Mother and Daughter Killed in Crash
Tamika Thornton, 32, and her 12-year-old daughter were killed in a car accident Friday afternoon in East St. Louis, Illinois. The crash occurred at around 2 p.m. Thornton was turning north onto 79th Street from St. Clair Avenue, when her Suburban was hit by a second vehicle which was heading west on St. Clair. Thornton’s …
Police Officer Killed in Bloomingdale
Raymond Murrell, 27, of the Bloomingdale Police Department, was killed in a car accident Thursday night while responding to a crime. Murrell, who was in his first year on the force, crashed at approximately 9:30 p.m. He was the only person in his vehicle, a police SUV with its lights on at the time of …
Hit-And-Run Injures Four in Los Angeles
Four people were critically injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Jefferson Boulevard in South Los Angeles, near the campus of the University of Southern California. The crash occurred at 12:30 on Friday morning. Two vehicles traveling west on Jefferson Boulevard near Orchard Avenue collided. Both vehicles then lost control, with one hitting a tree and …
Semi Crash Kills One
Mark Matthews, age 20, was killed last Thursday after an accident on Highway 99 near Rosedale Highway. Matthews, a Bakersfield resident, was a passenger in a white Cadillac traveling southbound when it was hit by a semi truck at around 1:09 p.m. An autopsy revealed that he had died of “multiple blunt force traumatic injuries.” …
Man Killed on 241 Toll Road in Anaheim
A 76-year-old man was killed last Friday on the northbound 241 toll road in Anaheim, near the 91 freeway. The dead man was identified as Lamont Burrell of Tustin. Although the circumstances surrounding the accident are somewhat confused, it appears to have begun some time before noon, when Burrell’s vehicle collided with a Honda Civic. …
Single-Car Crash in Naperville Claims Life
A man was killed in a single-car crash in Naperville, Illinois, on Thursday afternoon. The man, a 65-year-old native of Bolingbrook, was killed when his 2015 Kia Optima, traveling east on Ogden Avenue, veered into opposing lanes and struck a pole. He was trapped inside his vehicle following the crash. After being rescued, he was …
