDONIA, Mich. (AP) — Whitney Cerak and Laura VanRyn looked remarkably alike, both attractive young women with blond hair, similar facial features and the same build and height.
They were together the night of April 26, returning from banquet preparations with a group from Taylor University, when a tractor-trailer slammed into their university van, peeling off the side and killing five people.
Cerak’s family was told their 18-year-old was among the dead. VanRyn’s parents were told their 22-year-old daughter was alive but seriously injured and in a coma.
June 1st, 2006 at 8:47 pm
I imagine denial and suspension of disbelief played a part in this, but it seems the family (cuts and bruises or not) should have been able to figure this out in less than 5 weeks.
June 15th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Dude. That’s gotta suck.