FOLLOWING UP ON A DEADLY CRASH FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK — POLICE TELL US TWO MEN DIED AND TWO OTHERS WERE HURT AFTER THEIR VEHICLES COLLIDED ALONG FREDERICK AND DEEP CREEK BOULEVARDS. 35-YEAR-OLD JOHN PIOVANE AND 37-YEAR-OLD BRIAN CREDLE DIED AT THE SCENE. 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S LAURYN MOSS SPOKE WITH THE FIANCEE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS EARLIER TODAY. <I SPOKE WITH BRIAN'S FIANCE JESSI MERRITT SHE SAYS BRIAN HELPED ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY HE WORKED AT A LOCAL PORTSMOUTH CHURCH. BRIAN AND JOHN WERE BRIAN AND JOHN WERE BEST FRIENDS SO JESSI KNEW JOHN FOR YEARS.
SHE SAYS HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR PEOPLE AND THERE WAS NOTHING HE WOULDN'T DO FOR THE ONES HE LOVED. MERRITT WAS IN THE CAR WITH JOHN AND BRIAN…AND WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE THREE. {TAKE PK} AFTER 12 YEARS TOGETHER, JESSI MERRITT WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITHOUT THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, BRIAN CREDLE. [NOTES:JESSI MERRITT, VICTIM'S FIANÉ ZOO_0.MP4 00:18:57;03] "THE MOST LAID BACK. NICEST, CARING, FUNNY KIND." CREDLE AND HIS BEST FRIEND, JOHN PIOVANE DIED IN A CAR CRASH TUESDAY. [NOTES:JESSI MERRITT, VICTIM'S FIANÉ ZOO_0.MP4 00:07:15;12] "EVERYTHING IS A BLUR." MERRITT WAS IN THE CAR WITH THEM GOING ON A ROUTINE TRIP TO THE STORE FOR CIGARETTES. [NOTES:JESSI MERRITT, VICTIM'S FIANÉ ZOO_0.MP4 00:07:44;13] "WE TOOK EVERY DAY. A HUNDRED TIMES." SHE SAYS THEY WERE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT BETWEEN DEEP CREEK AND FREDRICK BOULEVARDS. ZOO_0.MP4 00:07:04;12 "I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAD A GREEN LIGHT. A GREEN ARROW TO GO." SHE REMEMBERS SEEING A TRUCK TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED TOWARD THEIR CAR. ZOO_0.MP4 00:11:48;29 "I WAS THINKING HIT HIS BREAKS HIT HIS BREAKS." THE TRUCK COLLIDED WITH THEIR CAR.
ZOO_0.MP4 00:12:47;02 "I COULDN'T BREATHE, AND I LOOKED BACK AND I SAW BRIAN AND JON AND THEY WEREN'T MOVING." MERRITT LEARNED TWO DAYS LATER THAT HER FIANCE AND BEST FRIEND HAD PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HER INJURIES. ZOO_0.MP4 00:13:33;17 "I HAVE FRACTURED BONES IN MY FACE, STITCHES IN MY EYES, FRACTURED BONES IN MY HANDS, BROKEN RIBS IN FRONT AND BROKEN RIBS IN THE BACK." AND RECOVERY ISN'T THE ONLY THING ON HER MIND. SHE HAS TO PREPARE FOR A FUNERAL AND FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE.
