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Thursday, November 27, 2014Area:
Memphis, TNThe driver of the car, Tyrone Spencer, 36, and passenger, Chenis Jefferies, 23, were killed when their passenger vehicle collided with a semi Thursday at around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and Norfolk Southern Access Road. Spencer was driving west on Highway 72 when they collided with a semi turning left off of the four-lane onto the access road. The semi driver was checked by medical personnel on the scene and released.
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Monday, November 17, 2014Area:
Memphis, TNOne woman died and three other people were injured in a four-vehicle crash Monday morning. Cynthia Simmons, 61, of Blytheville was killed in the accident on Interstate 55 at the 67 mile marker just after 4:30 a.m. Latonya Harvey of Blytheville lost control on ice while trying to stop on a bridge. The vehicle Simmons was driving hit Harvey's vehicle and spun onto the shoulder. Another driver, Avery Jackson of Blytheville, also lost control but managed to stop in the right lane. Anthony Green of Sikeston, MO struck Jackson's vehicle and then hit Simmons.
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Thursday, November 13, 2014Area:
Memphis, TNAt about 5:30am, Patterson lost control of her vehicle on an icy bridge of Highway 64 and collided with a pickup truck, then a concrete barrier, where her vehicle caught fire. A semi-truck then tried to avoid the wreck but ended up hitting the pickup truck and swinging into oncoming traffic, hitting two more vehicles. Patterson was killed, and everyone else involved except for the driver of the semi truck, David Tidd, was hospitalized. Check back for more details as the investigation of this accident continues.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014Area:
Memphis, TNA car crashed into a house in the 2400 block of Vollintine Ave, causing both the car and the home to catch fire. The vehicle was driven by an 11-year-old boy, who reportedly got the car from his uncle. He was brought to a medical center in non-critical condition. The circumstances surrounding the accident are still unknown. No names have been released.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014Area:
Memphis, TNThe coroner in DeSoto County has confirmed four people have died after a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 61. Saturday night's accident occurred around 8:15 in the southbound lanes of the highway. It is not yet known how a vehicle came to be traveling the wrong way on the highway. The coroner confirmed four deaths. It has also been reported that two people suffered critical injuries. Check back for more information as it becomes available.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014Area:
Memphis, TNTwo people died in a car accident on Interstate 40 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Six cars were involved in the crash and at least one of them caught fire. Investigators think the weather and construction on I-40 were factors in the crash. A 13-year-old girl is among those people injured, and is being treated at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.