Author: Voxtrend News
The quiet morning of Monday, November 10, 2025, in northern Iowa turned tragic when 60‑year‑old Deborah Lei Ruberg of Hardy lost her life in a devastating collision on Highway 3 near States Avenue in Humboldt County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Ruberg was driving her 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee westbound at approximately 7:14 a.m. when icy and snowy road surfaces caused her vehicle to lose control, drift into the eastbound lane and collide head‑on with an eastbound semi‑truck. Ruberg was ejected from her Jeep during the impact, according to the crash report, and though she was promptly transported to the hospital, she later succumbed to her injuries.…
On a quiet Saturday afternoon in McAlester, Oklahoma, a routine welfare‑check escalated into tragedy when 31‑year‑old Casey Nelms was fatally shot by police. The incident, which occurred on November 8, 2025, has left the local community grappling with a painful sense of loss and many unanswered questions. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), officers with the McAlester Police Department arrived around 1:14 p.m. on the 500 block of West Park Avenue after a call for a welfare check. Upon making contact with Nelms, the agency reports that he brandished a knife and advanced toward the officers, prompting them to use deadly force.…
In the small town of Nettleton, Mississippi, the early hours of Sunday brought a shattering blow to two families and an entire community. At about 2:00 a.m. on November 9, a collision at the intersection of Highway 45 South Alternate and East Tibbee Road ended in the tragic deaths of two young people, leaving friends, classmates and neighbors reeling. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, a 2016 Nissan Altima was attempting to turn onto Highway 45 North when it was struck broadside by a 2024 Mazda SUV travelling northbound. The force of the impact was devastating, and two passengers in the Altima were pronounced dead at the scene. The…
A close‑knit Berkshire County community is grappling with profound grief this week following the tragic loss of 20‑year‑old Darek Harvey of Charlemont. The former student‑athlete from Brattleboro Union High School was the only person in his vehicle when it left the roadway and smashed into a tree on Burrington Road at approximately 4:45 a.m. last Friday; the vehicle caught fire shortly after the collision and the crash remains under investigation by the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. For his mother, Heidi Hier, the agony is unbearable. In a social media note she shared: “These past few days have been the hardest of…
The tight‑knit community of Gastonia is reeling after the tragic loss of 53‑year‑old Janice Lopez, a compassionate mother and Uber driver, who was killed Sunday evening in a devastating multi‑car crash on Gaston Day School Road. The collision, which occurred around 7 p.m. on November 9, 2025, claimed her life and left several others badly injured. According to investigators, a 19‑year‑old driver lost control of a southbound vehicle, crossed over the center line and smashed head‑on into Ms. Lopez’s car. The impact triggered a chain reaction that involved two more vehicles, leaving multiple drivers seriously hurt. At this time, no charges have been filed,…
Rockford, Ill. — The tight‑knit community of Rockford is bearing the loss of 23‑year‑old Taylor Rockwell, whose life was cut tragically short following a serious accident on the I‑39 corridor. On the evening of Thursday, November 6, she was driving southbound just before 8:30 p.m. when her vehicle lost control, veered into the northbound lanes, and collided with a semi‑truck. First‑responders from the Illinois State Police and the Cherry Valley Fire Department arrived to find Taylor unconscious. She was rushed to a local hospital where medical teams fought valiantly to save her life. Sadly, she passed away on Monday, November 9, at 11:35 a.m. after sustaining an…
The early‑morning calm in Apopka, Florida was shattered just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday when a pickup truck carrying six teenage boys careened off a curve near the intersection of Welch Road and Wekiwa Drive and overturned. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the vehicle—a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado—was traveling eastbound when the 17‑year‑old driver lost control while navigating the bend, struck a tree, and rolled. Three of the teens—two aged 17 and one aged 13—were killed in the crash. Two of them, a 17‑year‑old and the 13‑year‑old, were pronounced dead at the scene; the other 17‑year‑old passed away at a local hospital.…
In the early morning hours of Sunday, a peaceful home on Willow Lane in Iowa Falls became the scene of a heartbreaking and senseless act of violence that left three people dead and one injured, and a community grappling with grief and unanswered questions. At approximately 4:00 a.m., the Iowa Falls Police Department received a 911 call from a person who discovered multiple individuals unresponsive inside a residence in the 1100 block of Willow Lane. When officers arrived, three people had succumbed to what appeared to be gunshot wounds. A fourth occupant sustained injuries—fortunately non‑life threatening—and was taken to a local…
A routine ride home morphed into a frightening stumble for travelers aboard a mobile lounge at Dulles International Airport on Monday afternoon. Around 4:30 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), a people‑mover vehicle transporting arriving passengers toward Concourse D struck the concourse docking area “at an angle.” Eighteen people were taken to hospital for evaluation and treatment of non‑life‑threatening injuries. Among the injured, airport fire and rescue officials assessed those onboard, and stairs were used to evacuate passengers from the lounge safely. The mobile lounge—one of 19 such vehicles at Dulles each capable of carrying upwards of 100…
On Sunday afternoon, the quiet stretch of Duck Creek Road in Troutman, North Carolina bore witness to a heartbreaking scene. Just after 12:49 p.m. on November 9, a motorcycle left the roadway, traveled more than 300 feet and crashed into a tree, claiming the life of 34-year-old Richard Pendergrass‑Nowak, a local man. When officers from the Troutman Police Department arrived at the scene in the 100-block of Duck Creek Road, they found the motorcycle and rider off the pavement. Emergency medical personnel quickly determined that Pendergrass-Nowak had sustained fatal injuries and was deceased at the scene. Investigators say the motorcycle…