Monday, August 27, 2012
Frederick Alexander, 16, died on Aug. 21, 2012 at the scene of a rollover accident on Interstate 35W.
Frederick Jeffery Alexander, 16, of Burnsville, passed away Aug. 21, 2012, as a result of a car crash. He is survived by his loving parents, Cheryl and Terence McClenney; siblings, Selena Ely and Gabrielle McClenney; grandparents, Freddie Jeff, Elezabeth McClenney, and Gloria Honore; nephew, Daylon Daniels; niece, Haiden Jackson; special brother, Georgio Wright; special friends, Rey, Alfredo, and J.T. A memorial service is set for 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 at White Funeral Home in Burnsville, with gathering of family and friends from 5 to 7 p.m. To read a full account of the crash, click here. Burnsville Patch also has posted an evolving memorial story for Alexander and Alesha Roehl, another victim of the accident.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Authorities say 16-year-old Jonathan Thomas and Rey Chacon, 17, were fellow passengers in a car that rolled down an embankment onto Interstate 35 on Tuesday, killing two.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Investigators with the Minnesota State Patrol have released the names of the two other passengers involved in the fatal rollover just north of the Burnsville-Lakeville border Tuesday afternoon. The crash killed Frederick Jeffery Alexander, 16, of Burnsville, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:30 p.m crash. Alesha Katherine Roehl, 17, of Burnsville died a few hours later at Hennepin County Medical Center. Two Lakeville South students—Jonathan L. Thomas, 16, of Lakeville and Rey Chacon, 17, of Burnsville—sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash on Interstate 35, according to a State Patrol media release updated Friday morning. …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
A simple wooden cross, flowers and balloons mark the spot where the car in which Frederick Alexander and Alesha Roehl rolled off of Buckhill Road toward I-35 Tuesday afternoon.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Friends and loved ones of Frederick Alexander and Alesha Roehl returned Wednesday to the spot where the two teenagers lost their lives the previous day. A makeshift memorial marks the place where the car in which Alexander, 16, and Roehl, 17, were riding in careened off Buckhill Road toward its landing spot on Interstate 35 just north of the Burnsville-Lakeville border Tuesday afternoon. Alexander and Roehl, who weren’t wearing seatbelts, were thrown from the car. Alexander, of Burnsville, died at the scene of the 2:30 p.m. crash. Roehl, of Northfield, died a few hours later at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. A few pieces of the Camry’…
Saturday, June 23, 2012
The BP at Southcross and Buck Hill is at a prime location, just off the highway. What would you like to see there? Leave your ideas in the comments section below.
Vandals have already made hay of the British Petroleum gas station, but the site itself is valuable real estate—one of the few spots left vacant in the vicinity of Interstate 35. What would fit here? The site is close to both the Burnsville Center, Buck Hill Ski Area and a strip of car dealerships. So, think big: What businesses would you like to see here? Leave your ideas in the comments section below, and see what other readers think. Come back to Burnsville Patch each week to weigh in with your hopes for a different vacancy.
susan thomas
11:43 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012
A tragic,horrible accident...and our son was a passenger in that car.....we are thanking God every minute over and over again that he is still with us,snd jts only becsuse he had his seatbelt on!! Our hearts and prayers are with the familjes of Frederick and Alesha and we are so so sorry for their loss. Beautiful children who will be missed greatly!! Please,please always wear ur belts!! more ›