Post by FatalDST on Jun 7, 2010 9:04:38 GMT -5
Sorry if this is a repost. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta, Collin County Alumnae and he is a brother of Alpha Phi Alpha, Grambling Alumni. Pray for the family and certainly for him.. I dont know if I could make it knowing that I was the only one that made it!
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/052910dnmetcrashfolo.4fbe3398.html
Frisco man hospitalized after fiery Kaufman County crash that killed his wife, 2 children
12:45 AM CDT on Sunday, May 30, 2010
By ERIC AASEN and KEVIN KRAUSE / The Dallas Morning News
eaasen@dallasnews.com
kkrause@dallasnews.com
Lakeysha Greene always put her children first — even in her last moments Friday night.
While she and her family were driving to Louisiana to spend the holiday with relatives, an 18-wheeler barreled into the back of their SUV on Interstate 20 in Kaufman County. The 35-year-old Frisco mother unbuckled her seatbelt and reached to help her children — Wesleigh, 5, and Wyndell II, who was a day away from turning 3.
But the Toyota 4Runner, driven by her husband, Wyndell Greene, crashed into the back of a car and ended up wedged beneath another 18-wheeler before bursting into flames. The impact threw Lakeysha Greene from the SUV, police said. A tow-truck driver who happened to be working an unrelated accident pulled her husband out of the Toyota in time.
It was too late for his family.
"She said, 'If something would ever happen to my children, I wish he would just take me because I could never live with that,'" said college friend Robin Guinn. "She wanted to go if her children went. It's amazing that it happened like that."
On Saturday, Wyndell Greene Sr., 34, remained at Parkland Memorial Hospital with third-degree burns while state troopers continued to investigate the fiery crash that killed his wife and children and injured several others.
Greene family members relayed the Greenes' final moments to Vincent Dayries, a next-door neighbor in Frisco and close friend.
The Greenes were looking forward to celebrating the birthday of their boy, whom they called Kyle. A big party was planned.
"This was a young family with small kids living the American dream," Dayries said while standing on his front porch. His eyes welled with tears. "They had great jobs. They went to church. I just can't imagine the timing of all that craziness. For them to be in that spot at that time."
"He really adored his family," Guinn said of the father. "It's a huge loss. I just can't understand it."
Greene Sr., the owner of a Plano-based financial services company, was driving eastbound on I-20 with his family around 6:30 p.m. when the tractor-trailer rear-ended their SUV in heavy traffic, police said.
Senior Cpl. Robert White of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the cause of the crash remained under investigation. After the SUV was struck from behind, it rammed into a Toyota Corolla and then struck another 18-wheeler, White said.
Charles Moody, 40, of Mississippi, the driver of the tractor-trailer that set off the chain-reaction crash, was taken in stable condition to Renaissance Hospital in Terrell, he said.
Daniel Langston, 45, of Arlington was driving the Corolla that was pushed into the center median, White said. He was in stable condition with minor cuts and a possible head injury at a hospital in the Baylor system, he said.
Passengers Alanna Langston, 17, and Zoe Langston, 12, were at the same hospital in stable condition, he said.
Daniel Sprinkle of Alabama, the driver of the second truck, was not injured.
The accident, which occurred in the eastbound lanes of I-20 between Terrell and Canton, snarled holiday-weekend traffic late into the night.
Wyndell and Lakeysha Greene met at the University of Arkansas, where both were pursuing master's degrees, said Guinn, a Frisco neighbor and sorority sister.
After getting their degrees, the couple moved to the Dallas area in 2001, she said. They married in 2003 and bought a house in Frisco. She was working from home as a trainer for PepsiCo. He founded Greene Private Wealth Management in 2008, working out of an office in Plano.
Guinn said her friend enjoyed scrap-booking, traveling and reading as part of her book club. The couple belonged to Friendship Baptist Church in The Colony, and their home is in a neighborhood of upscale two-story brick homes with manicured lawns.
"She loved her children," Guinn said. "She never really feared death. She would say, ‘God is in control.'."
Dayries had just seen the family on Friday at a field event at Wesleigh's school, Gunstream Elementary in Frisco.
"This is a great family," Dayries said.
Greene wanted his boy to be an athlete. Wesleigh was her father's princess, Dayries said.
The kids were often smiling and loved riding their tricycles and bikes, said another neighbor, Sheila Beacham. Lakeysha would walk behind them, pushing them forward, teaching them to stay steady.
"You could tell they were raising those kids right," Beacham said.
In one picture on the Greenes' Facebook pages, the children are wearing broad smiles. Wesleigh has her hair in long pigtails, her arm resting around her brother. In another picture, the family poses for a portrait on a bench, mother and daughter wearing white shirts, father and son donning argyle sweaters.
When Beacham heard the news for the first time Saturday, she dropped her purse and bags. She leaned at the side of her car.
"Oh my God," she exclaimed. "I'm in shock. … Wow. … What a tragedy."
She recalled the Greenes' bringing over curtains and blinds when she moved in.
"They looked out for us," Beacham said. "They're the best neighbors you could ever have."
Dayries, the other neighbor, was planning to head to the hospital Saturday evening to check on Greene. He wanted to encourage him to keep fighting.
Greene realized at the scene of the accident that his family wasn't going to make it, Dayries was told.
"I don't know if he has the will to make it," Dayries said, shaking his head. "I don't know if I'd have the will.
"How could you really go on knowing the three people you love in your life aren't there anymore?" he said. "I don't know if I'd want to go on myself."
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/052910dnmetcrashfolo.4fbe3398.html
Frisco man hospitalized after fiery Kaufman County crash that killed his wife, 2 children
12:45 AM CDT on Sunday, May 30, 2010
By ERIC AASEN and KEVIN KRAUSE / The Dallas Morning News
eaasen@dallasnews.com
kkrause@dallasnews.com
Lakeysha Greene always put her children first — even in her last moments Friday night.
While she and her family were driving to Louisiana to spend the holiday with relatives, an 18-wheeler barreled into the back of their SUV on Interstate 20 in Kaufman County. The 35-year-old Frisco mother unbuckled her seatbelt and reached to help her children — Wesleigh, 5, and Wyndell II, who was a day away from turning 3.
But the Toyota 4Runner, driven by her husband, Wyndell Greene, crashed into the back of a car and ended up wedged beneath another 18-wheeler before bursting into flames. The impact threw Lakeysha Greene from the SUV, police said. A tow-truck driver who happened to be working an unrelated accident pulled her husband out of the Toyota in time.
It was too late for his family.
"She said, 'If something would ever happen to my children, I wish he would just take me because I could never live with that,'" said college friend Robin Guinn. "She wanted to go if her children went. It's amazing that it happened like that."
On Saturday, Wyndell Greene Sr., 34, remained at Parkland Memorial Hospital with third-degree burns while state troopers continued to investigate the fiery crash that killed his wife and children and injured several others.
Greene family members relayed the Greenes' final moments to Vincent Dayries, a next-door neighbor in Frisco and close friend.
The Greenes were looking forward to celebrating the birthday of their boy, whom they called Kyle. A big party was planned.
"This was a young family with small kids living the American dream," Dayries said while standing on his front porch. His eyes welled with tears. "They had great jobs. They went to church. I just can't imagine the timing of all that craziness. For them to be in that spot at that time."
"He really adored his family," Guinn said of the father. "It's a huge loss. I just can't understand it."
Greene Sr., the owner of a Plano-based financial services company, was driving eastbound on I-20 with his family around 6:30 p.m. when the tractor-trailer rear-ended their SUV in heavy traffic, police said.
Senior Cpl. Robert White of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the cause of the crash remained under investigation. After the SUV was struck from behind, it rammed into a Toyota Corolla and then struck another 18-wheeler, White said.
Charles Moody, 40, of Mississippi, the driver of the tractor-trailer that set off the chain-reaction crash, was taken in stable condition to Renaissance Hospital in Terrell, he said.
Daniel Langston, 45, of Arlington was driving the Corolla that was pushed into the center median, White said. He was in stable condition with minor cuts and a possible head injury at a hospital in the Baylor system, he said.
Passengers Alanna Langston, 17, and Zoe Langston, 12, were at the same hospital in stable condition, he said.
Daniel Sprinkle of Alabama, the driver of the second truck, was not injured.
The accident, which occurred in the eastbound lanes of I-20 between Terrell and Canton, snarled holiday-weekend traffic late into the night.
Wyndell and Lakeysha Greene met at the University of Arkansas, where both were pursuing master's degrees, said Guinn, a Frisco neighbor and sorority sister.
After getting their degrees, the couple moved to the Dallas area in 2001, she said. They married in 2003 and bought a house in Frisco. She was working from home as a trainer for PepsiCo. He founded Greene Private Wealth Management in 2008, working out of an office in Plano.
Guinn said her friend enjoyed scrap-booking, traveling and reading as part of her book club. The couple belonged to Friendship Baptist Church in The Colony, and their home is in a neighborhood of upscale two-story brick homes with manicured lawns.
"She loved her children," Guinn said. "She never really feared death. She would say, ‘God is in control.'."
Dayries had just seen the family on Friday at a field event at Wesleigh's school, Gunstream Elementary in Frisco.
"This is a great family," Dayries said.
Greene wanted his boy to be an athlete. Wesleigh was her father's princess, Dayries said.
The kids were often smiling and loved riding their tricycles and bikes, said another neighbor, Sheila Beacham. Lakeysha would walk behind them, pushing them forward, teaching them to stay steady.
"You could tell they were raising those kids right," Beacham said.
In one picture on the Greenes' Facebook pages, the children are wearing broad smiles. Wesleigh has her hair in long pigtails, her arm resting around her brother. In another picture, the family poses for a portrait on a bench, mother and daughter wearing white shirts, father and son donning argyle sweaters.
When Beacham heard the news for the first time Saturday, she dropped her purse and bags. She leaned at the side of her car.
"Oh my God," she exclaimed. "I'm in shock. … Wow. … What a tragedy."
She recalled the Greenes' bringing over curtains and blinds when she moved in.
"They looked out for us," Beacham said. "They're the best neighbors you could ever have."
Dayries, the other neighbor, was planning to head to the hospital Saturday evening to check on Greene. He wanted to encourage him to keep fighting.
Greene realized at the scene of the accident that his family wasn't going to make it, Dayries was told.
"I don't know if he has the will to make it," Dayries said, shaking his head. "I don't know if I'd have the will.
"How could you really go on knowing the three people you love in your life aren't there anymore?" he said. "I don't know if I'd want to go on myself."
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