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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Two people were hospitalized following an accident at Koval Lane near Harmon Avenue Monday morning. The accident happened shortly after 2 a.m. Police say the victims, 27-year-old Chris Leichtweiss, who was driving, and 19-year-old Tiffany Nelson, who was a passenger, were riding their moped southbound on Koval, when a vehicle rear-ended them. The impact sent the moped forward approximately 300 to 500 feet and caused Leichtweiss and Nelson to become separated from the bike.
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
An off-duty Marion County sheriff's deputy died Sunday in a motorcycle crash after hitting a pothole and losing control. Eric W. Stofer, 35, from Indianapolis, was riding a silver 2002 Suzuki motorcycle when he struck a pothole on southbound in the 8900 block of Acton Road about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, said Capt. Dave Bursten of the Indiana State Police. The accident occurred just south of Maze Creek Road in the far southeastern corner of Marion County. The motorcycle ended up on top of Stofer after the crash, Bursten said.
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Authorities say a 30-year-old Hinesville man died in an all-terrain-vehicle wreck. Police say Dwayne Cornell Chapman was riding an ATV in Walthourville just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday when he lost control and struck a tree. Police say Chapman wasn’t wearing a helmet and suffered a head injury when he was thrown from the ATV. Chapman was pronounced dead at the scene.