MADISON CO., Miss. (WLBT) – Four people, including a baby, were involved in a two-vehicle crash on Saturday.The Gluckstadt Police Department says a vehicle was going the wrong way on I-55 near the Gluckstadt exit when it hit another vehicle head-on.Authorities say 48-year-old Tyra Small Jackson, of Canton, died at the scene. She was an occupant of the vehicle that was hit.
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MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA, Ind. — Two people are dead after a crash between a car and train Wednesday morning in Madison County.
The Madison County sheriff told 13News the crash happened around 8:15 a.m. at 400 West and West 1150 North, near Alexandria.
The train engineer told sheriff’s deputies a 2020 Chevrolet Impala was going north on 400 West, while the train was approaching from the east. The engineer said he sounded his horn as it approached the intersection, but the engineer said the driver never slowed down at the railroad crossing. The train then hit the car on the passenger side.
The sheriff confirmed two people died at the scene. The victims were later identified as 37-year-old Chad M. Stafford, of Anderson, and 42-year-old Stephen R. Stafford II, of Anderson.
According to the sheriff, Chad was driving the car and Stephen was the passenger, and neither of them were wearing seatbelts.
MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA, Ind. — A Madison County man was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Anderson Tuesday evening, police said.
The crash happened shortly after 6 p.m. when a 2004 GMC truck traveling east on County Road 400 South near County Road 200 East veered off the road.
The truck traveled through multiple properties, hit a utility pole, went through a parking lot and then hit a tree in the 2500 block of East County Road 400 South, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department said.
After an investigation led by The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD), it was determined that it was an accidental fire.
All 48 veterans have been accounted for and are being taken care of in hotel rooms around the city. We are coordinating with community partners to provide the appropriate support. Critical needs include permanent housing options, access to essential food, clothing, and hygiene items, cell phones, and transportation.
HVAF Headquarters did not sustain any damage and regular support services will proceed as scheduled, including the pantry services at the Donald W. Moreau Sr. Veterans Community Center. The pantry will be open on Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, ensuring that essential support continues without interruption. Additional pantry hours for the displaced veterans are also being offered throughout the week.
If you would like to support HVAF during this time, please donate at the fire assistance fund at this link.
You can also purchase items on our Amazon Wish List that we will provide to the displaced veterans.
For veterans struggling to return to self-sufficiency, Saturday night’s loss is unimaginable. We appreciate the support of our community as we work to rebuild and recover over the next two years.The fire happened Saturday night at the Helping Veterans and Families building in downtown Indy
Leslie Leffel spent part of her Monday on a mission: help veterans in crisis from a catastrophic fire.
“We loaded up the car and brought some things downtown to hopefully help out and relieve some of their loss,” Leffel said.
The donations, from Leffel, her husband and their neighbors in Carmel, are some of many coming in, after the HVAF of Indiana facility went up in flames at 9th and Pennsylvania streets around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
The fire gutted the Manchester Apartments, which is transitional housing at the facility that helps homeless Hoosier veterans.
“It was heartbreaking to see,” Leffel said of the fire. “This is their home. Their things are gone, and that’s heartbreaking.”
The fire burned for hours, displacing 48 people out of 51 units in the building.
Emmy Hildebrand, the nonprofit’s CEO, got a text that the building was on fire Saturday. She saw the flames from Interstate 65.
“When I could see that amount of smoke from that far away, I knew it was going to be bad,” Hildebrand said.
She’s still assessing dollar amounts for the damage but calls it devastating.
“Most of it is burned. What’s not burned is soaked heavily with water damage, so recovery, we’re talking about 18 to 24 months. This is not something that’s gonna be back online serving veterans in the next week or so,” Hildebrand said.
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