Showing posts with label fatal accident. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fatal accident. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Veteran of Vietnam and Iraq Killed Because Kids Wanted to Race

UPDATE
'He loved his country and his family': Family remembers veteran killed by street racers

Police: Teenage car racers hit and kill respected war veteran
KOMO News
BY MATT MARKOVICH
APRIL 22ND 2016

Gray was a veteran of the Vietnam War. After fighting overseas, he battled cancer and won. It was enough of a motivation for Gray to rejoin the military, serving the combat zone during the Iraq War.
TACOMA, Wash. -- A Vietnam and Iraq War veteran from Spanaway died Thursday following a crash with two cars that police say were street racing.

Rollin Gray, 61, died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma on Thursday after being taken there following the Tuesday night accident.

Pierce County sheriff's deputies say Gray was traveling eastbound on 182st East in Spanaway when two cars came over the horizon at a high rate of speed in the opposite direction.

Deputies say a red 2004 Dodge Stratus, driven by a 16-year-old boy from Spanaway with only a learner's permit, was racing with a black 2004 Acura TSX driven by an 18-year-old man from Spanaway.

"They have taken a man's life who did nothing but give to this country, give to his community, raise a family," said Saxton. "He still has a son who's not even out of high school yet, I believe he's 15-years-old, he's his namesake and now he's left without a father."
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Fatal Accident Claimed Lives of 2 Army Captains in Germany

2 officers killed in Germany car crash had combat experience
Stars and Stripes
By Jennifer H. Svan
Published: April 13, 2016

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The two soldiers killed in a car crash last week near Landstuhl were young Army officers who had served in combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Army has identified the soldiers as Capts. Brandon W. Fuhrman, 30, and Douglas J. Wercinski, 31.

The two were assigned to Headquarters Battery, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, as plans officers, the 10th AAMDC said in a statement.

The soldiers died at the scene of the crash on April 6 on the L363 between Landstuhl and Bann. German police at the time could not determine who was driving the BMW M3, which was found down an embankment in the forest below the road. A woman from Latvia was injured in the crash. One of the men was thrown from the car when it crashed.
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Friday, March 18, 2016

Massachusetts State Trooper Killed In Crash Was Also a Marine Veteran

State trooper, Marine vet killed in crash during traffic stop, driver charged 
Associated Press 
March 17, 2016
Clardy joined the state police in 2005. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He leaves behind a wife and six children.
(Paul Kapteyn/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP)
A Massachusetts State Police trooper who was injured in a car crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike has died.

Forty-four-year-old Thomas Clardy died Wednesday.

Police say Clardy had stopped a car for a traffic violation when his cruiser was hit by another vehicle around noon in Charlton.

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

Fort Campbell Soldier Died After Wife Found Dead

UPDATE: Soldier did U-turn on Interstate before hitting semi
Leaf Chronicle
Stephanie Ingersoll
March 3, 2016

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Clarksville Police say an 18-year-old woman found dead near the state line Wednesday had been assaulted by her husband, who then drove the wrong way on Interstate 24 and died before colliding with a semi.

At about 9:26 a.m., Wednesday officers of the Clarksville Police Department were called for a welfare check at 160 State Line Road, Apartment 13. Arriving officers found 18-year-old Katelyn Thomas (Baldoni) dead inside the apartment.

Investigators say she had been assaulted by her 21-year-old husband, Deashawn Thomas, a soldier at Fort Campbell. Investigators did not say how she was assaulted or whether that led to her death.
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Fort Riley Soldier Died in Iraq

UPDATE
Soldier from Glendale killed in crash while serving in Iraq
Los Angeles Times
Ryan Fonseca
January 30, 2016

An Army sergeant from Glendale serving in Iraq was killed earlier this week in a rollover accident, Army and Department of Defense officials said.
Sgt. Joseph F. Stifter, 30, from Glendale, suffered fatal injuries after his armored vehicle rolled over at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division)
Sgt. Joseph F. Stifter, 30, suffered fatal injuries after his armored vehicle rolled over at Al Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, the DOD confirmed Friday.
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Fort Riley soldier dies in Iraq
WIBW News
Jan 31, 2016

FORT RILEY, Kan. (WIBW) -- A Fort Riley soldier has died on Thursday while serving in Iraq.

Sgt. Joseph F. Stifter died on Thursday from non-combat-related injuries, the post said. 

He was a field artillery cannon crewmember with the 1st Infantry Division Soldier with the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team

"Sgt. Stifter was an exceptional Soldier and leader in our battalion," said Col. Miles Brown, commander of the 2nd ABCT.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of a member of the 'Dagger' family."
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Firefighters in Canada Respond to Fatal Crash, One of Their Own

Firefighters respond to fatal accident involving colleague 
CBC News
 Posted: Jan 19, 2016
"You really don't know what you're going to face when you get there. It could be innocent … or it could be the exact opposite, which unfortunately in this case it was," Fisher told CBC News.
Northern Arm Fire Chief Robert Fisher has been a firefighter for more than 30 years. (Chris Ensing/CBC)
Firefighters in Bay of Exploits are grieving the loss of one of their colleagues after responding to a fatal highway crash near Botwood, in central Newfoundland, Saturday.

Northern Arm Fire Chief Rob Fisher said the deceased was a volunteer fire fighter at the nearby Philips Head fire department — a man that his fire brigade trained with. Fisher said it was one of the toughest calls they've had to deal with, and the next few weeks could be more difficult for the brigade. read more here

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Fort Knox Soldier Charged After Fatal Accident

Fort Knox soldier dies in Friday night crash; another soldier charged with DUI, manslaughter 
WDRB News
Posted: Dec 19, 2015

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One person was killed and two others were seriously hurt after a crash in Radcliff, according to Radcliff Chief of Police Jeff Cross.

Chief Cross tells WDRB the crash happened Friday at 11:15 p.m.

He says a vehicle hit a home in the 900 block of North Logsdon Parkway in Radcliff.
Officials with the Hardin County Coroner's Office say the man killed is Derrick Cleveland 23, of California. He is a soldier currently stationed at Fort Knox.

Chief Cross says no one inside the home was injured, but two people were inside at the time of the crash.
The third passenger, 48-year-old Stanley Crawford, is still at University Hospital. He is a former military member.
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Iraq Veteran Ordered to Put Flowers on Grave After Fatal Crash?

Not sure what to make out of this story. Comment left on the site says she was not drunk at the time of the fatal accident.
Drunken driver ordered to place flowers on victim's grave
By The Associated Press
December 18, 2015
Sloan must also carry a picture of Naylor and place flowers on her grave after she gets out of prison.
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An Iraq war veteran who claims she turned to alcohol to relieve post-traumatic stress disorder has been sentenced to 2 ½ to 5 years in prison crashing and killing another Pennsylvania woman. read more here

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

North Carolina National Guardsman Killed in Crash with Deputies

N.C. National Guard soldier killed in crash with sheriff's deputies
WRAL News
December 6, 2015
SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. —

One National Guard soldier was killed and another injured Saturday night after the men were involved in a crash with two deputies from the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office.

Highway Patrol troopers said that a vehicle occupied by the two soldiers ran a stop sign on N.C. Highway 144 in Laurel Hill and struck a Scotland County Sheriff’s Office vehicle head-on.

The soldier sitting in the passenger’s seat of the vehicle, Andre Nelson, 22, of Lumberton, was killed. Authorities said they believe Nelson was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The other soldier and driver of the vehicle was identified as Rasheed McLain, 24, of Fayetteville. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Twenty Nine Palms Marine Killed In Car Crash

Marine based at 29 Palms killed in car crash
The Desert Sun
Sherry Barkas
November 20, 2015
A Marine based in Twentynine Palms was killed early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash outside of Traver, the California Highway Patrol has confirmed.

Layne Johnson, 19, a private first class armorer with the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 – or VMU-1 – was northbound on Highway 99 in Tulare County when he may have fallen asleep at the wheel, CHP spokesman Officer Scott Harris said Friday.

Johnson's Volkswagen Jetta drifted onto the shoulder and slammed into a guardrail with so much force that the car went airborne.

The car's roof hit a sign about 4 feet off the ground, Harris said.
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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Fort Carson Soldier Died in Training Accident

Fort Carson soldier dies after California Stryker training crash 
The soldier was a member of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team
The Denver Post
By Jesse Paul
09/30/2015

A Fort Carson soldier died Wednesday after a California training accident last week, Army officials said, becoming the second GI from the Mountain Post to die in a Stryker armored-vehicle crash this year.

The soldier, a member of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was injured Sept. 24 in a Stryker rollover crash at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.

Fort Carson officials say the soldier was taken to Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, Calif., for treatment before his death.
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UPDATE
Fort Carson ID's soldier killed in California Stryker training crash
Staff Sgt. Christopher Popham was assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and was injured in a Stryker rollover during training Sept. 24.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Five Camp Pendleton Marines Still Hospitalized in Critical Condition

Five Camp Pendleton Marines still hospitalized in critical condition after accident
Orange County Register
By ERIKA I. RITCHIE STAFF WRITER
September 14, 2015
A Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement similar to the vehicle the Camp Pendleton Marines were using. Four of 18 Marines injured in a rollover accident were listed in critical condition Monday. The 7-ton truck carrying them flipped during training at Camp Pendleton on Thursday, killing one Marine.
COURTESY OF USMC
CAMP PENDLETON – Five Marines remained in critical condition Monday following a rollover accident last week that killed a 21-year-old Marine from Louisiana and injured 18, base officials said.

Four other Marines still in the hospital are in stable condition, said 1st Lt. Colleen McFadden, for the 1st Marine Division. One of those Marines last week was listed in critical condition but has since improved. Nine Marines have been released from hospitals since the accident occured Thursday afternoon.

The Marines are being treated at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo and in San Diego County at Scripps Memorial Hospital, Palomar Medical Center, Sharp Memorial Hospital and Tri-City Medical Center.

The accident occurred when the Marines were being transported in a 7-ton truck known as a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement and were returning from a routine training exercise, McFadden said. Base officials closed down Basilone Road from Camp Las Pulgas to Camp Horno.
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Fort Hood Soldier Life Lost, Fatal Accident

Fort Hood soldier dies in Friday accident 
Killeen Daily Herald
Rachael Riley
August 22, 2015
Killeen police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred Friday evening.

A 21-year-old Fort Hood soldier was pronounced dead at 10:55 p.m. Friday by Justice of the Peace Garland Potvin, authorities said.

Two others were injured.

“The name of the deceased has been withheld pending the notification of their next of kin,” said Carroll Smith, Killeen Police Department spokeswoman, in a news release. “The names of the other occupants have also been withheld due to the severity of the crash.”

According to a preliminary investigation, a dark gray 2007 Ford Mustang driven by the soldier and occupied by a male passenger was traveling westbound on Watercrest at a high rate of speed Friday evening.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Police: Couple "Called for Ride" After Leaving Marine to Die on Road

Police: Couple charged in fatal Raleigh hit-and-run called for a ride home 
News Observer
Thomas McDonald
July 20, 2015
Suspected hit-and-run couple fled their wrecked car after accident.  They used their mobile phones’ GPS to coordinate a meeting place.  The victim was struck by the suspects’ car and a second vehicle
RALEIGH A couple charged with the hit-and-run death of a young Marine on Glenwood Avenue last month drove away and then fled on foot separately, according to a series of search warrants made public Monday.

Investigators think the suspects used their mobile phones to coordinate a meeting place where someone picked them up and drove them away from the crash. The accident happened shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday, June 26, on Glenwood Avenue near Brier Creek.

Nathan Scott Bizzell, 20, of Camp Lejeune had been involved in a crash and had gotten out of his 2012 Ford sedan to check the damage and the other driver. He was struck by a 2006 Honda sedan and another vehicle and later pronounced dead at the scene.
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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Soldier from Colorado Committed Suicide After Fatal Fort Bragg Accident

Troopers: Man commits suicide after fatal Sanford accident 
Greensboro News
Jul 9, 2015

SANFORD — A Colorado man training in Fort Bragg shot himself Thursday in his Sanford residence after authorities took out warrants for his arrest in connection with a fatal one-vehicle crash in Harnett County this week, according to the Highway Patrol.

SHP Lt. Jeff Gordon said Anthony James Pantano, 29, of the 100 block of Wood Run, Sanford, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the Carolina Lakes community around 12:30 p.m.
Pantano had been wanted on charges of felony death by a motor vehicle, felony hit and run, driving while impaired and careless and reckless driving in connection with the Tuesday vehicle wreck that resulted in the death of Allison Elizabeth Bennet, 20, of Adams Street on Fort Bragg. read more here

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Camp Lejeune Marine Killed In North Carolina Accident

Police: Camp Lejeune Marine killed in wreck, two charged
WCTI News
Jun 27 2015

RALEIGH, Wake County - A US Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune was killed Friday night in a car accident according to Raleigh Police.

Police said 20-year-old Nathan Scott Bizzell of Camp Lejeune was driving on Glenwood Avenue Friday around 10 p.m. when he rear ended another car. 

Investigators say Bizzell got out of his car to check on the damage and the other driver.

He was then hit by another car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Fort Hood Soldier Killed In Killeen Accident

Man Struck, Killed After Running Light On Bike At Local Intersection
KWTX News
By: Brandon Marshall

KILLEEN (June 27, 2015)

Michael David Carrasco, 26, who was identified as a Fort Hood soldier, died at a local hospital Saturday after a car struck him as he rode his bicycle through a red light at a Killeen intersection.

The accident happened at around 12:50 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Veteran’s Memorial Boulevard and W.S. Young Drive.
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Friday, June 26, 2015

Fort Knox Soldier Killed Near Fort Campbell

Soldier struck, killed by car near Fort Campbell 
Army Times
By Kevin Lilley, Staff writer
June 26, 2015

A 25-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, was struck and killed by a car in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Tuesday while undergoing training at nearby Fort Campbell.

Sgt. Kenneth Ronald Berry attempted to cross U.S. Route 79 on foot "for an unknown reason," according to a Clarksville Police Department news release, causing the driver of an oncoming SUV to swerve in an attempt to avoid him.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Fort Knox Soldier Killed in Clarksville

Fort Knox soldier hit, killed by SUV in Clarksville
WSMV News
Posted by Kara Apel
Posted: Jun 24, 2015

CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV) - A soldier from Fort Knox who was at Fort Campbell for training was hit and killed by an SUV in Clarksville early Tuesday morning.

According to the Clarksville Police Department, 25-year-old Kenneth Ronald Berry was in the southbound lanes of Wilma Rudolph Boulevard near Terminal Road when he was struck around 12:30 a.m.
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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Vehicle Accident At Fort Hood: Soldier Killed, 3 Injured

Soldier killed in vehicle wreck at Fort Hood training area 
By The Associated Press
June 18, 2015

FORT HOOD, Texas — Military officials say one soldier has been killed and three injured when a vehicle rolled in a Fort Hood training area.

Authorities at the Central Texas post did not immediately release the name of the soldier who died Wednesday or conditions of those hurt. The injured were transported to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center.

Officials also didn't immediately say what type of vehicle wrecked.
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