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Couple Dies in Crashes Days Apart: Same Church, Separate Wrecks
Jennefer L. Arellano Maldonado was driving a stolen car, chased by police, and crashed into Riverside Baptist Church.
Published June 25, 2024 at 5:43pm by Taylor Ardrey
Couple crashes into same church in Alabama, share tragic fate
Alabama couple's joyride ends in deadly crash at same church days apart, officials say
Riverside, Alabama, officials say a teen girl crashed into a church while evading police, dying in the same place her boyfriend did days earlier.
A defensive operation was established as the fire had spread quickly throughout the building.
— Riverside Fire and Rescue Service via statement
Last Thursday, at 1:30 a.m., responders arrived at a Baptist church fire. They learned someone crashed into the basement, and identified the remains as 19-year-old Anthony Banks Jr.
Three days later, just before 1 a.m. Sunday, his girlfriend, Jennefer L. Arellano Maldonado, crashed into the same church while evading police, officials say. She hit a brick wall, and her allegedly stolen car caught fire.
Both were determined dead at the scene.
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