Monday, September 7, 2009

MONTANA: There is an obituary listed here for Samuel "Sammy" Weatherwax, who died in a rollover accident near Red Eagle campground. I am looking for more information on this crash -- I am trying to keep this list limited to people who die in crashes in which the driver was 20 years old or younger, and I can't find any more information on Sammy's accident. Does anyone know where I can find more? Please leave info in the comments section. Thank you.

INDIANA: A 19-year-old who was a passenger in a car that swerved to avoid a deer struck a utility pole died at the scene of the accident. Jeffrey Blythe, 19, was a rear-seat passenger in the car, which hit the utility pole and then came to rest in a cornfield. The accident happened around 3:45 a.m. The 18-year-old driver had broken ribs, and the front seat passenger complained of neck pain. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.

FLORIDA: The Pensacola News Journal says police are investigating to see if speeding was a factor in a Labor Day car accident that left 15-year-old Tyler McCoy dead. A 1992 red Ford Mustang drive by James Hartsfield, 20, was driving along 17th Avenue in Pensacola and passed under the railroad trestle. Hartsfield lost control of the car, and slid sideways into oncoming traffic. He was struck by an oncoming car on the rear passenger side.

There were four people in the Mustang. One was listed with critical injuries after the crash, and another had multiple injuries. The driver in the other car was OK. She was wearing a seatbelt, but police don't know if the teens in the Mustang were wearing theirs. Police said the road was wet at the time of the crash, which could have caused the Mustang to lose control.

UPDATE: Here's a video story on Tyler, also known as T.C.There's also some skateboarding video of him on Youtube if you search TC McCoy, but I'm not posting them here because I can't determine which kid is TC.