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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

1 WOMAN DRIVER KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH WITH 18-WHEELER ON FM 2978 NEAR TAMINA ROAD IN TEXAS















JUNE 8, 2015

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS

A Magnolia woman was killed in a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler on FM 2978 near Tamina Road.

Jenna Christine Beasley, 24, was northbound on FM 2978 about 10:20 p.m. Sunday when her Nissan Acura sedan crossed the center line, Department of Public Safety troopers told the Montgomery County Police Reporter.

The Nissan crossed into the path of a southbound tanker truck carrying crude oil, The Police Reporter said. Due to the guard rails on both sides of the road, the truck driver, a 53-year-old Pasadena man, could not avoid hitting Beasley's car, according to the publication.

Beasley, who was pinned in her car, was pronounced dead at the scene and was taken to the Montgomery County Forensic Center for an autopsy, the Police Reporter said. The truck driver was not injured.

The truck did not lose its load, but about 100 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from ruptured fuel tanks, requiring the presence of a haz mat team, the paper said. 
Source: http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com

1 Woman driver killed in semi-truck and van head-on collision in El Dorado, Kansas


JUNE 9, 2015 

EL DORADO, KANSAS
 

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article23565751.html#storylink=cpy

1 Woman Driver Killed in Hartly, Del. Head-on Crash


JUNE 8, 2015

HARTLY, Del.

The Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal crash south of Hartly that killed one person and left another injured Monday afternoon.

Police say it happened just before 2:15 on Hazlettville Road near Pearsons Corner Road.

Preliminary investigation shows Angela Fugate, 37, of Hartly, was driving eastbound on Hazletville Road when her car crossed into the westbound lanes as it rounded a moderate curve. 

Troopers say Anthony Dellraria, 68, of Camden, was driving westbound and struck the side of Fugate's car as it crossed in front of him. 

According to police, both vehicles spun out and came to a stop in the middle of the road.

Fugate, who troopers say was not wearing her seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Dellraria was transported by EMS to Kent General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Delaware State Police say Hazlettville Road east of Pearsons Corner Road was closed for around three hours while the crash was cleared.

The Collision Reconstruction Unit is continuing to investigate.

1 WOMAN KILLED IN HIGH SPEED CRASH NORTH OF MILLSBORO, DELAWARE WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL AND HIT A UTILITY POLE




JUNE 9, 2015

MILLSBORO, DEL.

Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened Monday night north of Millsboro.
Investigators said the accident happened around 7:30 p.m., as 22-year-old Jasmine D. Andrews, of Georgetown, was operating a 2003 Ford Taurus, westbound on Mount Joy Road, just east of Gravel Hill Road at an apparent high rate of speed. 

Police said that as Andrews started to negotiate a left curve, the car lost traction and began to spin in a clockwise direction. It eventually went off the road and struck a utility pole on the driver's side, police said.
Troopers said Andrews, who was wearing a seat belt, was trapped in the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene from multiple traumatic injuries.

The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is continuing its investigation into the incident.  

Mount Joy Road, between Gravel Hill and Doc Frame roads, was closed for about three hours as the crash was investigated and cleared.

NEVER SAFE ON THE DEADLY ROADS,: WOMAN KILLED ON I-65 IN LOUISVILLE, KY, AFTER HER VAN WAS REAR-ENDED BY A DRIVER WHO FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL




JUNE 9, 2015

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WHAS11)

A woman was killed along Interstate 65 Tuesday morning, June 9, after a crash near the Brooks exit.

Police said the accident happened around 2 a.m. when a Dodge Challenger rear-ended a Ford van.

Lt. Murdoch, with the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office, said the crash appears to have been caused by a female who fell asleep at the wheel or who was talking on her phone. That female was driving the Dodge Challenger.

Murdoch said she rear ended a maroon Ford van, causing it to lose control and strike an earthen embankment.

Police said the female driver of the van was killed. Murdoch said she was 58-years-old. The two people in the Challenger were not injured.

Murdoch said the female driver of the Challenger is not facing any charges because there are no immediate signs of drugs or alcohol being involved.

The investigation is ongoing.

4 dead, 4 hurt in carbon monoxide poisoning in rural North Dakota home. A propane-fueled water heater being used with a swimming pool was improperly vented.




JUNE 9, 2015
  


A UNIVERSITY STUDENT HAS DIED AFTER FALLING OFF A LADDER AT AN ABANDONED MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN ELEVATOR.



 A small memorial was set outside the abandoned Bunge grain elevator after Emily Roland, a University of Minnesota student, died when she fell in the Como neighborhood elevator in Minneapolis, Minn. The elevator was photographed Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Jeffrey Thompson | MPR News 

The Minneapolis Fire Department said Emily Roland, a University of Minnesota student, died when she fell in the abandoned Bunge grain elevator in the Como neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn. The elevator was photographed Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Jeffrey Thompson | MPR News 


JUNE 8, 2015 

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA



The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified a woman who died after a fall in a Minneapolis grain elevator Saturday.

Emily Roland, 20, of Cottage Grove died from multiple blunt-force injuries. University of Minnesota spokesperson Joe Koktan said Roland was a sophomore enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.

The Minneapolis Fire Department said Roland was in the abandoned grain Bunge elevator in the Como neighborhood of the city when she fell nearly three stories inside the building.

Paul Williams, president of Project for Pride in Living, a non-profit housing developer that bought the elevator in 2006, said addressing security at the Bunge grain elevator is a top priority, something his organization has always taken seriously.



"We've welded some of those doors and windows shut. We've had different coverings over. We've had a fence that's been up that continually gets pulled down or gets cut. We have our own security that four to five times a week actually checks in," he said. "It's an ongoing challenge, and we've been really diligent about it."

In 2006, before Project for Pride in Living bought the elevator, another person died at the site from a similar fall.

Williams said the nonprofit would consider demolishing the grain elevator.
Minneapolis Fire Deputy Chief Todd White said while the structure is standing empty, it will be difficult to keep people out.

"No matter what the owner does, or whoever has it, outside of 24 hour security, they're a curious object to children, young adults, transients," White said. "They get inside and don't realize the dangers and perils."



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WOMAN DIES AFTER FALL IN OLD MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN ELEVATOR

The Associated Press · Minneapolis · Jun 7, 2015 

A woman has died after falling off a ladder at an abandoned Minneapolis grain elevator.

The woman was exploring the Bunge Tower, a vacant grain elevator in Minneapolis' Como neighborhood, when she fell off a ladder, crashed through a wooden floor and plummeted into a 30-foot steel bin Saturday night.

A Minneapolis Fire Department technical crew pulled the woman out around 10:30 p.m. It took an hour and a half for rescuers to bring the woman down the 10-story building, a rescue complicated by rain. She was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, but the fire department says she died from her severe injuries. The woman's name has not been released.

In 2006, a 20-year-old University of Minnesota student died when she fell from the same elevator.

HUSBAND AND WIFE KILLED IN MIAMI COUNTY, KS FIRE





JUNE 9, 2015

MIAMI COUNTY, KS (KCTV)

The identifications aren't expected until Tuesday, but neighbors fear that a Miami County couple died inside their home Monday morning.

Investigators pulled two bodies from the rubble on Monday. No one has heard from Mike and Sandy Jerden since the fire.

Authorities can't say if the couple was home at the time of the fire.

The first body was found about 1:30 p.m., while the second was found just after 5 p.m. Monday.

This comes after a 911 call was received about 7:45 a.m. Monday by the Miami County Sheriff's Office reporting a structure fire in the 3400 block of West 239th Street. Drivers headed by as late as 7:30 a.m. didn't see anything amiss.

Units responded from Louisburg Fire Department, Paola Fire Department, Johnson County Fire District No.2, Miami County EMS and the Miami County Sheriff's Office.

The first arriving units arrived found fire in two buildings and one vehicle involved. The buildings were engulfed in flames. 

Jim Gast desperately tried to save the two inside the burning home. He saw their vehicles outside.

"I just knew that they were probably inside," he recalled.

Gast and another neighbor tried to force the locked back door open.
"We did kick the door in, and we couldn't get in any further because of the flames and the smoke," Gast said. "There was nothing we could do."

He said he felt so helpless, knowing he wanted to help but didn't have the equipment to do so.

Once volunteer firefighters arrived, they helped with the hoses.

The couple has lived in the home for more than a decade. Mike Jerden, who served in the Marines, was known as an excellent drywall man. His friendly wife was well-regarded at a grocery store in Stanley.

"They were good friends, and we hate this to happen to neighbors out here," Gast said.

The Miami County undersheriff said he expects investigators to be on the scene Tuesday as they work to determine a cause.

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June 9, 2015

MIAMI COUNTY, MO (KCTV)

The smiles were more forced Tuesday at the subdued Price Chopper at 151st Street and Metcalf Avenue.

While official confirmation still waits, Sandy Jerden's co-workers believe she and her husband, Mike, were killed in a fire that consumed their home early Monday. Two bodies were pulled from the rubble and identities were expected to be completed on Tuesday, which would allow authorities to notify next of kin.

Authorities are also examining the rubble of the house and the adjacent barn to determine what started the fire.

So many friends and co-workers have called Sandy Jerden's cell phone that the voicemail is now full.

Cheryl Keller, human resource manager for the Price Chopper store where she worked, said everyone is devastated, saying Sandy Jerden was beloved by her co-workers and customers.

"There were no strangers to her, only new friends," Keller said.

Deli manager Brett Evans concurred.

"She knew everybody who walked through and if she didn't know them then she made a point to know them," Evans said.

Sandy Jerden was off Monday. She was exchanging thoughts with a friend via Facebook at 6:42 a.m. Monday. Everything seemed OK with Sandy Jerden joking.

At 7:49 a.m., those in the area seeing the flames and smoke called 911. Neighbors tried to force their way into the home but the smoke was too thick and the flames raged out of control.

A frantic phone call was made to the Price Chopper.

"A neighbor called here looking for her to let her know her house was on fire and we let them know she was not working (Monday) so then we call tried calling and leaving messages," Keller said. "Sandy will be missed by many."