One person was killed in an overturn crash in Escondido. Photo courtesy of OnSceneTV

From Times of San Diego;

A one-time high school and college football star accused of driving under the influence of drugs and causing a crash that killed a Caltrans subcontractor on a North County freeway onramp pleaded not guilty Wednesday to gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI charges.

Reginald Grigsby Jr., 31, was ordered held on $750,000 bail and faces up to 10 years in state prison if convicted of the felony counts, said Deputy District Attorney Aimee McLeod. Grigsby was was under the influence of a “central nervous system depressant” when he lost control of his Mitsubishi Montero on the connector from South Centre City Parkway to southbound Interstate 15 in Escondido shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, the prosecutor alleged.

The vehicle veered off the roadway, rolled down a slope and struck Murrieta resident Leonardo Sandoval, who was repairing a sprinkler system in a median next to the freeway entrance.

Sandoval, the 21-year-old father of a year-old boy and an employee of Perris-based Pacific Restoration Group, died at the scene.

The SUV overturned before coming to rest on its roof next to a off-ramp from northbound I-15. ….MORE

From 10news.com

Grigsby charged with attempted murder of mother; was shot by father

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May 29, 2009  –  A former San Diego State University football player, who is accused of attacking his mother in her Fallbrook home before he was shot by his police captain father, pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder.

Reginald Grigsby Jr., 25, is also charged with assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the attack early last Saturday morning.

Judge Marshall Hockett ordered Grigsby, who reportedly suffers from mental illness, held in lieu of $1 million bail.

According to the San Diego County Sheriff‘s Department, Grigsby went into his parents’ home, and an argument with his mother, Desirah Grigsby, turned violent.

His father, Oceanside police Capt. Reginald Grigsby, had to retrieve his gun and shoot his son to stop the attack, investigators said.

Both mother and son were hospitalized.

The younger Grigsby played safety for the Aztecs between 2003 and 2006. He was a star player at El Camino High School in Oceanside.

The judge set a readiness conference for June 9 and a June 11 preliminary hearing date. ….MORE

Michael Schweitzer in fatal crash scene. Schweitzer had four prior DUI arrests. photo courtesy of KRDO

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From Daily Times News:

WEST CHESTER >> Common Pleas Court Judge Patrick Carmody’s courtroom was packed Friday as the Delaware County man accused of killing two popular Downingtown area teenagers admitted his guilt in the tragedy.

On one side of the courtroom sat Thomas Muir’s friends and family – his parents, grandparents and siblings – there to show their support for the accused. On the other side, flowing over into the courtroom’s jury box, sat those who came on behalf of the victims’ family – all wearing lapel pins with the teenagers’ names on ribbons.

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Muir, 26, of Media entered guilty pleas to two counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, two counts of aggravated assault while driving under the influence, three counts of recklessly endangering another person, and a separate count of DUI.

The homicide charges stem from the deaths of siblings Miles Hannagan, 19, and Charlotte Hannagan, 16. Miles Hannagan was a student at West Chester University, while his sister was a junior at Downingtown West High School at the time of their deaths. The assault charges stem from the injuries he caused to the siblings’ parents, Paul Hannagan and Margaret Hannagan. The endangerment charges relate to injuries suffered by others in the Hannagans’ SUV. ….MORE

NORTH POTOMAC, Md. (WUSA9) — A parent was present at an alcohol-fueled party in North Potomac that led to a fatal car crash in June, according to documents obtained by WUSA9.

The documents also show that the car carrying Alex Murk, Calvin Li, Sam Ellis and Cameron Siasi was also traveling at least more than 30 miles above the speed limit before the crash.

The four were leaving a house party on June 25 on Dufief Mill Road in North Potomac when their car, driven by Ellis, flew into a fence, hit a tree and landed upside down in a nearby yard. Murk and Li, both riding in the back seat, were killed in the accident. Ellis and Siasi, who was the front-seat passenger, both suffered serious injuries.

The documents show that Ellis was driving at a minimum speed of 65 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone. In an interview with investigators, Siasi said he saw the speedometer at 105 miles per hour and said “Sam’s eyes widened” and “Calvin let out a faint scream.”

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“We know he was going at least 65 miles an hour and probably much, much more. He was on the wrong side of the road, trying to go around the speed camera,” Montgomery County Police Captain Tom Didone said.

An investigation indicated that Ellis’ car was traveling southbound in the northbound lane on Dufief Mill Road. Siasi told investigators that Ellis, 18, was worried about getting a ticket from a nearby speed camera and someone in the car said ‘if you go fast enough, the camera won’t get you.’

DUI Killer DJ faces 30-year sentence in prison for double fatal booze cruise

Ervens Prudent was well over the limit 3 hours after this fatal crash in 2013. Photo Miami CBS

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From WSVN

MIAMI (10/02/2015) — A South Florida musician who killed two people in a crash two years ago was found guilty by a jury on Friday.

In June of 2013, Ervens Prudent was caught on camera as he sped under the influence along Eighth Street when he rear-ended another

DUI DJ Killer Ervens Prudent found guilty of two deaths. He faces 30 years in prison for taking his party on the road and ending their lives.

vehicle at a red light at Douglas Road. Maria Martinez and her boyfriend, Marlon Gutierrez, were inside the vehicle  he struck. They died on scene.

On Friday, the 28-year-old was found guilty on four counts of DUI and vehicular manslaughter. “After two years and four months, we’re finally getting the justice we’re searching for,” said Yuri Blen, Martinez’s daughter.

Prudent’s attorney argued that the driver fell asleep behind the wheel, but surveillance video of the accident showed him dodging and speeding along the street. Police also said Prudent was drinking prior to the accident, and three hours after, his blood alcohol level was .115, far beyond the .08 limit.

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From Miami Herald:

Despite blood test results, Prudent swore he wasn’t drunk that night. Instead, the DJ and musician insisted he fell asleep behind the wheel after a long day that included a funeral, a restaurant shift, errands and dancing at a friend’s wedding before driving off for home.

“I was doing the speed limit and then,” Prudent told jurors. “Next thing I remember is waking up at the hospital.”

But a witness noted Prudent was honking and changing lanes as he barreled down Southwest Eighth Street. The jury also saw video surveillance footage of the violent impact when Prudent’s Toyota Corolla plowed at a high rate of speed into Maria Martinez, 44, and Marlon Gutierrez, 34, who were stopped at a red light.

And three hours after the June 2013 crash, a test showed Prudent’s blood-alcohol-content level was still .115 — far over the legal limit of .08.

“You’re coming fast, beeping your horn repeatedly. Kind of difficult to do that if you’re asleep,” Miami-Dade prosecutor Lara Penn said during cross-examination. “You managed to keep yourself driving, never drifting, never veering off the road, while you’ve fallen asleep?”

She asked: “Cars don’t just move on their own, correct? You have to hit the gas pedal, right?”

“Yes,” Prudent replied softly….MORE

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The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified the dead man as 78-year-old Richard Glen Bryan of Las Vegas.

Inmate booking records of Clark County show Nicole Johnson charged with DUI and driving while suspended. An indictment for DUI homicide will be the next charge to arrive at her new digs in the jail.

From LasVegasNow

LAS VEGAS – 10/09/2015 — A woman is facing DUI charges after a fatal crash involving two pedestrians Wednesday morning.

The crash happened around 7 a.m. on Maryland Parkway near Serene Avenue when a car ran up onto the sidewalk and struck two men.

Det. Rich Tusko, the Acting Sgt. for Metro Police described what happened.

“She crosses over Richmar, she strikes the curb, drives up on the sidewalk, strikes two pedestrians, a wall and then comes to rest in the southbound travel lanes,” Det. Tusko said.

One man was killed at the scene, and the other was transported to Sunrise Hospital in serious condition, police said.

“It appears one man was possibly dragged underneath the vehicle, and the other one was thrown,” said Det. Tusko.  “The one that was thrown is the one that survived.” …MORE

Carol Fedigan killed husband in booze cruise through house

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Carol Fedigan entered guilty plea and boozing again

The complete narrative of the charges filed by King County prosecutor and chain of events in horrible fatal crash through home reveals Fedigan’s family had intervention to try to get her treatment for her booze and drugs problem.

From King News

Holding back the tears is hard for Betty Halley. Her family has been suffering ever since the loss of David Walker.

David’s wife, Carol Sue Fedigan, plead guilty for what happened May 16, 2014 – the night her Jeep could be seen dangling over Lake Sammamish.

Police say she was moving her car across the street and into her driveway, but she ended up crashing through her house.

At the time she had her toddler grandson in her lap, unrestrained. They were both okay, but inside the home, at the dining room table, Fedigan’s daughter, son-in-law, and husband were in her path of destruction, and only her daughter survived.

Court documents state Fedigan had taken the sleeping aid Ambien and had been drinking wine prior to the crash.

The court allowed for her release until her sentencing day, with the condition that she not drink, but a monitoring device detected alcohol from October 5-7, with blood alcohol concentration peaking at .16.

“How could you do this when there…..MORE

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ( 10/16/2015) — St. Petersburg Poice report that mayhem broke out as they attempted to investigate a crash when four DUI drivers  showed up. Police say that four separate drivers were arrested for DUI after they tried to drive through a car vs. motorcycle crash scene.

Last night at 11:45 p.m. David Flores-Vega turned his motorcycle in front of a car at 9th Ave North and 66th Street North.

When the car clipped the motorcycle, Flores-Vega was thrown into the windshield and then over the car onto the pavement. The motorcycle then rotated and struck the driver door of the car.

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Sydney Jones charged with felony DUI Easley SC photo courtesy of WYFF

From Greenville Online:

GREENVILLE, S.C. (10/19/2015) A 19-year-old driver has been charged with driving under the influence after a passenger was killed in an overnight wreck (On Oct. 16, 2015), according to troopers and Pickens County jail records.

Garrison Bryce Freeman, 20, of Chesterfield Court, Easley, died at the scene at 12:50 a.m. Friday, said Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley.

Freeman was in the passenger seat of a car that overturned and struck a utility pole on Latham Road, troopers said. ….MORE

The Facebook page of Jones states that she studied broadcast journalism at the University of South Carolina.

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Her party went on the road and killed Ross Shoemaker

BROKEN ARROW, OKLA.  10/20/2015 — Brenda Kay Lambeth has been charged with killing Ross Shoemaker when driving impaired on May 20, 2015.

Ross Shoemaker was driving a 2012 Ford Focus, and was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash in the 2500 block of South Aspen Avenue just before 9 p.m., police said.

A warrant for Lambeth’s arrest was issued by Tulsa County Special Judge Martha Rupp Carter.

The driver of a 2002 Cadillac Escalade, Lambeth, was conscious and able to communicate with officers before being taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, police said, according to the Tulsa World.

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Broken Arrow Police car hit by Casey Eaton on his 2nd offense

Fox 23 News reported that both the officer and the DUI driver, identified in court records as Casey Eaton, were both okay.  The officer was not identified, as yet, comment has been requested from Broken Arrow Police Chief Boggs. The officer was legally parked on the side of the road finishing up some paperwork when a car came around the curve and collided with the patrol car. – See more at: 

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From NBC 4 Washington:

A newlywed Virginia man driving home from work last month was killed in a crash with a man who lost his license because of a drunken driving conviction earlier this year.

Kevin Harrah, 27, who married 24-year-old Amanda Sharpe just more than a year ago, had just closed a Pizza Hut in Stafford the night of Sept. 16 when his car was struck from behind by 59-year-old Charles R. Fife on Route 1 near Manning Drive, police said. Fife was intoxicated, according to police.

When Fife lost his license earlier this year, he requested and was given restricted driving privileges.

Stafford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Olsen charged Fife with involuntary manslaughter at first but recently increased the charge to aggravated manslaughter.

“We determined speed was a significant factor,” Olsen said. “He hadn’t applied the brakes before the accident. He was driving on a suspended license because of a prior DWI. And he should have had an ignition interlock in the car, which would have kept him from driving if he had any alcohol.”

A Virginia State Police trooper learned Fife may have been sending and receiving text messages around the time of the crash and got a search warrant for Fife’s phone.

If convicted of aggravated manslaughter, Fife faces the possibility of 20 years in prison.

Obituary of Kevin Daniel Harrah, 27, of Fredericksburg was taken from us, well before his time, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015.

There are no words to describe how many lives Kevin touched with his kind heart and radiant smile. Kevin never met anyone who was not eventually a friend. Kevin loved cars, from detailing to helping lead his car club, Quantico SRT. Kevin worked hard at both work and play, and had love and passion for both. He will be missed by all.

Kevin touched many lives and will be missed by all those with whom he came into contact. These include his wife, Amanda; his parents, Danny and Retha Harrah; his brother, Randy; grandmother Neoma Powers; grandfather CC Ogden; Aunt Lula and Uncle Marshall Naylor; and extended family from California to Virginia.

Donations in Kevin’s memory may be made in person or over the phone to “Kevin Harrah’s Memorial Fund”, an account at Wells Fargo. No additional account information is required

From the Facebook page of Stafford County Commonwealth Attorney Eric Olsen:

As your Commonwealth’s Attorney, I have taken a firm stance against drunk driving in Stafford County. Unlike some other jurisdictions I am aware of (other localities in Virginia, Maryland, DC, for example), the Stafford Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office refuses the practice of routinely reducing drunk driving charges to reckless driving. We take these cases seriously and prosecute drunk driving cases aggressively. I insist on it. I believe that drunk driving is an important safety issue for our community and for all Virginians. Just look at the statistics above (taken from MADD website). Driving under the influence cannot be tolerated and as long as I am your Commonwealth’s Attorney it won’t be tolerated in Stafford County.

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Crash scene on I 15 where wrong way DUI driver Shane McDonald killed two people. Photo courtesy of NBC San Diego

The Guam Defense?

From Fox 5 San Diego
SAN DIEGO – The fate of a 21-year-old man accused of driving drunk when he slammed head-on into a car carrying a family of five, killing two, will now be up to a jury.

Shane MacDonald was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while driving drunk causing great injury.

California Highway Patrol investigators said MacDonald was driving in the wrong direction on southbound Interstate 15 near Scripps Ranch when he slammed into a car killing Rodolfo De La Torre, 55, and 84-year-old Teresa Hernandez.

The De La Torre family of Escondido was headed to the airport to go to a wedding in Mexico.

Julio De La Torre and his sister Carolina were in the mangled car and testified Thursday during the preliminary hearing…..MORE

From NBC San Diego

A 21-year-old man suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol when he slammed head-on into a car carrying a family of five on Interstate 15 was arraigned in the hospital Wednesday.

Shane McDonald, with his right leg and left wrist bandaged, pleaded not guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and five counts of felony DUI causing injury or death in connection with the May 2 wrong-way crash that killed two members of a family and injured three others near Scripps Ranch.

A judge set McDonald’s bail at $500,000. He is from Guam and was also ordered to surrender his passport and ordered not to drink or drive.

The defendant’s mother and father flew in from Guam following the deadly crash, and his mother was at his side during the hospital bed arraignment. ….MORE

From ABC 10 News

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — 10/23/2015 – An alleged drunken driver accused of going the wrong way on Interstate 15 between Mira Mesa and Scripps Ranch, causing a head-on crash that killed two of five family members in the other car, was ordered Thursday to stand trial on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury.

Shane Gerald McDonald, 22, faces nearly 16 years in state prison if convicted, Deputy District Attorney Cally Bright said.

McDonald — who is out of custody on $500,000 bail — had his trial set for April.

RELATED: 2 people killed in fatal crash on the SB I-15 in Mira Mesa

Authorities said Rodolfo de la Torre, 55, and Teresa Esparza Hernandez, 84, both of Escondido, were killed when a black Audi driven by McDonald slammed into their Honda sedan about 3 a.m. on May 2, south of Mercy Road.

De la Torre was driving south in an I-15 express lane when the Audi, heading north in their lane, hit the Honda head-on, according to the California Highway Patrol. Three other family members in the back seat of the Honda suffered major injuries.

McDonald’s attorney, Cole Casey, argued to Superior Court Judge Kenneth So during a preliminary hearing that the defendant to be held to answer on charges of vehicular manslaughter with ordinary negligence, not gross negligence.

Casey said McDonald entered the express lane….MORE

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Unless this convicted DUI killer has the mother-in-law from hell, a two year sentence of home detention is an outrage.

Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nicholas Hermann

Nicholas Hermann is the Prosecuting Attorney for Vanderburgh County, State of Indiana and was sworn into office on Jan. 1, 2011. Prior to being elected prosecuting attorney, Nick was an attorney practicing primarily in criminal and family law.

From Courier & Press
An Evansville man on Thursday received home detention and probation after pleading guilty to striking and killing a pedestrian while driving drunk earlier this year.

Last month, Connor Dant, 29, pleaded guilty to a lower level felony than what he had originally been charged.

Darrell Asbridge, 58, died at Deaconess Hospital a day after being struck by Dant’s car on Evansville’s West Side on Feb. 11, according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office.

Vanderburgh Superior Court Judge Robert Pigman accepted the plea agreement and sentenced Dant to four years, including two on electronic home detention and two in the alcohol abuse probation service program. He will also take daily alcohol breath tests while on home detention and have his license suspended for 30 months.

A six-year prison term would have been the most to ….MORE

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FOUR DEAD, 40 HURT

From Stillwater Police Department:

A fourth death has occurred as the result of the traffic collision that occurred during the OSU Homecoming Parade today at Main St. and Hall of Fame Ave. The collision occurred at 10:31AM.

3 adult victims were pronounced dead at the scene earlier today. A fourth victim has died of injuries sustained in the collision. That fourth victim was a 2 year old boy.

As of 7:00PM the injured list has grown to 44 persons in addition to the 4 fatalities.

The driver of the car arrested at the scene for Driving Under the Influence, 25 year old Adacia Avery Chambers or Stillwater, remains in jail.

A traffic collision occurred at the termination point, Main St. and Hall of Fame Ave. of the OSU Homecoming parade. The collision occurred at 10:31 AM.

The collision involved 1 car, a 2014 Hyundai Elantra, traveling southbound on Main St. It struck an unmanned police motorcycle before driving into a crowd of spectators.

As of 1:20 PM we can confirmed there are: THREE fatalities, EIGHT critically injured persons (7 were flown from scene by air ambulance 1 was transported to Stillwater Medical Center.), NINE seriously injured persons transported to Stillwater Medical Center and SEVENTEEN walking wounded who travelled to Stillwater Medical Center by private vehicle for treatment.

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The driver of the car was arrested at the scene for Driving Under the Influence and taken to the City of Stillwater Jail. The driver is Adacia Avery Chambers. She is a 25 year old female Stillwater resident.

The Stillwater PD collision reconstruction team is still at the scene investigating the collision at this time.

We are asking anyone who witnessed the accident or who has video of the collision to please contact the Stillwater Police Dept. at 405.372.4171.

Further, Stillwater PD has established a clearing house for patient names as they become available. Family members searching for loved ones whom they cannot contact otherwise need to call 405.372.4171.

From KSAT:

A fourth person has died after a car hit spectators during Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade in Stillwater. A 2-year-old died at OU Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, hospital spokeswoman Vallery Brown told CNN. Forty-four people suffered injuries in the incident.

A woman suspected of drunken driving crashed a car into a crowd of spectators at Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade, killing three people, authorities in Stillwater said Saturday.

Another thirty-four people were injured, eight of them critically, according to a police spokesman. Seven of those eight were taken by helicopter to a hospital, while 10 spectators — one critical and nine “seriously injured persons” — were taken by ambulance. Another 17 “walking wounded” took themselves to the hospital, according to Capt. Kyle Gibbs.

The names of those killed and injured weren’t immediately released.

Gibbs said the car’s driver, Adacia Avery Chambers of Stillwater, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of driving under the influence and taken to the city jail. She is not believed to be an OSU student, he said.

According to a police statement, Chambers drove her 2014 Hyundai Elantra into an unmanned police motorcycle before careening into the crowd of spectators.

When asked by a reporter whether the 25-year-old Chambers was “obviously intoxicated,” Gibbs said, “Certainly probable cause for the arrest, yes sir.”

Gibbs said that Oklahoma state law mandates blood tests for any “serious fatality accident.” The results of those tests won’t be known for several days, he said.

The deadly crash occurred at 10:31 a.m. (11:31 ET), just hours before the school’s centerpiece homecoming event — a football game between the nationally ranked, undefeated OSU Cowboys and the University of Kansas — and only two blocks from the soon-to-be jam packed 50,000-person Boone Pickens Stadium.

The festive scene turned into one of horror, one the university president called a “horrible tragedy.”

“We are shocked and heartbroken by this horrible tragedy,” said President V. Burns Hargis. “The Oklahoma State University Homecoming parade is the most wholesome of events and to have it marred in such a way is incomprehensible.” ....MORE

Fatal crash scene Brandon Creyer 2 dead Lehigh Valley Live DUI on cough syrup and synthetic pot

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Brandon Creyer 18 of Moore Township Penn killed two while DUI pot Lehigh Township

Fueled by synthetic marijuana and a heavy dose of cough syrup, Brandon Creyer was behind the wheel and out of control when he crashed his car and killed two people, a prosecutor said.

At the end of his ride, the driver of the car Creyer struck head-on, Jamie Crowley, 36, of Jim Thorpe, and a passenger in Creyer’s car, 18-year-old Jacoby Demarkus Hill, of Whitehall Township, were dead.

Crowley’s 18-year-old daughter, Shelby Crowley, was seriously injured, and a 1-year-old child in Crowley’s car escaped without serious injuries. ….MORE 

From The Morning Call:

A Moore Township teen admitted Friday to killing two people while driving high on cough syrup, under a plea agreement in which he will face eight to 16 years in state prison at sentencing.

Brandon R. Creyer was 17 last fall when he caused a three-vehicle crash on Route 145 in Lehigh Township the claimed the life of a passenger and a woman in another car. He tested positive for DXM, an over-the-counter cough suppressant sometimes known as “poor man’s PCP,” as well as synthetic marijuana.

Hearing the circumstances of the Nov. 9, 2014 wreck, Northampton County Judge F.P. Kimberly McFadden appeared taken aback.

“Those facts are very disturbing to me. I’m sure they are to you as well,” McFadden told Creyer, a small young man who stood before her in handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit. “You’re going to have to live with this for the rest of your live.”

McFadden added, “It’s every parent’s, and person’s, nightmare.”

Creyer admitted to two counts of homicide by vehicle, one of aggravated assault by vehicle and one of driving while intoxicated. Assistant District Attorney Joseph Lupackino said the eight- to 16-year term is part of the agreement between him and defense attorney Rory Driscole. ….MORE

Jamie Marie Crowley
Jamie Marie Crowley, 36, of North Street, Jim Thorpe, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 9, as a result of injuries she sustained in an automobile accident.
Born in Lehighton, she was a daughter of Michael E. Crowley of Ashfield and Lorraine M. (Redline) Crowley of Jim Thorpe.
She was a 1996 graduate of the Carbon County Vocational-Technical School, Jim Thorpe.

She was a former member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Jim Thorpe.

Jamie made people laugh and touched the lives of many individuals.  She was a hero for sacrificing her own life to save her grandchild in the tragic moment.
Surviving in addition to her parents are her companion, Brian Moll, a son Justin, a daughter Shelby and a stepson Jacob, all at home; a granddaughter Raven; two sisters, Jennifer and Jodie, both of Jim Thorpe; and seven nieces and nephews.

Fatal crash scene at Bowles Road killed Fawn White. Photo Benton Fire District

KENNEWICK, WA. — Washington State Patrol Trooper R. Morris reports that on Oct. 23, 2015 at 11:20 pm, a 1999 Buick Regal operated by Ty A. Moore, 31, failed to stop at a stop sign while southbound  on Rt. 397 at Bowles Road and collided with a 2010 Toyota Camry operated by Rosa E. Lemos, 21, of Kennewick.  Moore was injured and taken to the Kadlec Medical Center. DUI charges are pending.

Lemos was wearing a seat belt, was injured and taken by ambulance to Trios Medical Center.  Her vehicle was totaled in the crash.

A passenger in the Moore vehicle was killed in the crash. Fawn J. White, 34, of Hermiston, Ore., was not wearing a seat belt, report police. Her body was removed by the Benton County Coroner. Next of kin were identified, say police.

Also a passenger in the Moore vehicle was Beatriz Garcia Medina, 22, of West Richland. She was wearing a seat-belt and was taken to Trios Medical Center for treatment of her injuries.

FROM WREG

MEMPHIS, Tenn. 10/30/2015— The driver of a Dodge Avenger involved in a crash Tuesday evening that killed one person and sent two others to the hospital is facing multiple charges.

Police arrested Andrew Morris, 45, on Wednesday. He is charged with aggravated assault, aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence, driving while license suspended, DUI – child endangerment, failure to exercise due care, open container and violation of seat belt law.

Morris was driving westbound on Winchester Road and turned left toward a private driveway when a UPS truck traveling eastbound on Winchester struck his vehicle on the passenger side, according to the affidavit.

The front right passenger died at the scene from her injuries, and the rear right passenger was transported to Regional Medical Center ...MORE

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From WSMV

CEDAR HILL, TN (10/30/2015) –The parents of a teen killed in a crash in Robertson County have a warning for other young people.

A preliminary report by the Tennessee Highway Patrol claims drugs and alcohol were involved in the crash and Landon Ross was not wearing a seat belt, though the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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“We know where Landon is right now,” said Dell Ross, Landon Ross’s mother. “We’re in the peace that he’s in heaven with the one person who loves him unconditionally, and that’s Jesus Christ.”

David and Dell Ross of Cedar Hill said the values they’ve instilled in their three sons start with the importance of a strong work ethic and church.

“If you didn’t get in here to church, you were going to be home all day Sunday,” said Dell Ross, sharing the family rules.

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Family members said Landon Ross lived by those values. His family said he worked hard at Pleasant View Feed Mill, studied hard at Springfield High, but all the while, had the quick wit to know just what to say to get the room laughing.

“To hear people talk about Landon, those words of how he was away from home have been a blessing to me,” said Dell Ross.

“Far as we know, he was looking off, distracted for whatever reason,” said David Ross, Landon’s father, referring to the crash. “That’s a big thing these days, distracted driving. Do not make the mistake of letting peer pressure cause you harm. Life’s precious, and it’s short. For any young person out there that’s starting to learn, starting to drive, better take it serious and get real because it will cost you your life.”….Read more: