Mona Hunter isn’t just sad about the death of her neighbor in Frayser, she’s angry because this isn’t the first time it’s happened.
“I was really mad, I was really pissed off because that was senseless, it didn’t have to happen,” Hunter said. “They just fly like bats out of hell. And then when they’re flying through, they’re just going down to the next light. So it’s just ridiculous.”
Hunter learned of the crash Sunday morning and went straight over to talk to the man who she says lived there with his fiancée.
“He said she was on the couch and she told him to get up and get her something, and he said it just happened so fast and before he knew it, the car was coming through their house,” Hunter said. “It knocked him out and that’s when he told me she died.”
Hunter says the victim was like a daughter to her. She is devastated by the loss.
“Just so sweet and kind. And she would do anything for you,” Hunter said.
Just last year, we reported on several crashes along the same stretch of Overton Crossing Street, which claimed the lives of at least six people.
unter says she and her neighbors plan to go to the City of Memphis to ask for speed humps on the road and increased traffic enforcement.
“All this running up and down the street, flying, it’s just senseless. And you see the end result of it. A life gone right here at Christmas and another family devastated,” Hunter said.
On Monday, the City of Memphis expressed its sympathies and addressed why there are no speed humps in the area in the following statement:
“We are very saddened about this tragic loss of life associated with the vehicle striking the home at 3038 Overton Crossing. Our deepest sympathies go out to the families involved. Speed humps are not typically installed on higher classification roadways like Overton Crossing that have multiple traffic lanes in each direction. This would have a crucial impact on emergency vehicle response times and general mobility for the traveling public.If you have any information regarding this incident, call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
They say Bukhnikashvili was standing outside of a 2015 Volvo trying to make a repair when the tractor was hit from behind by Peters. The Volvo rolled over onto its right side and came to a rest on top of Bukhnikashvili. He died at the scene.
The Freightliner hit the center median cable barrier and caught fire.
According to the sheriff’s office, Peters sustained “incapacitating” injuries and was airlifted to an out-of-state hospital
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) – One person died and another was seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 24 involving two semi trucks.
According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, it happened around 5:17 a.m. on Saturday, September 14 in the eastbound lanes of I-24, near the 9 mile marker.
They say it was reported that one semi tractor was on its side and the other was on fire.
Deputies say 67-year-old Saio Peters, of Decatur, Georgia, was driving a 2017 Freightliner eastbound on I-24 and 61-year-old Zurab Bukhnikashvili, of West Chester, Ohio, was stopped along the south shoulder of the eastbound lanes.
Mona Hunter isn’t just sad about the death of her neighbor in Frayser, she’s angry because this isn’t the first time it’s happened.
“I was really mad, I was really pissed off because that was senseless, it didn’t have to happen,” Hunter said. “They just fly like bats out of hell. And then when they’re flying through, they’re just going down to the next light. So it’s just ridiculous.”
Hunter learned of the crash Sunday morning and went straight over to talk to the man who she says lived there with his fiancée.
“He said she was on the couch and she told him to get up and get her something, and he said it just happened so fast and before he knew it, the car was coming through their house,” Hunter said. “It knocked him out and that’s when he told me she died.”
Hunter says the victim was like a daughter to her. She is devastated by the loss.
“Just so sweet and kind. And she would do anything for you,” Hunter said.
Just last year, we reported on several crashes along the same stretch of Overton Crossing Street, which claimed the lives of at least six people.
unter says she and her neighbors plan to go to the City of Memphis to ask for speed humps on the road and increased traffic enforcement.
“All this running up and down the street, flying, it’s just senseless. And you see the end result of it. A life gone right here at Christmas and another family devastated,” Hunter said.
On Monday, the City of Memphis expressed its sympathies and addressed why there are no speed humps in the area in the following statement:
“We are very saddened about this tragic loss of life associated with the vehicle striking the home at 3038 Overton Crossing. Our deepest sympathies go out to the families involved. Speed humps are not typically installed on higher classification roadways like Overton Crossing that have multiple traffic lanes in each direction. This would have a crucial impact on emergency vehicle response times and general mobility for the traveling public.If you have any information regarding this incident, call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
They say Bukhnikashvili was standing outside of a 2015 Volvo trying to make a repair when the tractor was hit from behind by Peters. The Volvo rolled over onto its right side and came to a rest on top of Bukhnikashvili. He died at the scene.
The Freightliner hit the center median cable barrier and caught fire.
According to the sheriff’s office, Peters sustained “incapacitating” injuries and was airlifted to an out-of-state hospital
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) – One person died and another was seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 24 involving two semi trucks.
According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, it happened around 5:17 a.m. on Saturday, September 14 in the eastbound lanes of I-24, near the 9 mile marker.
They say it was reported that one semi tractor was on its side and the other was on fire.
Deputies say 67-year-old Saio Peters, of Decatur, Georgia, was driving a 2017 Freightliner eastbound on I-24 and 61-year-old Zurab Bukhnikashvili, of West Chester, Ohio, was stopped along the south shoulder of the eastbound lanes.
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