Saturday, September 12, 2009
IDAHO: The Idaho Statesman reports that 18-year-old Drew Meader died at the scene of a crash in Boise early Saturday. Police say they believe the accident happened around 12:30 a.m., but it wasn't discovered until 8:30 by someone passing by. Police say Drew's pickup truck drifted off the right shoulder. He then over-corrected and slid back across the road and rolled multiple times. Drew was not wearing his seat belt, and was ejected from the truck. He landed hundreds of feet away, police say. The crash scene extended 900 to 1,000 feet from the road.
Police believe Drew was speeding, and say alcohol may have been a factor in the accident, although they won't know for sure until toxicology results are back.
INDIANA: The South Bend Tribune reports that 16-year-old Cody Reid died in a one-car accident Saturday. Cody was driving too fast over a blind hill, and didn't see two cars ahead that were going slower than he was. He had to swerve to avoid them, and ran off the road into a tree. Police say he didn't have his license for very long, and wasn't wearing his seatbelt.
WASHINGTON: An 18-year-old girl died in a one-car accident when she slammed into a utility pole in rural Thurston County. Police say they found Kayla M. Rearden of Rainier dead at the accident scene around 3 a.m. Saturday. She apparently veered off the road and slammed into the pole.
UPDATE: Comments following this story indicate Kayla was heading home from her own going-away party and may have been drinking. We'll update more on this when details become available.
OHIO: A teen was killed in an accident in Waverly when the car she was driving in as a passenger was struck by a truck as it attempted to cross a highway. The Chillicothe Gazette reports that Amber Risner, 17, died when a semi truck struck the car, driven by 17-year-old Ashley Royster. Amber was ejected from the car and declared dead at the scene of the accident. The driver and another passenger were taken to the hospital, as was the driver of the semi truck.
Here's Amber's MySpace page. She seems like a trip. There are some sad messages on her page, especially the one from her sister, who is due soon with her first baby.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
ILLINOIS: The Daily Herald reports that 19-year-old James Kaylor died Wednesday after he lost control of his vehicle, crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a truck head-on. The accident happened just after 1 a.m. Wednesday on Joliet Road in Woodridge. The truck driver tried to avoid the crash, but couldn't. He was uninjured. Police say there were no drugs or alcohol involved in the accident.
NEVADA: The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that 18-year-old Lucio Sanchez Jr. died Wednesday night in a crash that appears to have been caused by drunk driving. Four other teenagers also in the car were seriously injured. Lucio had just turned eastbound on Tropical Parkway in Las Vegas when he lost control of the vehicle, striking a brick wall.
Sanchez was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Police say there were three 14-year-old boys and a 17-year-old girl also in the car.
NEW YORK: Police have not yet named a 16-year-old boy who died in Ellenburg Center Wednesday night. Few details were available in this story in the Press-Republican, other than the accident was a one-car rollover.
UPDATE: The story has more details now. Christian Garceau died in the one-car crash around 10:40 p.m. He ran off the road and slammed into a group of boulders. His car flipped onto the side, where it burst into flames. Police believe speeding was a factor in the crash.
Follow the above link to learn more about Christian.
ILLINOIS: The Chicago Breaking News Center reports that 16-year-old Dematrice Wallace died on Thursday, a day after he sustained serious injuries in a head-on accident in Chicago. Dematrice was a rear-seat passenger in an Oldsmobile sedan that crashed head-on with a Saturn driven by a 37-year-old woman. Police have not yet released the cause of the crash.
ILLINOIS: The Daily Herald reports that 19-year-old James Kaylor died Wednesday after he lost control of his vehicle, crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a truck head-on. The accident happened just after 1 a.m. Wednesday on Joliet Road in Woodridge. The truck driver tried to avoid the crash, but couldn't. He was uninjured. Police say there were no drugs or alcohol involved in the accident.
NEVADA: The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that 18-year-old Lucio Sanchez Jr. died Wednesday night in a crash that appears to have been caused by drunk driving. Four other teenagers also in the car were seriously injured. Lucio had just turned eastbound on Tropical Parkway in Las Vegas when he lost control of the vehicle, striking a brick wall.
Sanchez was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Police say there were three 14-year-old boys and a 17-year-old girl also in the car.
NEW YORK: Police have not yet named a 16-year-old boy who died in Ellenburg Center Wednesday night. Few details were available in this story in the Press-Republican, other than the accident was a one-car rollover.
UPDATE: The story has more details now. Christian Garceau died in the one-car crash around 10:40 p.m. He ran off the road and slammed into a group of boulders. His car flipped onto the side, where it burst into flames. Police believe speeding was a factor in the crash.
Follow the above link to learn more about Christian.
ILLINOIS: The Chicago Breaking News Center reports that 16-year-old Dematrice Wallace died on Thursday, a day after he sustained serious injuries in a head-on accident in Chicago. Dematrice was a rear-seat passenger in an Oldsmobile sedan that crashed head-on with a Saturn driven by a 37-year-old woman. Police have not yet released the cause of the crash.
Wednesday
August 26, 2009
MONTANA: An unnamed 19-year-old was killed after attempting an incredibly risky -- and likely illegal -- maneuver on a highway north of Wolf Point. He was driving a 1990 F-250 truck in reverse up the highway road when he attempted to make a "j-turn" -- a 180-degree turn without stopping. He also wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
He drove the truck off the road, and he was ejected from the truck as it started to roll. It rolled on top of him, killing him. The three other passengers in the truck were all wearing their seatbelts, and walked away from the crash.
NEW YORK: There are few details in this Mid-Hudson News report on the death of Richard Lodovichetti of Warwick, N.Y. They call him a teen in the headline and say he graduated from Warwick High School in 2008, so he's got to be 18 or 19, but the paper doesn't say his age.
He was driving by himself in a 2005 Dodge Neon along a road in Chester, following behind two cars driven by friends. He passed both in a legal passing zone, lost control and ran off the road. He struck fence posts and earth embankments, the paper says, before rolling over.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
UPDATE: Still few details out about Rich, but he appears to have been passionate about his car. Here's what appears to be a page showing off his 2005 Dodge Neon.
August 25, 2009
NEW JERSEY: An 18-year-old boy from Monroe was killed after he tried to pass a pickup truck on the left, as the truck was attempting to make a left-hand turn. Matthew Bowdenhodge was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened around 9:16 p.m. in Englishtown. He tried to pass a pick-up truck driven by 20-year-old Robin Smart, and as he passed his Toyota Camry clipped the truck and then went across the road and hit a pole and mail box. Two passengers in his car suffered severe injuries, and one was flown to the hospital. The other went in an ambulance.
UTAH: A recent high school graduate and soccer enthusiast died Tuesday night after he attempted to pass a car that was stopping at a red light. He collided into oncoming traffic, rolling his Ford Ranger several times, and was ejected from the car, according to The Herald Journal.
Police said Jacob Hawkes, 19, of Hyde Park, was airlifted to an area hospital, where he died. The Herald Journal story has a lot more details about Hawkes and his family.
NORTH CAROLINA: A teen driver is listed in critical condition following a crash that killed the two passengers in his car. Demonte Cissell, 22, and 16-year-old Destinee Taylor were both killed in the one-car accident in Durham, according to a local TV station.
Destinee had just finished her first day of tenth grade, the story says, and was a joyful, happy teenager, the family says. Her family spent Wednesday picking through debris at the accident site, hoping to find something belonging to her.
Police say excessive speed was a factor in the crash. The car left the road, crossed a ditch and flew into the trees, snapping branches more than 10 feet in the air.
OREGON: This accident defies all the norms of a teen driving accident (no speeding, no groups of teens in a car, seatbelts were in use), and yet reflects the inexperience teen drivers bring to the road.
Sixteen-year-old Heather Snyder was killed, and her father was seriously injured, when Heather collided with a fully loaded dump truck along a road in Lafayette County. Heather was stopped at an intersection, and then proceeded through in front of the dump truck, which struck the driver's side door and killed her. Her father, Frank Snyder, was in the passenger seat and was airlifted to an area hospital.
Roger Wise, the driver of the dump truck, said he tried to stop but couldn't. He was uninjured. Everyone was wearing seatbelts.
It's hard to say who's at fault here, given the details provided by the local TV station story. Was Wise running a red light? Was Heather not paying attention? Whatever the circumstances, they say young female drivers are very trusting on the road, and tend to believe that everyone is going to be OK and all the other drivers are going to do exactly what they are supposed to do. It takes a few scares, I think, to learn how to react and how to be hyper vigilant when crossing through major intersections. I'm sorry this turned so badly for this family.
This one hits home for me, because my husband's grandparents were killed in a similar accident. It's hard to survive an accident with a giant mass of dump truck, especially when it's fully loaded. The laws of physics don't bend for anyone.
MICHIGAN: A girl mourning the death of her father apparently committed suicide by driving into oncoming traffic. Michigan State Police told a local TV station that Noura Hattar, 16, of Milford, left a suicide note behind before driving her mother's SUV eastbound on westbound lanes of I-96 in Leroy Township. The note said she was tired of being depressed and wanted to to see her father. (The Detroit News story actually spells her name correctly.)
Here's a Youtube video of Noura horsing around with a friend. The date on the video is June 9.
MONTANA: An unnamed 19-year-old was killed after attempting an incredibly risky -- and likely illegal -- maneuver on a highway north of Wolf Point. He was driving a 1990 F-250 truck in reverse up the highway road when he attempted to make a "j-turn" -- a 180-degree turn without stopping. He also wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
He drove the truck off the road, and he was ejected from the truck as it started to roll. It rolled on top of him, killing him. The three other passengers in the truck were all wearing their seatbelts, and walked away from the crash.
NEW YORK: There are few details in this Mid-Hudson News report on the death of Richard Lodovichetti of Warwick, N.Y. They call him a teen in the headline and say he graduated from Warwick High School in 2008, so he's got to be 18 or 19, but the paper doesn't say his age.
He was driving by himself in a 2005 Dodge Neon along a road in Chester, following behind two cars driven by friends. He passed both in a legal passing zone, lost control and ran off the road. He struck fence posts and earth embankments, the paper says, before rolling over.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
UPDATE: Still few details out about Rich, but he appears to have been passionate about his car. Here's what appears to be a page showing off his 2005 Dodge Neon.
August 25, 2009
NEW JERSEY: An 18-year-old boy from Monroe was killed after he tried to pass a pickup truck on the left, as the truck was attempting to make a left-hand turn. Matthew Bowdenhodge was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened around 9:16 p.m. in Englishtown. He tried to pass a pick-up truck driven by 20-year-old Robin Smart, and as he passed his Toyota Camry clipped the truck and then went across the road and hit a pole and mail box. Two passengers in his car suffered severe injuries, and one was flown to the hospital. The other went in an ambulance.
UTAH: A recent high school graduate and soccer enthusiast died Tuesday night after he attempted to pass a car that was stopping at a red light. He collided into oncoming traffic, rolling his Ford Ranger several times, and was ejected from the car, according to The Herald Journal.
Police said Jacob Hawkes, 19, of Hyde Park, was airlifted to an area hospital, where he died. The Herald Journal story has a lot more details about Hawkes and his family.
NORTH CAROLINA: A teen driver is listed in critical condition following a crash that killed the two passengers in his car. Demonte Cissell, 22, and 16-year-old Destinee Taylor were both killed in the one-car accident in Durham, according to a local TV station.
Destinee had just finished her first day of tenth grade, the story says, and was a joyful, happy teenager, the family says. Her family spent Wednesday picking through debris at the accident site, hoping to find something belonging to her.
Police say excessive speed was a factor in the crash. The car left the road, crossed a ditch and flew into the trees, snapping branches more than 10 feet in the air.
OREGON: This accident defies all the norms of a teen driving accident (no speeding, no groups of teens in a car, seatbelts were in use), and yet reflects the inexperience teen drivers bring to the road.
Roger Wise, the driver of the dump truck, said he tried to stop but couldn't. He was uninjured. Everyone was wearing seatbelts.
It's hard to say who's at fault here, given the details provided by the local TV station story. Was Wise running a red light? Was Heather not paying attention? Whatever the circumstances, they say young female drivers are very trusting on the road, and tend to believe that everyone is going to be OK and all the other drivers are going to do exactly what they are supposed to do. It takes a few scares, I think, to learn how to react and how to be hyper vigilant when crossing through major intersections. I'm sorry this turned so badly for this family.
This one hits home for me, because my husband's grandparents were killed in a similar accident. It's hard to survive an accident with a giant mass of dump truck, especially when it's fully loaded. The laws of physics don't bend for anyone.
MICHIGAN: A girl mourning the death of her father apparently committed suicide by driving into oncoming traffic. Michigan State Police told a local TV station that Noura Hattar, 16, of Milford, left a suicide note behind before driving her mother's SUV eastbound on westbound lanes of I-96 in Leroy Township. The note said she was tired of being depressed and wanted to to see her father. (The Detroit News story actually spells her name correctly.)
Here's a Youtube video of Noura horsing around with a friend. The date on the video is June 9.
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