According to the Oakland Press, the 18 year olds who were killed this week were driving a 1996 S-10 pickup truck on an icy road. They struck a tree and overturned into a pond. Holly police managed to pull one of the occupants from the truck. The North Oakland Fire Authority tried to rescue the other occupant.
Even though they did not succeed in saving these boys, I thank goodness for rescue personnel. I can not imagine a more depressing job.
God bless those boys and their families. Hopefully my kids and your kids will safely navigate the roads of Michigan and the roads of life.
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Two teens dead in Holly Crash
By SHAUN BYRON Of The Oakland Press Tuesday, November 18
Authorities say icy road conditions from storms that hit
the Great Lakes are to blame for a crash in southeastern Michigan that killed
two 18-year-olds.
Dontae Demond Miller of Holly, was pronounced dead Monday night at Genesys
Health Park in Grand Blanc, while Casey Lee Blays died Tuesday, according to
WDIV-TV.
State police say the pickup truck in which they were riding skidded on an icy
roadway Monday night in Oakland County’s Holly Township, struck a tree and
overturned into a pond. Miller was found in the passenger seat of his 1996 S-10
pickup truck. According to reports, Blays, also a Holly resident, was pulled by
rescuers from the driver’s side of the vehicle. Troopers say that area is not
known for excessive traffic accidents.
According to the National Weather Service, Monday saw about one inch of snowfall
with winds about 14 mph and temperatures that dropped to about 24 degrees.
Holly police were the first to arrive at the scene of the accident and get into
the water. They managed to pull one of the occupants from the truck. The North
Oakland Fire Authority rescued the other occupant.
An autopsy is being conducted on Miller by the Genesee County Medical Examiner’s
Office to document his injuries as part of the investigation.
The two attended Holly High School in the past but were not graduates, according
to school officials, who declined to make any other comments or provide
information.
In several comments left on the Web site for The Oakland Press, readers
expressed grief, saying Miller “was a really good kid,” as well as that road
conditions were poor that night. “I went to high school with him and it is such
a sad thing to hear about,” one reader wrote. “My heart goes out to the family.”
Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:59 AM EST
HOLLY TWP. — Casey Blays first met his girlfriend, Kristina
Weddington, at Holly High School. “He used to ride my bus and we had a science
class together,” Weddington said. “He would have me do his homework and he would
walk me home from the bus.”
Blays and Dontae Demond Miller, another popular and former Holly High School
student, died after a traffic accident Monday night in Holly Township. The 1996
S-10 pickup truck they were in struck a tree while heading west on East Holly
Road and overturned into a pond.
Miller
was pronounced dead Monday night at Genesys Health Park in Grand Blanc. Blays
died Tuesday evening. The accident remains under investigation, according to the
Michigan State Police.
Family and former classmates, who described them as “good kids,” are mourning
the two 18-year-olds.
Weddington, who graduated from Holly High School last year, said Blays and she
struck up a close friendship before they started dating. “He was a really sweet
boy,” she said. “Everybody loved him.
“I’ll remember every day I spent with him.”
Chris “Wolfy” Atkins was friends with the teens, saying Blays was naturally
athletic and Miller loved motorsports.Blays was really easy going and had an
interest in airsoft guns. “He was good at everything he did,” Atkins said of
Blays. “He was kindhearted and cared a lot about his friends.”
Miller, he said, loved dirt bikes and was an “all-around good kid.” “They were
the most popular (kids in school),” he said. “Everyone knew them.”
A visitation for Blays will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Dryer Funeral
Home, 101 N. 1st Street in Holly. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at
the funeral home. A luncheon will follow at The River Church, 111 College St.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a dessert for the luncheon prior to the
funeral between 11 a.m. and noon.
A visitation for Miller will be held from noon to 9 p.m. today at the Coats
Funeral Home in the Village Sherman Wilk Chapel, 135 South St. in Ortonville.
The funeral services for Miller will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the chapel. A
burial will follow at Ortonville Cemetery.
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