Deaf Couple Killed In Hit-and-Run By Semi Truck

Deaf News: Deaf couple killed in hit-and-run by semi truck in florida. Camera image of a truck believed to be identified in a fatal hit and run crash.

WPTV FORT PIERCE, FL - The Florida Highway Patrol has identified a person of interest in the fatal hit-and-run crash that left two young people dead Monday evening on Florida’s Turnpike near mile marker 166 in Fort Pierce.



Robert Bates, a 68-year-old resident of Sanford, Florida, was identified as a person of interest in the accident that killed 19-year-old Mariah A. King and 24-year-old Vincent T. Mathews as they attempted to change a tire on their PT Cruiser around 8 p.m., according to Sgt. Mark Wysocky, spokesman for FHP.



The victims were pronounced dead at the scene.



Earlier Tuesday morning FHP investigators traveled to Orlando to question a suspect in the fatal hit-and-run wreck. They told WPTV that they had spoken with the suspect and had recovered the rig.



However, Tuesday evening FHP said in a media release that investigators did not find the person of interest at home and had not recovered the 2006 Peterbuilt tractor-trailer believed to have been involved in the fatal accident. Investigators did speak with representatives of Mercer Transport of Louisville, Ky,, the registered owner of the semi, regarding the investigation and said company officials were cooperating.



WPTV reached out to family members of both victims but they declined to comment. However, they said they were devastated. One family member did confirm the two were visiting friends further south and were on their way back home to Lakeland. FHP investigators called the site tragic.



"Anytime you're attempting to change your tire and a car veered off the road and hit the people…it's going to be a tragic site," said Sgt. Wysocky. Both victims are former students of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. ... Read more Robert Bates: Person of interest identified in fatal crash that killed a Central Florida couple.



UPDATE: Recovered in the Orlando-Sanford area - FHP finds tractor trailer suspected of deadly hit and run crash in Fort Pierce.



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Deaf Moore Couple Relies On Each Other, Community

VIDEO: NBC News - Deaf Moore couple relies on each other, community.



MOORE, OKLAHOMA - Syed Shabbir reports on a Deaf couple in Moore, Okla., who are not only relying on each other after Monday's deadly tornado, but the community as well.

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The tubers entertaining Deaf couple Annette and Scott Kerr presentation in the "PrankandSpank" statement on YouTube.



REMEMBER - This does NOT apply to all hearing people. I don't want you all jumping to conclusions because it will prove my point valid that you cannot read or listen carefully.



I never said we were better than other disabilities as the only thing we can't do is hear but we still get treated like an outcast compared to other disabilities as people think we are the lowest of the low. But you can't say that we are less capable of doing anything as we can do more than other disabilities can.



It's always been that fact for the longest time and I am sorry you disagree with that. That is my point. Please tell me it is not hard for you to understand that?



There have been many videos on here with Deaf people trying to educate the hearing community but sometimes the message does not get across. I have decided to give my opinion on what I think but in a more offensive way using stronger words and more points because after all the hearing people have put us down for years and still believe we are not capable of doing anything to this very day. If only they knew how many successful Deaf people there have been in this world. And don't tell me I can't say anything negative when we have been getting negative shit thrown in our faces for years.





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Deaf Texas Mom 'Would Never Have Hurt Baby'

A Deaf mom 'would never have hurt Baby' who died of abuse.



KHOU DALLAS - The mother of a five-month-old baby girl who police say died of abuse told News 8 Wednesday her husband drank a lot and "resented" the child. Maria Zuniga is Deaf. She answered our questions using a sign language interpreter.



Richardson police investigators said she failed to stop her husband, Hector Quiñones, from repeatedly hitting the baby's head on a counter. Zuniga told News 8 that Quiñones who has some slight hearing hurt the baby while she was asleep.



"And now, I'm just going to miss my baby," Zuniga said through the interpreter. "I would never have hurt her. I'd never spanked her, touched her in a bad way, never hurt her." Zuniga said she and her husband argued about taking the baby to a hospital. When they finally did, doctors called police. Quiñones faces a capital murder charge. ...READ MORE: http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Deaf-mom-would-never-have-hurt-baby-who-died-of-abuse-205781491.html



Deaf parents kill baby that won't stop crying, cops say.



RICHARDSON, Texas - Abclocal.go.com: A couple in Richardson, Texas, are charged in the death of their infant daughter. Police say the father has confessed to his role and is charged with capital murder. And they say the mother did not stop the alleged abuse.



Police say a 5-month-old girl died from her injuries at the hands of her parents at their home. The parents, Maria Zuniga and Hector Cupich-Quinones, were drunk Saturday night, police say.



Both are Deaf. They fought with each other that night. "And then there was a dispute over who was going to take care of the child. The child I guess was a little fussy and they couldn't get the child to quiet," said Sgt. Kevin Perlich, Richardson police.



Charging documents show that the couple was drinking. Quinones allegedly shook the child and slammed her across the kitchen counter. He later admitted to it, police say, saying he was frustrated by the child's crying. "It is my understanding that even though they're Deaf they can pick up vibrations and hear some sounds and stuff like that," said Perlich. ...READ MORE: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/national_world&id=9087742