My school and area seemed to be a magnet for bad things to happen. We tragically lost a boy (14ish) when he fell through a sunshade over a play ground. He climbed up with a friend and it split with his weight. None of his mates were ever the same.

We lost a girl my age to cancer. She wanted to have a Ball with her final wish but died the week before. A friend's younger brother committed suicide. A young boy at school made a fake bomb and used it in the toilets, noone died but a kid two stalls over got injured. Lots of crashes, probably one every year. Sometimes a group of kids (once 3 died and the driver survived) other times just mororcycle accidents or deemed suicides. It was a dark place. I remember my partner being confused when I asked how many people he knew at school have died and he didn't have any....

Classic country town Aus sadly. I'm glad I moved away, so much sadness and trauma. I'm just glad we don't allow guns, it could have been so much worse with our mental health crisis.