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-- Carrie
Kay (Niemoth) Jones --
- One woman killed, one injured in
two-vehicle accident
By Kris Epley
- A Grand Island woman was killed
and a St. Libory woman injured Monday evening in a two-vehicle
- accident in Hall County.
- Carrie Jones, 28, was killed when
her car, a 1987 Buick, collided with a 1991 GMC pickup driven
by
- Valara Menke, 30, of St. Libory.
- Hall County sheriff's Chief Deputy
Chris Rea said both women were thrown from their vehicles on
impact,
- and that Jones was found under Menke's
truck. Neither woman was wearing a seatbelt.
- Both were transported to Grand Island's
St. Francis Medical Center, where Jones was pronounced dead.
- Menke was still being examined at
the hospital at 10 p.m. A nursing supervisor there would not
say whether Menke would be admitted or released. Rea was able
to interview Menke after she arrived at the hospital, but he
said she was not able to provide much information about the collision.
- The accident happened just before
6 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Sky Park and Prairie roads,
an
- intersection that has no stop signs.
There are cornfields on both sides of the road, but Rea said
it's not clear if that was a factor in the accident.
- "From a distance, it might
obstruct the view, but when you're up at the intersection it
shouldn't," said
- Rea. "I can't say it wasn't
a contributing factor, but I also can't say it was."
- An empty child restraint seat in
one of the vehicles initially fueled concerns that a child may
have been
- inside and ejected when the collision
occurred. Rea said there was no child or other passengers in
either vehicle.
- The accident remains under investigation
by the Hall County Sheriff's Department.
-
- [Grand Island Daily Indpendent,
September 25, 2001]
- Injured woman treated and released
following fatal accident
By Sarah Schulz
- A St. Libory woman was treated and
released at St. Francis Medical Center Monday night following
a
- two-vehicle accident that killed
a Grand Island woman.
- Valara Menke, 30, of St. Libory,
was injured when the 1991 GMC pickup she was driving collided
with a
- 1987 Buick driven by Carrie Jones,
28, of Grand Island, said Hall County Chief Deputy Sheriff Chris
Rea.
- Both women were ejected from their
vehicles and Jones was found under Menke's truck, he said.
- Neither woman was wearing a seatbelt.
- Both were transported to St. Francis,
where Jones was pronounced dead.
- The accident, which happened just
before 6 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Sky Park and Prairie
- roads, is being investigated by
the Sheriff's Department accident reconstructionist, Rea said.
-
- [Source: Grand Island Daily Independent,
September 26, 2001]
- Deadly week on the road Sept. 22-28
was the deadliest week of the year on Nebraska roads
By Sarah Schulz
- This last week has become the deadliest
week of the year on Nebraska roads with 13 traffic deaths
- reported as of Friday morning.
- According to a release from AAA
Nebraska, one person was killed while operating a bicycle, three
people
- were killed in motorcycle accidents
and nine people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes.
- One of the fatalities occurred on
Monday night in Grand Island. Carrie Jones, 28, of Grand Island
was
- killed when the 1987 Buick she was
driving collided with a 1991 GMC pickup driven by Valara Menke,
30, of St. Libory, sheriff's officials said.
- The accident was at the intersection
of Sky Park and Prairie roads. Neither woman was wearing a seat
- belt, and both of them were ejected
from their vehicles, sheriff's officials said.
- According to AAA Nebraska, although
traffic deaths for 2001 are 17 percent below what they were at
this
- same time a year ago, September's
losses are 42 percent higher than the fatalities reported in
September 2000.
- An increase in roadway traffic as
the result of the temporary shutdown of the nation's airway system
may
- be partially to blame, according
to AAA.
- The Nebraska Department of Roads
reported that, after the terrorists attacks on Sept. 11, traffic
at
- checkpoints along Interstate 80
increased from 10 percent to 25 percent compared to the volume
numbers recorded last year.
- To keep Nebraska roadways safe,
AAA reminds motorists to obey all speed limits especially in
- construction zones, maintain a safe
following distance, refrain from using cell phones while driving,
and always wear a seat belt.
- According to the Associated Press
there have been 176 deaths on Nebraska roads this year compared
to
- 203 at the same time last year.
-
- [Source: Grand Island Daily Independent,
September 29, 2001]
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