Tuesday night was spent with three-score chicken wings (and not quite that many beers,) three mechanical and electrical engineers and a lovable lab named Scout. We played euchre, a game that has a lot of similarities to hearts or spades. I was unaware that my friend (and twin look-alike) Chris lives just a block away from my new apartment, so I’m sure we’ll be meeting up again.

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Three things happened just a block from my home yesterday afternoon, all simultaneously.

1. 5-year-old Peorian hit by truck, hospitalized (and today’s update)
Any Peorian could tell you that Main street from Bradley University toward the hill entering downtown can be a dangerous place. Not only are some areas a little less “friendly” and a little more urban than some would be comfortable with, traffic is riding four-lanes wide only inches away from you as you walk or bike. Usually it’s college kids doing the dying, but this time it was a little girl severely injured while riding her bike with the right-of-way at a crosswalk. Sad.

2. Shooting victim appears at accident scene
While incident number one is still being investigated, a man randomly arrives at the scene stumbling and mumbling about being shot. His white t-shirt is stained red. Police question him and then send him to the hospital.

3. Woman hit by SUV at Main and High Streets
I have no official word on this one, but Chris said that he was in a nearby park when he heard a woman yelling and laying on the ground in the street. This is one block east from incident number one.

I honestly felt rather disturbed after learning this; when does random stop being random?