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Last Holy Cross rower hurt in Florida crash out of hospital

WORCESTER, Mass. — The last member of the Holy Cross women's rowing team injured in a traffic crash in Florida that claimed the life of a teammate was released from the hospital Monday, the school announced.

Anne Comcowich, a sophomore from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, left Lawnwood Regional Medical Center on Monday morning, the Worcester school posted on its website.

She will return to Massachusetts to continue her recovery.

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“I am so grateful for the kindness, warmth, and love shown to all of us affected by the accident," she said in a statement. “We’ve been uplifted in countless ways by the gestures of so many whose gracious acts will never be forgotten, though their identities are unknown to us."

Grace Rett, a sophomore from Uxbridge, Massachusetts, died in the Jan. 15 crash in Vero Beach, Florida, a day after her 20th birthday.

Six members of the team and a coach were hospitalized.

The team’s rented transport van driven by coach Patrick Diggins made a left turn into the path of a truck, police have said. The crash is still under investigation.

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