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Samantha Alwan, 29, a dedicated firefighter from Plainview, tragically died in a head-on collision early Sunday morning on Interstate 27 in Lubbock. The crash occurred at approximately 6 a.m. near County Road 5100. Authorities reported that a 2014 Ford Escape, driven by a male motorist traveling southbound in the northbound lanes, collided head-on with Alwan’s 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Following the collision, the Ford Escape caught fire. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed that Alwan was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The identity of the male driver…
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a single-car accident that claimed the life of 22-year-old Nehemiah Edison, a resident of Falls Church, Virginia. Authorities reported that the crash occurred early on the morning of Thursday, December 12, 2024. A blue Chevrolet Camaro, traveling north on Interstate 295 near exit 5A onto the I-695 ramp, lost control while navigating a curve. The car veered off the roadway and flipped multiple times. Edison, the driver, suffered critical injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials are urging anyone with information about this incident to contact the police at (202) 727-9099 or…
David Brown, a 47-year-old man, was fatally shot Saturday night in Harlem, as confirmed by the NYPD. Officers responded to a 911 call around 10:56 p.m. reporting a shooting near 2949 Frederick Douglass Boulevard within the 32nd Precinct. Upon arriving, they found Brown suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen. Brown was transported by emergency medical services to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made, and police are actively investigating the incident.
Two men, identified as 35-year-old Erick Segura and 37-year-old Alonso Franco, lost their lives in a tragic multi-vehicle collision early Sunday morning in the Maryvale area of Phoenix. The crash occurred near 73rd Avenue and Indian School Road around 2 a.m. According to police, the incident began when the 28-year-old driver of an eastbound Chevrolet Camaro attempted to change lanes to pass a slower vehicle. While doing so, he oversteered, causing his car to swerve into the westbound lanes and collide head-on with another vehicle. Segura and Franco, who were inside one of the cars, died at the scene. A…
Paul D., 22, tragically ended the life of his former employer, 29-year-old Paul Dekeister, in a brutal attack that occurred on Saturday afternoon in the village of Wormhout, near Dunkirk. The attack, described by local sources as a targeted assassination, took place at Dekeister’s home in front of his wife and two children. The assailant, identified as Paul D., is said to have arrived at Dekeister’s farmhouse around 3 p.m. He shot and killed Dekeister in front of his family. Dekeister had previously employed the suspect in a security role, but the two were reportedly involved in a dispute. Following…
Jacob Reich, a 26-year-old from West Bend, Wisconsin, tragically lost his life in a two-vehicle crash on the night of Friday, December 13, 2024. The accident occurred around 9:46 p.m. on Highway 45 near CTH Y, in the Town of Auburn, Fond du Lac County. Emergency responders, including personnel from Campbellsport and Kewaskum Fire Departments, arrived on scene to assist the victims. Reich was driving a pickup truck southbound on Highway 45 when his vehicle crossed into the northbound lanes and collided head-on with an SUV driven by a 16-year-old female from Campbellsport. Following the crash, the truck rolled multiple…
Rankin County authorities have identified the victim of a deadly pedestrian accident that occurred late Saturday night. Geraldine Coyer, 66, was struck and killed on Airport Road, just north of the Highway 468 intersection, shortly before midnight. Rankin County Coroner David Ruth confirmed the victim’s identity and stated that the circumstances surrounding the incident are still under investigation. Anyone with information about the accident is urged to contact the Mississippi Highway Patrol at (601) 987-1212 or the Rankin County Coroner’s Office at (601) 670-0933.
Charles Robert Casey, a 74-year-old man, tragically lost his life on Friday evening, December 13, 2024, after being struck by a vehicle in Lancaster, Ohio. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. in the 1600 block of East Main Street. When officers arrived, Casey was found unresponsive in the roadway. Emergency responders from the Lancaster Fire Department transported him to the Fairfield Medical Center, where he was later pronounced deceased. The driver responsible for the hit-and-run has not yet been identified, and authorities are actively seeking information about the vehicle involved. Anyone with details is urged to contact Sergeant Dilley to…
Authorities from the Stone County Sheriff’s Department have confirmed that a deadly collision occurred on Friday afternoon in McHenry, Mississippi, involving a pickup truck and a train. The crash happened at the railroad crossing on W McHenry Road near Highway 49. The victim, identified as 30-year-old Charles M. Ladner, was driving the pickup truck at the time of the accident. Stone County Coroner Wayne Flurry reported that Ladner was pronounced dead shortly after the crash. The cause of the collision is still under investigation as officials work to determine what led to the fatal incident.
A devastating single-vehicle accident early Sunday morning on I-24 East in Montgomery County claimed the lives of two teenagers and left another passenger injured. The crash happened near mile marker 3 at approximately 1:17 a.m., with the first 911 call reported a minute earlier. The Tennessee Highway Patrol’s initial investigation revealed that a 2017 Buick LaCrosse was traveling in the second lane of I-24 East when it veered off the road. The vehicle overturned and eventually came to a stop in a wooded area. The victims were identified as 18-year-old Kevion Deshun Lane, the driver, and 18-year-old Katrell Zion Godfrey,…