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An apparent drowning victim identified as a 60-year-old Lake Shore man, was recovered from the waters of Upper Gull Lake recently, reports say. The man, whose name wasn’t released, had apparently been working on his dock when he somehow fell into the water. He was never reported missing. But a few hours later, Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a body found in Upper Gull Lake near Point Narrows in Lake Shore. His body was discovered by…

Houston police are investigating a fatal traffic accident that occurred at 7900 South Freeway State Highway 288 about 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19th when a stranded motorist stalled and got out of his truck to see if he could fix his problem on the roadside. The victim, whose name was not released, was driving a green Ford F-150 pickup truck that stalled out in the southbound lanes of the South Freeway exit ramp to the 610 South Loop –…

An elderly woman with dementia died after wandering into a canal in Cape Coral and drowning, reports say. The body of Patricia Stiner, 78, was found in the canal by a kayaker Evidently, Ms. Stiner walked away from her home while the two caretakers who watched her were between shifts, reports say. The woman, who liked to leave the house when possible, would usually simply wander the streets until the caregivers found her and returned her to her home. On…

Houston police are continuing to investigate a fatal traffic accident between a mid-sized pickup truck and a freeway light pole in the 16100 block of El Camino Real which occurred about 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, April 23rd. The victim was reportedly driving a red Chevrolet S10 pickup truck southbound on El Camino Real. The truck veered from the road and struck a lightpole between the northbound and southbound lanes for unknown reasons and the driver was killed. A female passenger…

Late last month Austin Police Officers responded to an injury crash in the 9100 block FM 969 Road in Austin to find that a car had collided with a motorcycle and fled the scene. The preliminary investigation shows that a 1994 Honda motorcycle was in the right lane as a tan Buick was in the left lane traveling eastbound on FM 969. In the 9100 block of FM 969, the tan Buick drifted into the motorcycle’s lane. The vehicles collided….