John Wilkins And Jeanette Wilkins Killed In Oak Cliff Wreck

A two-vehicle crash in West Oak Cliff early Monday morning claimed two lives and injured four, including a pregnant woman and a child. Just before midnight on Sunday, a GMC Terrain carrying five people was stopped at a red light on the 3700 block of W. Davis St. when a Hyundai Santa Fe ran a red light and rear-ended the SUV. Two passengers of the GMC died from injuries sustained in the accident. They were identified as John Wilkins, 55, and Jeanette Wilkins, 57. According to witnesses, one of the passengers was a pregnant woman, who they said had her…

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A 20-year-old Tuscola man is dead after a two-auto crash north of Bradshaw Monday night. The incident occurred at about 8:40 p.m. on Highway 83 near milepost 348 and the intersection of County Road 205. Jason Earl Winegeart was travelling north when he glided onto the southbound lane and collided with another vehicle head-on. Winegeart was taken to Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene where he was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The two passengers in the vehicle that Winegeart's car struck were taken to Hendrick Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. They were identified…

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The crash of a helicopter operated by Dallas-area based CareFlite near Eastland on Sunday injured the pilot and two medics. The 10-year-old Agusta 109 helicopter was on its way to pick up a patient when it crashed at around 9:30 a.m. near County Road 309, less than six miles from the Eastland Municipal Airport, where the patient was waiting. The pilot attempted to redirect to a local airport due to limited visibility caused by bad weather. The company president and CEO Jim Swartz referred to the incident as a "hard landing." The three people on board were pilot Scott Wayne…

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Two female refugee teenagers were killed in an apparent hit and run accident on Sunday. The victims were identified as Irafasha Vestina, 14, and Violette Ntawurusimba, 13. At about 8 p.m. Sunday, the girls were walking to Irafasha's home after having dinner with her brother when a pickup truck hit them. The driver, 19-year-old Gillermo Flores, initially fled the scene but his family turned him in to the police. Flores was jailed Tuesday on $100,000 bond on two counts of causing an accident involving death. No lawyer was listed for him. Police ruled out alcohol as the cause of the…

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A Harris County deputy constable motorcycle officer crashed on the Sam Houston Parkway in west Houston and was injured. The incident occurred at about 11:10 a.m. Monday when David Vickson was heading north on the West Sam Houston Parkway, near the south toll plaza. A driver somewhere ahead of the officer had a blow out and motorists in front of him stopped. Vickson, in an attempt to avoid the vehicle in front of him, swerved, lost control and crashed. He was transported to Memorial Hermann-The Texas Medical Center. Assistant Chief Deputy Randy Johnson of the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's…

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A man was shot dead following an argument with two other men at the parking lot outside Northwest Dallas nightclub early Sunday. The Dallas Police Department said 27-year-old Ruben Riguero-Brito of Rowlett was shot once at 4:40 a.m. outside the Cabaret Royale club in the 10700 block of Composite Drive. Investigators believe the victim’s argument with two other people started inside the club and had spilled outside. Riguero was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital and was later pronounced dead. Riguero was a model, actor and fitness instructor. He was born in Venezuela but lived in Rockwall. In a statement released…

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A Rowlett man was fatally shot following an argument with two other men early Sunday outside a Northwest Dallas club. Ruben Riguero-Brito, 27, was taken to a local hospital where he died. The shooting occurred about 4:45 a.m. Sunday in the 10700 block of Composite Drive in the parking lot of the Fair Room, authorities said. He was shot once in the upper body, a police report said. Police did not release any other details about the shooting, such as the nature of what the men were arguing about. More at DallasNews.com

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On February 15, 2011, ICE Special Agents Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila, Jr. were stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. They were following Orders to pick up boxes of equipment which required them to travel on Highway 57. Mexico Highway 57 is known to be patrolled and controlled by a notorious and ruthless drug cartel known as “Los Zetas”. Ignoring a Written Directive specifying the extraordinary dangers of this area and the concerns expressed by several agents, the supervisors required Jaime and Victor to make this dangerous trip. After picking up the equipment near San Luis Potosi, Agents…

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The Ticket radio personality Sean “Seabass” Bass was injured in a crash on September 21st on Centerville Road that killed his female passenger. The fatal accident happened when a suspected drunk driver in a 2000 Ford Expedition crossed the center line in Centerville Road near Glenbrook in Garland and hit Bass’ vehicle head-on at around 8:20 p.m. Friday. Most of the impact was on the passenger’s side and killed Bass’ passenger, 24-year-old Heather VanHoozer. Both Bass and VanHoozer were transported to Baylor University Medical Center. Bass sustained minor injuries and has been released from the hospital Monday. Osvaldo Cerda, 18,…

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Two men were pronounced dead at the scene of a one-vehicle crash in Gray County early Thursday morning. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said at about 5:45 a.m., a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse was travelling east on U.S. Highway 60 four miles west of Pampa. The rainy condition caused the vehicle to hydroplane, flip on its passenger side and skid into a power pole, crushing the top of the car. The two victims, identified as 28-year-old Marshall Lee Echevarria III and passenger 42-year-old Gary Dee Wallace, were pronounced dead at 7 a.m. Both men were wearing their seat belts.

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