Tragic Tale of Sibling Loss: The Neibaur Twins

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No parent should have to bury their child, let alone two -- at the same time. A Friday funeral service for two Idaho teenagers killed in a horrific crash will recall how the siblings shared an uncommon connection. The brother and sister died last week in a fatal collision that was so grisly that two emergency first responders were stricken by the death scene: one suffered a heart attack, the other a mental event. Eric Neibaur and Lauren Neibaur, 15 and 13, respectively, died in a horrific head-on collision near the town of McCammon on US 30. They were headed home from a family getaway that included camping and dirt bike riding in Island Park. Their mother and father road ahead in another vehicle -- Eric trailed and Lauren trailed in a …show more content…

Reports say the emergency worker was so overcome while trying to extricate the dead occupants that they suffered a heart attack. Moreover, a police officer on the scene, who met with and tried calming arriving family members during extrication, was "deeply shaken" by the deaths. He was reportedly authorized to take time off to recover from the tragedy of the Idaho fatalities. Bannock County Sheriff Lorin Nielsen said the Father's Day crash is something the community -- especially those on the scene -- will not soon forget due to its horrific nature. "The difference between this accident and others is that the damage was so horrific and there weren’t any skid marks. All of us have seen death before, but when we have kids that are about the same age it really hits home a bit more than anything else does." Deputy Charles Bannister, who personally knows the Neibaur family, was one of the first officers to arrive on the grim scene. Although three people lost their lives in such a painful way, he was moved by the show of support from locals. Those who helped -- mainly complete strangers -- "had a total and complete loss of concern for

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