Posted on July 22, 2009 by Bryan Fears

Woman loses control of vehicle, smashes into vacant Taco Bell

At approximately 9:45 on Thursday night, a woman crashed her Pontiac Grand Am into a vacant Taco Bell in Waco, Texas, causing significant damage to the empty building. The Taco Bell is located between Bosque Boulevard and Cobbs Drive.

The driver was 25-year-old Stephanie Whitehead. The collision knocked Whitehead unconscious, and members of the Waco Fire Department had to remove her from the vehicle by using the jaws of life. Her passenger, Tristan Harwell, 27, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Whitehead was traveling down Valley Mills when she veered across several lanes of traffic and then struck a curb in front of the Taco Bell. Her vehicle was thrown over the low retaining wall surrounding the property and crashed into the building.

Waco police say Whitehead was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred.  The damage inflicted on the building is estimated to be around $20,000.

For the complete story on the car vs. a Waco Taco Bell, click here.

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Posted on July 3, 2009 by Bryan Fears

Baylor student dies in 3-car accident in Waco, Texas

A 21-year-old Baylor University student was killed Monday morning in a head-on collision in Waco, Texas. The victim, Emily Ann Stuller of Dallas, Texas, drifted into oncoming traffic while traveling on North Martin Luther King Blvd.

 

Stuller was driving a 2004 Volkswagen Jetta when she crossed over the double yellow lines on the Brazos River Bridge. Stuller, who was traveling northbound, veered into the oncoming southbound traffic.

 

First Stuller’s Jetta hit a Ford pick-up truck. The truck’s driver, 43-year-old Cirilo Zamarripa of Waco, Texas, saw Stuller headed into his lane and attempted to avoid the accident by pulling over to the right.

 

Stuller struck Zamarripa’s vehicle on the left side and continued to travel northbound in a southbound lane. She then collided head-on with a second truck. The driver of the second pickup was Juan Lopez, a 31-year-old man also from Waco, Texas.

 

Officials pronounced Stuller dead at the scene of the accident. Lopez was treated for injuries to his leg and back. No medical attention was sought by Zamarripa.

 

Click here for the full story on this Waco, Texas, car accident.

 

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