Accident used to teach students in Hurley personal finance class

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — After Hurley High School teacher Aaron Bender’s vehicle slid off icy U.S. 2 in Saxon early in the winter and plunged down an embankment near a bridge, he is using the experience in his personal finance class.

Bender told the Hurley School Board Monday students are learning how automobile insurance works following the scary personal injury accident that also involved his daughter.

Bender said it’s the fifth year that personal finance is being taught in the Hurley K-12 School and that met with a smile from school board president Joe Si...