On Friday night, December 2, a man was killed in a two vehicle crash in Memphis.

According to Police, the accident happened near the intersection of South Third and Raines Road. Brandon K. Alexander, aged 27 was driving a 2000 Buick LeSabre sedan and it was hit on the driver’s side by an 87 year old man driving a 2003 Chevrolet Trail Blazer Sport utility vehicle.

Following the collision, the sport utility vehicle flipped and rolled several times, coming to rest on its roof with the driver trapped inside.

Alexander was killed in the crash and the elderly man was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

Unfortunately there were no witnesses to the crash, but it appears one of the vehicles ran a red light although it is not known which one.

The accident is still under investigation and so far no charges have been filed.

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On Saturday, October 15, two people were killed and one critically injured when a car was hit by a semi trailer on I-55 near Shelby Drive in Memphis.

According to the Memphis Police Department the accident happened at around 3 a.m. when a 2004 Nissan Altima stalled in the middle lane of I-55 heading northbound. It had no lights and a semi-trailer hit the car in the rear causing the female in the back seat to be ejected. She was taken to the Regional Medical Center in extremely critical condition. The two females in the front seats were killed.

Several good Samaritans who stopped were involved in subsequent accidents. The driver of a Honda Civic pulled into the middle lane near the crash site and put on his flashers due to the accident. Another driver traveling on I-55 slid in an attempt to avoid the Honda, lost control, and hit an Infinite G37S, the Honda, and finally a Ford Expedition.

None of those involved in the other accidents, nor the driver of the semi-trailer sustained injuries.

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On Saturday night, July 9, a teen from Lewisburg was killed in a single vehicle accident.

According to authorities, the accident happened shortly before midnight, on Interstate 55 near the Mississippi Department of Transportation weigh station. A late model BMW Mini Cooper, being driven by a female driver with two passengers, one male and one female hydroplaned due to a heavy downpour on the Interstate and flipped over, ending up between two trees.

Sixteen year old Ronnie Zelaya, of Olive Branch was the male passenger in the vehicle and he died in the accident. The two females, both juveniles, were taken to local hospitals but were not seriously injured.

Zelaya had attended Lewisburg High School and was said to be enrolled at a private school in Memphis.

The accident is still under investigation.

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On Friday evening, June 10, one person died following a two vehicle collision in Memphis, Tennessee.

According to police the accident happened at Walnut Grove Road and Farm Road at around 9.30 p.m. William Hays, aged 28 was driving in a Jeep Wrangler west on Walnut Grove when for reasons unknown he went through the grass median and hit a traffic sign. His car then span, traveled back through the median into the eastbound lanes, and hit another second vehicle. Following that collision the Jeep flipped and both Hays and his passenger were ejected. Hays was pinned under the Jeep and died but the passenger was uninjured.

The driver of the second vehicle was injured but not critically and was taken to Baptist East Hospital.

Police are still investigating the cause of the crash and specifically what caused Hays to lose control of the Jeep.

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On Saturday, May 21, a University of Memphis music professor was cited for driving while intoxicated.

According to authorities, John Baur, who teaches theory and composition at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music was driving a Mercedes C300 and was in a two vehicle accident when he was hit by a Nissan Maxima which allegedly ran a red light and hit the right rear passenger door of Baur’s vehicle as it was turning at an intersection.

One of Baur’s passengers was 54 year old George E. Mabon who was the former vice president of human resources at Memphis International Airport. Mabon died at a Baton Rouge hospital and another passenger, former Memphis Catholic priest Rev. John Pitzer, was hospitalized. The three were with a group from Memphis visiting Baton Rouge to attend an Episcopal ordination ceremony for Pitzer earlier that day.

Baur was charged with DUI and also with reckless operation and was released on $3,000 bond.

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Early on Sunday morning, December 13, a man drove while drunk and caused the death of a passenger.

According to Memphis police, the accident happened just before 2.30 a.m. at Raleigh-Millington Road and St Elmo in the Raleigh area. Jose Lopez, aged 27 was driving a 1999 Lincoln Navigator and he veered across the center line and into oncoming traffic. He smashed into a 2006 Kia which was heading north on Raleigh-Millington.

The driver of the Kia was critically injured and was transported to the Regional Medical Center. The passenger in the Kia was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to a witness, Lopez left the scene but did return and the witness subdued him until the police arrived. Lopez then provided the police with a false name but was charged with vehicular homicide involving intoxication, vehicular assault, DUI, public intoxication, reckless driving and other traffic offenses.

He is currently being held in the Shelby County Jail.

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