Soldier killed during Fort Wainwright training exercise
Associated Press
June 13, 2015
FAIRBANKS -- The U.S. Army says a 23-year-old soldier died during a training exercise at Fort Wainwright.
The Fairbanks News-Miner reports that the soldier was killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Wednesday.
The Army says Spc. Tyrice Weaver died from injuries caused when his 5-ton tactical vehicle rolled while conducting a platoon convoy at the Yukon Training Area.
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Sunday, June 14, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
UK Soldier Saved Lives Then Killed Someone Texting Behind Wheel
If you still think it is ok to use phone texting while driving, you are not thinking at all!
This Captain in the UK was a hero in Afghanistan, risking her life to save others by defusing bombs.
This same Captain decided to pick up her phone while driving a car, risking the lives of others and killed someone.
This Captain in the UK was a hero in Afghanistan, risking her life to save others by defusing bombs.
This same Captain decided to pick up her phone while driving a car, risking the lives of others and killed someone.
Hero soldier jailed for killing hitchhiker while using phone at the wheel
Metro.co.uk
Harry Readhead
Wednesday 3 Jun 2015
A female soldier who defused more than 60 Taliban bombs during a tour of Afghanistan has been jailed after killing a hitchhiker while texting at the wheel.
Captain Alison Dray, 31, received a Queen’s commendation for her work in the gulf and is the only female British bomb disposal expert to complete a full tour of Afghanistan.
But Captain Dray, from Rochester, Kent, was jailed for nine months for hitting and killing 32-year-old Ashley Taylor with her car while surfing the internet on her mobile phone.
Norwich Crown Court heard how Captain Dray had been using her iPhone ‘extensively’ at the wheel and had mounted the kerb and hit Mr. Taylor, killing him instantly.
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Monday, May 11, 2015
Air Force Veteran Killed in Construction Accident
EXCLUSIVE: Worker who fell down elevator shaft 'dodged death' in Air Force but was afraid of 'sketchy' construction job
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
BY BARRY PADDOCK
Friday, May 8, 2015
The construction worker who fell 24 stories down an elevator shaft to his death Tuesday in a half-built Midtown luxury hotel was a decorated Air Force veteran who had dodged rocket fire in Afghanistan — but was more frightened by his new civilian job.
“He would tell us how scared he was,” said John Rapp, an Air Force buddy who last spoke to Christian Ginesi two days before his death. “He said, ‘It’s not like the Air Force.
It’s not safe out here.’ But he was happy to have a job.”
The Daily News reported Thursday that Ginesi’s employer, New Jersey-based elevator company G-Tech Associates LLC, was not licensed to perform work in the city and is now being investigated by the Department of Buildings.
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
BY BARRY PADDOCK
Friday, May 8, 2015
Ginesi did tours of duty in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan, according to Rapp, who met him when both were deployed in Iraq.
“He would tell us how scared he was,” said John Rapp, an Air Force buddy who last spoke to Christian Ginesi two days before his death. “He said, ‘It’s not like the Air Force.
It’s not safe out here.’ But he was happy to have a job.”
The Daily News reported Thursday that Ginesi’s employer, New Jersey-based elevator company G-Tech Associates LLC, was not licensed to perform work in the city and is now being investigated by the Department of Buildings.
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Sunday, May 10, 2015
Soldier Died in New Jersey Crash
Associated Press
May 7, 2015
HAMILTON – One of four soldiers from upstate New York injured in a military Humvee crash on the New Jersey Turnpike last week has died.
New Jersey state police Capt. Stephen Jones says 25-year-old John Levulis died Thursday at a hospital in Trenton. Levulis was from a town named Eden.
He and the other soldiers were in the last Humvee of a 12-vehicle convoy in Hamilton traveling to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on May 1. Police say a vehicle trying to pass hit the Humvee. read more here
Sunday, March 15, 2015
VA "Candy Land" Pill Push Spread Tragedy
Devastating effect of ‘Candy Land’ VA hospital reach beyond veterans
La Crosse Tribune
Aaron Glantz Center for Investigative
Reporting March 15, 2015
They never made it. Less than a mile from their destination, the buggy was rear-ended by a 1997 Dodge Caravan. The van wasn’t moving fast, but as it passed by, it suddenly swerved, knocking the carriage on its side. Miller and his son, John, were fine. But his wife, Elizabeth, who was cradling 6-week-old Ada Mae, was thrown from the carriage and landed on top of her daughter.
Ada Mae stopped breathing. An autopsy would list the cause of death as “crush injury to the chest.”
A year later, after the driver pleaded guilty to homicide, William Miller wrote to the sentencing judge.
“Words like grief, helplessness, anxiety, fear and lonesomeness come to mind,” he wrote. “I would have scarcely thought it possible such a small infant could have left such a void. And the consequences and results have been far reaching and long lasting.”
At first glance, the 2009 crash that killed Ada Mae would seem to have nothing to do with problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah 60 miles away, which earned the nickname “Candy Land” for its skyrocketing rate of opiate prescriptions. Some veterans called its chief of staff, psychiatrist Dr. David Houlihan, the “Candy Man.” He was in charge for nearly a decade — and was one of the hospital’s top prescribers.
But the man behind the wheel of the Dodge van that day was a Marine Corps veteran, and he was stoned on painkillers and tranquilizers from the Tomah VA. Brian Witkus was a known addict who “would fall or injure himself,” court records say, to get “more pills or a higher dose of medication.” His doctor, Witkus says, was Houlihan.
Ada Mae’s death is one of dozens of tragedies that begin to hint at how the flood of narcotics from the VA scarred this region.
It begins with the veterans themselves, who have become addled and addicted and who have overdosed. The collateral damage ranges from distraught sisters to fatherless children and dead girlfriends.
The ripples do not stop there.
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Driver gets prison time in fatal buggy crash
La Crosse Tribune
Aaron Glantz Center for Investigative
Reporting March 15, 2015
Others happened when prescription abuse accelerated into heroin addiction. This progression, seen around the country, contributes to a fatal overdose rate among VA patients that the agency’s researchers have pegged at twice the national average.On a clear August morning, Amish carpenter William Miller and his family climbed into their black horse-drawn buggy and headed out to the nearest big-box store, a 16-mile journey from their central Wisconsin farm that takes them two hours.
They never made it. Less than a mile from their destination, the buggy was rear-ended by a 1997 Dodge Caravan. The van wasn’t moving fast, but as it passed by, it suddenly swerved, knocking the carriage on its side. Miller and his son, John, were fine. But his wife, Elizabeth, who was cradling 6-week-old Ada Mae, was thrown from the carriage and landed on top of her daughter.
Ada Mae stopped breathing. An autopsy would list the cause of death as “crush injury to the chest.”
A year later, after the driver pleaded guilty to homicide, William Miller wrote to the sentencing judge.
“Words like grief, helplessness, anxiety, fear and lonesomeness come to mind,” he wrote. “I would have scarcely thought it possible such a small infant could have left such a void. And the consequences and results have been far reaching and long lasting.”
At first glance, the 2009 crash that killed Ada Mae would seem to have nothing to do with problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah 60 miles away, which earned the nickname “Candy Land” for its skyrocketing rate of opiate prescriptions. Some veterans called its chief of staff, psychiatrist Dr. David Houlihan, the “Candy Man.” He was in charge for nearly a decade — and was one of the hospital’s top prescribers.
But the man behind the wheel of the Dodge van that day was a Marine Corps veteran, and he was stoned on painkillers and tranquilizers from the Tomah VA. Brian Witkus was a known addict who “would fall or injure himself,” court records say, to get “more pills or a higher dose of medication.” His doctor, Witkus says, was Houlihan.
Ada Mae’s death is one of dozens of tragedies that begin to hint at how the flood of narcotics from the VA scarred this region.
It begins with the veterans themselves, who have become addled and addicted and who have overdosed. The collateral damage ranges from distraught sisters to fatherless children and dead girlfriends.
The ripples do not stop there.
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Driver gets prison time in fatal buggy crash
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Airman in Mississippi For Surgery Killed By Truck
Jacksonville veteran dies at 22
First Coast News
Laura Caso
February 25, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A young Jacksonville veteran was killed hundreds of miles away from home over the weekend.
First Coast News
Laura Caso
February 25, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A young Jacksonville veteran was killed hundreds of miles away from home over the weekend.
Melvin Dallas III, 22, was hit and killed by a tractor trailer late Sunday night.
Karan Dallas is Melvin's mother. She says she feels '"empty inside." It's the last word Isaiah could get out when we asked him to describe his older brother. Melvin was in Mississippi for an eye surgery at the Air Force base there, but he never made it to surgery day.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Police Searching For Driver Who Left Vietnam Veteran to Die on Street
Police still seeking public’s help solving hit-and-run that killed vet
WJCL News
By Christopher Buchanan
Published: January 20, 2015
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) — Investigators with the Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) were back on the scene of a fatal hit-and-run Tuesday morning. Crews worked to gather more information on the crime in hopes of solving the accident which killed a Bronze Star-awarded veteran who was just passing through.
And with a $100,000 now on the line from family, friends and Crimestoppers, officials are still hoping that someone at the busy section of Abercorn saw something that will lead to the driver’s arrest. “Our father was killed by someone’s recklessness and we are eager to have that person identified so that they cannot bring harm to others,” said Deb Meyer Cohen and Susan Meyer Ross.
“We also know there is healing power in taking responsibility and asking for forgiveness, and we are hoping whoever committed this crime will step forward and accept responsibility for their actions.” Peter J. Meyer, a Vietnam veteran on his way home to Florida when he stopped for the night in Savannah. He was struck and killed on Abercorn about a block south of DeRenne on Jan. 4 while crossing the street after dinner.
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WJCL News
By Christopher Buchanan
Published: January 20, 2015
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) — Investigators with the Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) were back on the scene of a fatal hit-and-run Tuesday morning. Crews worked to gather more information on the crime in hopes of solving the accident which killed a Bronze Star-awarded veteran who was just passing through.
And with a $100,000 now on the line from family, friends and Crimestoppers, officials are still hoping that someone at the busy section of Abercorn saw something that will lead to the driver’s arrest. “Our father was killed by someone’s recklessness and we are eager to have that person identified so that they cannot bring harm to others,” said Deb Meyer Cohen and Susan Meyer Ross.
“We also know there is healing power in taking responsibility and asking for forgiveness, and we are hoping whoever committed this crime will step forward and accept responsibility for their actions.” Peter J. Meyer, a Vietnam veteran on his way home to Florida when he stopped for the night in Savannah. He was struck and killed on Abercorn about a block south of DeRenne on Jan. 4 while crossing the street after dinner.
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Family Raising Money to Bury National Guardsman
The Detroit News
Ursula Watson and Tom Greenwood
February 10, 2015
Mount Clemens — Family members of a National Guard veteran who served in Iraq and Kuwait are raising money for his funeral after he was killed in a rollover crash that police say was caused by his friend driving drunk.
Eddie Griffin III, 28, of Warren died Friday in the crash on Interstate 94 in Harrison Township.
Christopher Sereck Buckerfield, 27, was charged Monday in Clinton Township’s 41B District Court with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death and possession of marijuana.
Police say Buckerfield of Clinton Township was westbound on I-94 in his red 2008 Suzuki SX4 when he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll near Shook Road about 11:20 p.m. Responding deputies found Buckerfield and his passenger, Griffin, in the badly damaged vehicle. Griffin, 28, died at the scene.
“I forgive Chris (Buckerfield),” said Griffin’s sister, Candace Griffin, 35. “I don’t see him doing it on purpose. “Any ill will is not going to bring my brother back,” she said. “It just hurts because I miss him.”
Buckerfield was transported to McLaren Hospital for treatment. He was released Saturday and taken to the Macomb County Jail. read more here
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Iraq Veteran Killed Saving Others On Idaho Highway
Hero to the end — Iraq veteran killed while helping car accident victims
Idaho State Journal
By David Ashby
February 1, 2015
On his way to work in the early morning hours of Jan. 19, the 27-year-old was involved in a large pile-up on I-84 near Boise that involved at least eight cars. Visibility was extremely limited due to thick fog and the road was coated in black ice.
“The coroner said the road was so slick you couldn’t even stand on it,” said Jeff Pratt, Kyle’s father.
As Kyle approached the wrecked cars in front of him, he swerved and crashed into the median.
Uninjured, Pratt immediately left his damaged car and started assisting the other crash victims.
But Pratt’s heroics would ultimately cost him his life.
As two cars approached the wreckage, Pratt pushed two people out of harm’s way. One of the vehicles hit Pratt, killing him at the scene.
Idaho State Journal
By David Ashby
February 1, 2015
BLACKFOOT — Kyle Pratt was a hero to the very end.
“The coroner said the road was so slick you couldn’t even stand on it,” said Jeff Pratt, Kyle’s father.
As Kyle approached the wrecked cars in front of him, he swerved and crashed into the median.
Uninjured, Pratt immediately left his damaged car and started assisting the other crash victims.
But Pratt’s heroics would ultimately cost him his life.
As two cars approached the wreckage, Pratt pushed two people out of harm’s way. One of the vehicles hit Pratt, killing him at the scene.
From 2006 to 2010, Pratt served aboard the U.S.S. John C. Stennis supercarrier as a machinist during the Iraq War. Jeff and Suzan, Kyle’s mother, still have his service flag hanging in the front window of their Blackfoot home.
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
Vietnam Veteran Killed Crossing Street, Driver Left Him There
Family of Vietnam veteran killed in Savannah asks hit-and-run driver to come forward
Savannah Now.com
Corey Dickstein
Posted: January 21, 2015
About two weeks after her father was killed in a hit-and-run wreck on Savannah’s southside, Deb Meyer Cohen came to Savannah to ask whoever did it to come forward.
Cohen, of Oakton, Va., spoke to media Wednesday morning at the VFW Post 660 on Ogeechee Road. She described her father, Peter J. Meyer, as a wonderful man who went out of his way to do the right thing.
“He was a very good, noble man,” Cohen said of Meyer, 72, who was found dead about 10:30 p.m. Jan 4 along Aberocrn Street near Twelve Oaks shopping center. “... He would never get dirty; he always did the right thing, even if there was some personal cost to him.
“So one of the things that I’m asking now is for people to do the right thing, to be noble, to be righteous like my dad.”
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Still no arrests in hit and run of decorated war veteran
By Chelsi McDonald
Published: January 21, 2015
Savannah Now.com
Corey Dickstein
Posted: January 21, 2015
Meyer is survived by his wife of 50 years, Phyllis Caponetti Meyer; his daughters, Cohen and Sue Meyer Ross, of Brookline, Mass.; and five grandchildren.
“The fact that he lost his life in this violent way, crossing the street, just seems not right and unjust,” she said. “It seems really disrespectful to a man who gave so much to his country and to his community. That’s just one of the reasons my family and I hope to get some answers to what happened (and) to have somebody step forward and take responsibility.”
About two weeks after her father was killed in a hit-and-run wreck on Savannah’s southside, Deb Meyer Cohen came to Savannah to ask whoever did it to come forward.
Cohen, of Oakton, Va., spoke to media Wednesday morning at the VFW Post 660 on Ogeechee Road. She described her father, Peter J. Meyer, as a wonderful man who went out of his way to do the right thing.
“He was a very good, noble man,” Cohen said of Meyer, 72, who was found dead about 10:30 p.m. Jan 4 along Aberocrn Street near Twelve Oaks shopping center. “... He would never get dirty; he always did the right thing, even if there was some personal cost to him.
“So one of the things that I’m asking now is for people to do the right thing, to be noble, to be righteous like my dad.”
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Still no arrests in hit and run of decorated war veteran
By Chelsi McDonald
Published: January 21, 2015
Monday, November 17, 2014
Driver with Cell Phone- Killed Iraq Veteran and Daughter Committed Suicide
Distracted driving tragedies hit family twice as daughter, 22, commits suicide seven years after surviving collision which killed her war veteran father
Maxine Zamora had survived after a distracted driver plowed into the car she was traveling in with her father Javier Zamora in 2007
The Iraq war veteran died en route to the hospital after suffering massive head trauma during the collision in California
Ms Zamora died from a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said
She leaves behind her husband Craig and two-year-old daughter Faith
Maxine's mother said: 'Maxine struggled through high school and through her marriage and even through her ''mommyhood'' with the loss of not having her daddy there'
Daily Mail
By LOUISE BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 17 November 2014
A young married mother has taken her own life after struggling for years to come to terms with the death of her beloved war veteran father in a car crash.
Maxine Zamora, 22, died after shooting herself in the head at her Texas home on October 14, investigators said.
Ms Zamora survived in 2007 when a distracted driver plowed into the car she was traveling in with her father Javier Zamora. The Iraq war veteran, 40, died en route to the hospital after suffering massive head wounds during the collision in California.
Maxine Zamora had survived after a distracted driver plowed into the car she was traveling in with her father Javier Zamora in 2007
The Iraq war veteran died en route to the hospital after suffering massive head trauma during the collision in California
Ms Zamora died from a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said
She leaves behind her husband Craig and two-year-old daughter Faith
Maxine's mother said: 'Maxine struggled through high school and through her marriage and even through her ''mommyhood'' with the loss of not having her daddy there'
Daily Mail
By LOUISE BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 17 November 2014
Seven years after losing her veteran father, Javier Zamora, in a car crash in California, his daughter Maxine (pictured) committed suicide last month after never recovering emotionally from the trauma
A young married mother has taken her own life after struggling for years to come to terms with the death of her beloved war veteran father in a car crash.
Maxine Zamora, 22, died after shooting herself in the head at her Texas home on October 14, investigators said.
Ms Zamora survived in 2007 when a distracted driver plowed into the car she was traveling in with her father Javier Zamora. The Iraq war veteran, 40, died en route to the hospital after suffering massive head wounds during the collision in California.
The crash happened after a female driver took her eyes off the road as she tried to pick up her cell phone which had slid under a seat.
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Suicide Left Veterans Running for Cover Orlando VA But Media Killed Story
UPDATE
One veteran killed himself at the Orlando VA in the parking lot with a gun in one of the busiest VA facilities. His story was boiled down to a couple of paragraphs by our media.
Any idea how this story should have been important enough to actually know what happened? Do the veterans at the VA on Monday morning deserve answers as to why they ended up running for cover when this happened?
There is something really wrong in this state. After all, Florida has the 3rd highest veterans population in the country yet so few reporters take the time to cover their news. They should matter a lot more than they do all the time but the story of one of them falling so far thru the cracks he killed himself at the VA leaves veterans wondering if they matter at all.
One veteran died in an accident in New York. His story was covered on over 2 pages. Here's the story on the accident in New York.
News on veteran suicide at Orlando VA had been buried in a report about McDonald coming to Orlando.We've been searching for updates since Monday when a veteran at the Orlando VA was calming waiting for his appointment according to a witness, then ended up freaked out soon afterwards. He went into the parking lot, got his gun and killed himself. There are no updates. No one at the VA is talking and some employees don't even know what happened.
One veteran killed himself at the Orlando VA in the parking lot with a gun in one of the busiest VA facilities. His story was boiled down to a couple of paragraphs by our media.
Any idea how this story should have been important enough to actually know what happened? Do the veterans at the VA on Monday morning deserve answers as to why they ended up running for cover when this happened?
There is something really wrong in this state. After all, Florida has the 3rd highest veterans population in the country yet so few reporters take the time to cover their news. They should matter a lot more than they do all the time but the story of one of them falling so far thru the cracks he killed himself at the VA leaves veterans wondering if they matter at all.
One veteran died in an accident in New York. His story was covered on over 2 pages. Here's the story on the accident in New York.
Wrong turn leads to death for Vietnam veteran
Riverdale Press
By Tanisia Morris
Posted 10/1/14
Douglas ‘Dovid’ Kaplan, 63, and his wife Malkah, last May, prepare to raise a new American flag they are donating to their synagogue, the Lincoln Park Jewish Center, in Yonkers.A Vietnam War veteran was killed in a tragic wrong-way crash on the Major Deegan Expressway last week.
At the time of his death, Mr. Kaplan, a husband and father of two, was reportedly on his way to a treatment session for post-traumatic stress disorder at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center at 130 West Kingsbridge Road, where he was once employed.
Police said that on Sept. 23 at around 7 a.m., 63-year-old Douglas “Dovid” Kaplan of Yonkers was involved in a collision while attempting to get onto the Major Deegan Expressway.
According to police, Mr. Kaplan was driving his gray Toyota Camry the wrong way up the exit ramp at East 233rd Street and Jerome Avenue when his car sideswiped another vehicle and then struck a Department of Transportation truck.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Veteran Committed Suicide in Texas Traffic
UPDATE
East Texas veteran who took own life ‘just couldn’t go on’
Longview News Journal
By Bridget Ortigo
Sep 17, 2014
Sederick Hill, a 14-year U.S. Army veteran who suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, had expressed his frustration to family members about the lengthy process he was going through to receive help before he took his own life Friday.
Hill’s younger sister, Shakorey Kelley, said she had pleaded with her brother to seek help before Hill left the family’s home by foot Friday night and walked into an oncoming car on Texas 149 in Lakeport. Pct. 3 Justice of the Peace Talyna Carlson ruled the death a suicide.
“He talked about how much of a hassle it was to cross state lines and go fill out paperwork at the VA (Veterans Affairs) clinic in Louisiana, and then come back to Longview and fill out more paperwork before seeing a doctor,” Kelley said.
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about 20 percent of veterans, including those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the Gulf and Vietnam wars, have been diagnosed with PTSD.
“We lose 22 veterans every day to suicide. That’s one person every 65 minutes,” Veteran Outreach Coordinator Lori Thomas with East Texas Veteran’s Resource Center said. “We have supported them while they were deployed, and we need to support them when they come home.”
September is observed as National Suicide Prevention Month, Thomas said.
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Police: Veteran suffering from PTSD jumps into traffic, dies on Texas 149
News Journal Longview Texas
September 14, 2014
Authorities say a 34-year-old military veteran was killed when he walked into traffic late Friday on Texas 149 south of Lakeport.
Lakeport police and Gregg County sheriff’s deputies were called earlier Friday to check on the welfare of a man walking along Texas 149, said Lt. Kirk Haddix of the Gregg County Sheriff's Office.
The man was in a car with family members along Texas 149 when he began threatening to commit suicide.
The car pulled over, and the man left the car as his family called 911, Haddix said.
A few minutes after two police units and deputies arrived, officers tried to calm the man down.
The man then jumped in the way of an oncoming car and was killed instantly, Haddix said.
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UPDATE
East Texas veteran who took own life ‘just couldn’t go on’
Longview News Journal
By Bridget Ortigo
Sep 17, 2014
Sederick Hill, a 14-year U.S. Army veteran who suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, had expressed his frustration to family members about the lengthy process he was going through to receive help before he took his own life Friday.
Hill’s younger sister, Shakorey Kelley, said she had pleaded with her brother to seek help before Hill left the family’s home by foot Friday night and walked into an oncoming car on Texas 149 in Lakeport. Pct. 3 Justice of the Peace Talyna Carlson ruled the death a suicide.
“He talked about how much of a hassle it was to cross state lines and go fill out paperwork at the VA (Veterans Affairs) clinic in Louisiana, and then come back to Longview and fill out more paperwork before seeing a doctor,” Kelley said.
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about 20 percent of veterans, including those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the Gulf and Vietnam wars, have been diagnosed with PTSD.
“We lose 22 veterans every day to suicide. That’s one person every 65 minutes,” Veteran Outreach Coordinator Lori Thomas with East Texas Veteran’s Resource Center said. “We have supported them while they were deployed, and we need to support them when they come home.”
September is observed as National Suicide Prevention Month, Thomas said.
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News Journal Longview Texas
September 14, 2014
Authorities say a 34-year-old military veteran was killed when he walked into traffic late Friday on Texas 149 south of Lakeport.
Lakeport police and Gregg County sheriff’s deputies were called earlier Friday to check on the welfare of a man walking along Texas 149, said Lt. Kirk Haddix of the Gregg County Sheriff's Office.
The man was in a car with family members along Texas 149 when he began threatening to commit suicide.
The car pulled over, and the man left the car as his family called 911, Haddix said.
A few minutes after two police units and deputies arrived, officers tried to calm the man down.
The man then jumped in the way of an oncoming car and was killed instantly, Haddix said.
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UPDATE
U.S. Army veteran struggling with PTSD struck by car along Highway 149
By KLTV Digital Media Staff
Posted: Sep 12, 2014
GREGG COUNTY, TX (KLTV)
A horrifying scene as a former serviceman, believed to be suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), threw himself into oncoming traffic right in front of family and law enforcement officers.
It happened around 10 p.m. Friday night south of Longview on Highway 149, near the Ned Williams Elementary School in Lakeport. It was a scene investigators say no one could have possibly foreseen.
Detectives say 34-year-old Cederick Hill, of Killeen, was traveling with family members along Highway 149, when he began threatening to commit suicide.
Pulling onto the roadside, Hill exited the vehicle and his family called 9-1-1.
"Family members had called in and said that Cederick was having some issues threatening suicide, possibly issues related to PTSD when he was in the war," said Lieutenant Kirk Haddix of the Gregg County Sheriff's Office.
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Friday, August 8, 2014
Connecticut National Guard accident leaves one dead, one injured
Soldier Killed, Second Injured When Army National Guard Truck Crashes
Hartford Courant
By NICHOLAS RONDINONE and KELLY GLISTA
August 8, 2014
HARTFORD — No charges had been filed as of Friday afternoon in an motor vehicle accident that killed a Connecticut Army National Guard solider and injured another on I-95 in Rye, N.Y., New York State Police said.
The Army National Guard 21/2-ton truck and a civilian vehicle, driven by Odson Meritle, 40, of Stamford, were southbound I-95 in Westchester County when they crashed near Exit 21 at 10:22 a.m., New York State Police said.
A National Guard spokesman said Friday that Staff Sgt. Ronald Patterson Jr., of Bridgeport, was killed in the crash. Sgt. 1st class Kayla Anne Downey, of Shelton, was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Hartford Courant
By NICHOLAS RONDINONE and KELLY GLISTA
August 8, 2014
HARTFORD — No charges had been filed as of Friday afternoon in an motor vehicle accident that killed a Connecticut Army National Guard solider and injured another on I-95 in Rye, N.Y., New York State Police said.
The Army National Guard 21/2-ton truck and a civilian vehicle, driven by Odson Meritle, 40, of Stamford, were southbound I-95 in Westchester County when they crashed near Exit 21 at 10:22 a.m., New York State Police said.
A National Guard spokesman said Friday that Staff Sgt. Ronald Patterson Jr., of Bridgeport, was killed in the crash. Sgt. 1st class Kayla Anne Downey, of Shelton, was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Monday, May 19, 2014
Soldier stationed in Germany killed on autobahn
Report: Soldier from Saginaw died in fiery crash on German autobahn
MLIVE Michigan
Brad Devereaux
May 19, 2014
SAGINAW, MI — A soldier from Saginaw was killed in Germany when the sport utility vehicle he was riding in struck the divider on the autobahn, crashed and caught on fire, according to a report by Stars and Stripes, a news organization reporting on the U.S. Military community.
Sgt. Kamien A. Stanford, 28, was born in Saginaw and graduated from Saginaw High School in 2003, according to his paid obituary. He was living in Ansbach, Germany, according to his obituary.
One of three other soldiers with Stanford was driving at the time, according to a report from German police, Stars and Stripes reports.
Stanford died at the scene of the May 11 accident, the report states.
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MLIVE Michigan
Brad Devereaux
May 19, 2014
Sgt. Kamien A. Stanford, 28, was born in Saginaw and graduated from Saginaw High School in 2003, according to his paid obituary. He was living in Ansbach, Germany, according to his obituary.
One of three other soldiers with Stanford was driving at the time, according to a report from German police, Stars and Stripes reports.
Stanford died at the scene of the May 11 accident, the report states.
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Iraq Veteran Killed Hours Before Graduation
Iraq War veteran from Lemont killed in crash hours before college graduation
Chicago Tribune
By Kim Geiger
Tribune reporter
May 18, 2014
Paul Davidson III was just hours away from receiving his degree in architecture from the University of Illinois when he was killed Friday night in a traffic accident.
Davidson, 30, originally of Lemont, was riding his motorcycle down an Urbana street when he was struck by a car and killed, according to police reports.
He was on his way to have his hair cut before his Saturday graduation ceremony, said his mother, Corinne Davidson.
An Iraq War veteran and motorcycle enthusiast, Davidson was an honor student with a passion for architecture, his mother said.
“You should see some of the models this kid has done,” Davidson said of her son. “He has designed the most gorgeous stuff. He was just something else.”
Even during his time in the Marines, Davidson’s interest in architecture guided his work. While in Fallujah in 2005, he was assigned to a combat engineering unit, which specialized in buildings, his mother said.
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Chicago Tribune
By Kim Geiger
Tribune reporter
May 18, 2014
Iraq war veteran Paul Davidson III when he graduated the Marine Corps basic training.
(Family photo)
Paul Davidson III was just hours away from receiving his degree in architecture from the University of Illinois when he was killed Friday night in a traffic accident.
Davidson, 30, originally of Lemont, was riding his motorcycle down an Urbana street when he was struck by a car and killed, according to police reports.
He was on his way to have his hair cut before his Saturday graduation ceremony, said his mother, Corinne Davidson.
An Iraq War veteran and motorcycle enthusiast, Davidson was an honor student with a passion for architecture, his mother said.
“You should see some of the models this kid has done,” Davidson said of her son. “He has designed the most gorgeous stuff. He was just something else.”
Even during his time in the Marines, Davidson’s interest in architecture guided his work. While in Fallujah in 2005, he was assigned to a combat engineering unit, which specialized in buildings, his mother said.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Alaska Based Spc. Shawn N. Bounds Died in Accident
Soldier from Tyler dies in Alaska rollover
NBC KETK
May 12, 2014
BUTTE, ALASKA (KETK) — A U.S. Army Alaska paratrooper died early Saturday from injuries sustained in a vehicle rollover accident in the Knik River Public Use Area near Butte, Alaska.
According to Media Relations Chief John Pennell, Spc. Shawn N. Bounds, 23, of Tyler, was taken by emergency responders to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, shortly after the incident took place. He was pronounced dead at around 4:10 a.m.
Bounds was a fire support specialist assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.
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NBC KETK
May 12, 2014
According to Media Relations Chief John Pennell, Spc. Shawn N. Bounds, 23, of Tyler, was taken by emergency responders to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, shortly after the incident took place. He was pronounced dead at around 4:10 a.m.
Bounds was a fire support specialist assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.
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Monday, May 5, 2014
Iraq Veteran Killed Helping Strangers in Florida
WTSP
Sarah Hagen
May 5, 2014
Apollo Beach, Florida -- A Ruskin man who survived multiple tours of duty overseas died while helping strangers on US-41 in Apollo Beach.
That stretch of road is dark and dangerous with no shoulder and no lights along the side. Florida Highway Patrol authorities say 32-year-old Chad Ries stopped in the road when he saw some other people in need of help. That's when a passing car hit and killed him.
Extended family member Don Sarrica says, "He always helped everybody out. Always treated everyone fair, went out of his way, even if he didn't know them."
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
Trooper Chelsea Renee Richard killed in line of duty
FHP trooper, tow-truck driver killed in multicar crash on I-75 near Ocala
Orlando Sentinel
By Kevin P. Connolly and Desiree Stennett, Staff Writers
May 3, 2014
A nine-year veteran of the Florida Highway Patrol and a tow-truck driver were killed in a crash Saturday on Interstate 75 near Ocala.
Trooper Chelsea Renee Richard, 30, stopped near mile marker 341 on southbound I-75 at 1:40 p.m. after two cars crashed in the area. Both cars were pulled off the highway onto the shoulder.
About 20 minutes later, as Richard was talking with the tow-truck driver, John Duggan, 57, of Levy County, another multi-vehicle crash happened in the same area.
After a seven-vehicle pileup, the driver of a southbound pickup traveled onto the east shoulder where the trooper stood with Duggan and a third man, George Robert Phillip, 52, of Ocala.
The pickup struck Richard, Duggan and Phillip. Both Richard, an Ocala resident who had a 4-year-old son, and Duggan were killed at the scene. Phillip remained in critical conditon at Ocala Regional Hospital late Saturday.
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Orlando Sentinel
By Kevin P. Connolly and Desiree Stennett, Staff Writers
May 3, 2014
A nine-year veteran of the Florida Highway Patrol and a tow-truck driver were killed in a crash Saturday on Interstate 75 near Ocala.
Trooper Chelsea Renee Richard, 30, stopped near mile marker 341 on southbound I-75 at 1:40 p.m. after two cars crashed in the area. Both cars were pulled off the highway onto the shoulder.
About 20 minutes later, as Richard was talking with the tow-truck driver, John Duggan, 57, of Levy County, another multi-vehicle crash happened in the same area.
After a seven-vehicle pileup, the driver of a southbound pickup traveled onto the east shoulder where the trooper stood with Duggan and a third man, George Robert Phillip, 52, of Ocala.
The pickup struck Richard, Duggan and Phillip. Both Richard, an Ocala resident who had a 4-year-old son, and Duggan were killed at the scene. Phillip remained in critical conditon at Ocala Regional Hospital late Saturday.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Marine Lance Cpl. Cory Coumbes dies in car crash
Marine Lance Cpl. Cory Coumbes dies in car crash
The Desert Sun
Brett Kelman and Colin Atagi
April 15, 2014
Another Twentynine Palms Marine is injured in a separate crash on Highway 62.
A High Desert Marine was killed in a car crash in Twentynine Palms early Saturday. One day later, another crash in the neighboring city of Joshua Tree left a military policeman severely injured and fatally wounded his wife.
Lance Cpl. Cory Coumbes, 24, a rifleman stationed at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, was killed in a two-car collision at the intersection of Lear Avenue and Two Mile Road about 3 a.m. Saturday. Coumbes was a passenger in a Kia Soul hit broadside by a Honda Fit that ran a stop sign, said Cindy Bachman, public information officer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
The Desert Sun
Brett Kelman and Colin Atagi
April 15, 2014
Another Twentynine Palms Marine is injured in a separate crash on Highway 62.
A High Desert Marine was killed in a car crash in Twentynine Palms early Saturday. One day later, another crash in the neighboring city of Joshua Tree left a military policeman severely injured and fatally wounded his wife.
Lance Cpl. Cory Coumbes, 24, a rifleman stationed at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, was killed in a two-car collision at the intersection of Lear Avenue and Two Mile Road about 3 a.m. Saturday. Coumbes was a passenger in a Kia Soul hit broadside by a Honda Fit that ran a stop sign, said Cindy Bachman, public information officer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
The following day, another car crash, this time along Highway 62 in Joshua Tree, left five people hospitalized, including Angela G. Matthews, 25, who died Tuesday afternoon from her injuries.
Her husband Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Matthews, a 28-year-old military policeman stationed in Twentynine Palms was wounded in the crash as was the couple's 1-year-old daughter.
One week prior to that crash, a third Marine, Cpl. Elmer VanHoorebeke Jr., died in a motorcycle collision in Joshua Tree National Park.
All three crashes occurred within three weeks of an extensive, three-day Desert Sun series on the untimely deaths of local Marines.
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