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Prayer Vigil To Be Held For Critically Injured Accident Victim
A candlelight vigil will be held Friday night for a Central Texas college coed who was critically injured when a pickup whose driver police said ran a red light while racing slammed into the side of her car in a busy local intersection.
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(September 5, 2008)—A candlelight vigil will be held Friday night for a college coed who was critically injured when a pickup truck whose driver police said ran a red light while racing slammed into the side of her car a week ago at the intersection of South 18th Street and Franklin avenue in Waco.
Fonda Jones, 20, remains in Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, where she was taken in critical condition after the accident last Friday.
The junior mass communications major at Texas State University was home for a Labor Day weekend visit at the time of the crash.
The prayer vigil begins at 8 p.m. Friday in the courtyard near the hospital’s fountain area.
Earlier this week police arrested Noe Alejandro Yanez-Palacious, 21, and were looking for Benjamin Martinez, 21, after warrants were issued for both men charging two-vehicle racing causing bodily injury in connection with the accident.
Fonda was driving east just after 8 p.m. Friday on Franklin Avenue when her car was struck by the pickup truck.
Two passengers in Fonda’s car, Kelvin Tomlinson, 19, of Waco and Patrick Lucas, 39, of Waco were also injured, but have since been released from the hospital, police said.
The driver of the pickup fled, police said.
Officers later arrested Martinez.
He was charged with fleeing from the scene of the accident, police said, and was released after posting bond.
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TO THE IDIOT( ME )THAT WROTE GOOD LUCK TO THE MEN THAT CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD YOU WISH THIS FOR THOSE DEVILS BECAUSE THOSE WERE DEVILS DOING DELVISH THINGS YOU MUST BE MARRIED TO ONE OF THEM THE WAY THAT YOU ARE PRAISING THEM. WISHING THEM LUCK WISH THEM TO BE LOCKED UP SOMEWHERE THE NEXT PERSON OR PERSONS THAT THEY HIT IT MAY BE YOUR FAMILY MEMBER I GUESS YOU ARE GOING TO WISH THEM LUCK THEN. YES PRAY FOR FONDA BUT DON'T PRAISE DEVILS THEY WERE WRONG IF THEY WERE MY BROTHERS THEY STILL WOULD BE WRONG AND SHOULD BE PUNISHED TO THE FULLEST. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED SINCE YOU SAID YA'LL DON'T KNOW WHAT YA'LL TALKING ABOUT THEN YOU TELL US DEVIL ON THERE SIDE TAKING UP FOR THEM THEY WERE WRONG WHAT PART DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A BIGGER IDIOT THAN THEY ARE WISH THEM LUCK HOW SAD LUCK IN WHAT THAT THEY KILL SOMEBODY NEXT TIME YOU ARE THE ONE THAT NEED TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED CAUSE THAT WAS A STUPID COMMENT. YOU SHOULD BE TELLING THEM TO PRAY FOR HER
I am praying for my friend and awaiting her recovery = )
My thoughts and prayers are with Fonda and her finally. I had recently met her over the summer and was really impressed with how motivated she was to obtain the goals she had set for herself.
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