ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN VEHICLE CRASHES EACH YEAR; ANOTHER 50-60,000 DIE FROM DRUG OVERDOSES; GUNS KILL MORE THAN 20,000 EACH YEAR. LIFE IN AMERICA IS GOOD BUT VERY DEADLY IF YOU ARE NOT PLAYING IT SAFE.
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UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 21, 11:50 p.m.
LA CRESTA — Officials have identified a local couple who died in a single-vehicle, fiery wreck in the unincorporated community of La Cresta. Both victims died Monday, Oct. 16, after their vehicle crashed into a metal speaker intercom and two brick pillars at the front gate of private, residential property.
The deadly crash happened on the 20000 block of Avenida De Arboles, between Palo Alto Lane and Corte Jurado.
Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 52-year-old, Dennis Carver and 54-year-old, Lorraine Carver as the couple killed in the fiery crash.
The accident reportedly happened when for an unknown reason, the driver, later identified as Dennis Carver, allowed the couple’s 2010 Mercedes-Benz sedan to leave the roadway along a sweeping curve on Avenida De Arboles, just north of Palo Alto Lane.
CHP’s investigation into the deadly wreck is active and ongoing.
Most likely these two were drunk and/or speeding and crashed their vehicle into the metal gate. Drunks typically have very hard time negotiating curves. This is a fact based on thousands of drunk and speeding-related accidents.
ORIGINAL STORY: LA CRESTA: Two killed in solo-vehicle, fiery wreck
LA CRESTA — Two people died after they were involved in a single-vehicle, fiery crash late Monday evening, Oct. 16. The deadly accident happened on the 20000 block of Avenida De Arboles, along a sweeping curve between Palo Alto Lane and Corte Jurado, in the unincorporated community of La Cresta, according to California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire officials.
Neither victim has been identified, pending further investigation and notification of the victim’s families.
CHP officers and Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to the accident shortly before 11 p.m., after a passing motorist called 911 to report the fatal crash.
When Highway Patrol and fire officials arrived at the scene, they located a 2010 Mercedes-Benz sedan that had crashed into a metal speaker intercom and two brick pillars at the front gate of private, residential property.
When the car crashed, “it caught on fire and became fully engulfed,” according to CHP Public Information Officer Mike Lassig.
While fire officials extinguished the vehicle blaze, CHP investigated the cause of the deadly crash.
During their investigation, CHP determined the victim’s vehicle had been traveling northbound on Avenida De Arboles, north of Palo Alto Lane, just before the crash.
The collision happened when the vehicle entered into a left curve in the roadway and for an unknown reason, the driver allowed the Mercedes-Benz to leave the east edge of the roadway, where it crashed into the pillars and burst into flames, said Lassig.
Both the 52-year-old male driver and his 54-year-old female passenger sustained fatal injuries as a result of this traffic collision, said Lassig. It was not immediately known how or if the pair were related.
Officials have not yet determined the vehicle’s speed at the time of the deadly crash and CHP’s investigation into the collision is active and ongoing.
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Sunday, October 29, 2017
MURRIETA, California -- A husband and wife from California who survived the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival have since died in an auto crash.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Dennis and Lorraine Carver died after their vehicle crashed into a metal gate outside their community in Riverside County on Oct. 16 and burst into flames.
The Carvers were at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on Oct. 1 when the massacre started. Dennis Carver jumped on top of his wife to shield her from bullets.
The couple managed to run away uninjured.
Brooke Carver, the couple's 20-year-old daughter, says her parents had grown deeper in love in the two weeks after the shooting.
The Carvers had been together for 22 years.
Most likely these two were drunk and/or speeding and crashed their vehicle into the metal gate. Drunks typically have very hard time negotiating curves. This is a fact based on thousands of drunk and speeding-related accidents.
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They couldn’t live without each other.
When Dennis Carver realized the loud cracks weren’t fireworks but instead rapid gunfire, he jumped on top of his wife, Lorraine Carver, to shield her from the bullets.
“That’s just the kind of love they had for each other,” Brooke Carver, the couple’s oldest daughter, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “Their love was selfless.”
Minutes earlier, the couple had been line dancing and singing along to country performer Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on Oct. 1.
It was during the third or fourth lull in gunfire when the two got up, hand in hand, and started running. They ran for their lives and didn’t stop until they got out uninjured, their daughter said.
Two days after the shooting attack, the couple, who lived in Henderson part time and owned a plumbing company, returned to their Riverside County home in California.
They would go on to spend the next two weeks more in love than ever with each other and with life.
“After the shooting, they heard from all of the people they cared about most. They were so happy,” said Brooke, 20. “The last two weeks of their lives were really just spent living in the moment.”
But on the night of Oct. 16, the couple’s younger daughter, 16-year-old Madison Carver, heard a loud bang outside her window. When she ran down the street and rounded the corner, a familiar vehicle engulfed in flames came into view. Dennis, 52, and Lorraine, 53, had died together less than half a mile from their home.
According to the Riverside County Fire Department, their vehicle crashed into a metal gate outside their community at 10:50 p.m. on the 20000 block of Avenida De Arboles. It took firefighters nearly an hour to completely put out the fire, the department said in a statement.
‘Little pieces of them’
Where others see a tragedy, the couple’s daughters see a show of love.
If they had to lose both their parents at the same time, they said they’re thankful it happened so close to the time of the Las Vegas massacre.
“We were so relieved when they got out of the shooting alive,” Brooke said. “But I also think we’ve been given little pieces of them that we would’ve never gotten if the shooting hadn’t happened right before they died.”
Their father was strong and independent and always put the people he loved first. Their mother was humble and generous and appreciated the simple things in life — like a hearty laugh or a colorful flower arrangement.
Three days after the shooting, Brooke said she was on the phone with her father. They asked about each other’s days and their plans for the weekend.
“Hey, you think I should get roses or different flowers for your mom?” her dad asked her.
There was no special occasion — no birthday, no anniversary.
“He just wanted to give my mom a reason to smile after the shooting,” she said. “I swear they were more in love those two weeks than the last 20 years.”
Nearly a month later, she said, not a single petal had fallen from the dried-up roses.
“It’s almost as if they’re frozen in time,” her sister added. “We’re so lucky we have those flowers to remind us of them.”
A week after the fatal crash, another item carrying memories of their 52-year-old father showed up on their doorstep. During the confusion of the shooting, he had lost his phone, but a Las Vegas FBI agent promised to ship the phone to him.
“When we turned it on, all his photos and messages were still there,” Brooke said. “This is how we know they’re looking down and watching over us.”
‘Just the four of us’
The couple had been together for 22 years but waited until their daughters were older to get married. They wanted to share the special day with their girls.
On Aug. 9, 2010, they tied the knot at the Little White Chapel on the north end of the Strip. Their two daughters were the only witnesses.
“It’s always been just the four of us,” Brooke said. “But it never felt lonely because they loved us so much. They were always so happy and full of life.”
Now they’re down to two, but the daughters say they plan to honor their parents’ memory by living by their family motto: We do as we do and we be happy.
“We’ve found some peace in knowing that our parents just loved each other so much that they had to go at the same time,” Madison said. “They couldn’t live without each other.”
Most likely these two were drunk and/or speeding and crashed their vehicle into the metal gate. Drunks typically have very hard time negotiating curves. This is a fact based on thousands of drunk and speeding-related accidents.