{
 "cases": [
  {
   "id": "2026-08-19-carter-county-tn",
   "victims": [
    {
     "name": "Haylan Engdahl"
    },
    {
     "name": "Brayden Rogers"
    }
   ],
   "date": "2026-08-19",
   "location": {
    "city": "Hampton, Carter County",
    "state": "TN",
    "lat": 36.229,
    "lon": -82.188
   },
   "summary": "Eleven members of the Milligan University cycling team were on a morning training ride on US Highway 19E near Simerly Creek Road when a driver struck the group. Haylan and Brayden, both sophomores, were killed; seven teammates were taken to Johnson City Medical Center, four in critical condition. The driver was arrested the same day.",
   "details_confirmed": false,
   "hit_and_run": false,
   "driver_status": "charged",
   "charges": "two counts of vehicular homicide by recklessness, five counts of aggravated assault by vehicle; investigation ongoing",
   "driver_status_asof": "2026-08-20",
   "sources": [
    {
     "outlet": "WVLT",
     "title": "North Carolina man charged after deadly crash with East Tennessee university's cycling group: DA",
     "url": "https://www.wvlt.tv/2026/08/19/2-dead-after-crash-involving-car-group-bicyclists-east-tennessee-troopers-say/",
     "date": "2026-08-19"
    },
    {
     "outlet": "CBS News",
     "title": "2 members of Tennessee college cycling team killed in highway collision, officials say",
     "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-milligan-university-cycling-team-fatalities-highway-crash/",
     "date": "2026-08-19"
    },
    {
     "outlet": "Associated Press (via Boston.com)",
     "title": "2 college cyclists killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crash",
     "url": "https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2026/08/20/2-college-cyclists-killed-and-7-injured-in-tennessee-car-crash/",
     "date": "2026-08-20"
    },
    {
     "outlet": "WCYB",
     "title": "2 Milligan cyclists killed, multiple others injured in crash; man charged",
     "url": "https://wcyb.com/news/local/carter-county-authorities-respond-to-crash-involving-vehicle-and-multiple-bicycles",
     "date": "2026-08-19"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "2026-07-16-burlington-vt",
   "victims": [
    {
     "name": "Shiloh Skalka",
     "age": 16
    }
   ],
   "date": "2026-07-16",
   "location": {
    "city": "Burlington",
    "state": "VT",
    "lat": 44.4633,
    "lon": -73.2103
   },
   "summary": "Shiloh was riding her e-bike south on Pine Street, wearing a helmet, when a driver traveling the same direction struck her near Locust Street. She died that evening at the University of Vermont Medical Center. A rising junior at Burlington High School, she was honored weeks later by hundreds of riders moving through the city in her memory.",
   "details_confirmed": true,
   "hit_and_run": false,
   "driver_status": "cited",
   "charges": "negligent operation with death resulting; court appearance scheduled Aug 27, 2026",
   "driver_status_asof": "2026-07-31",
   "sources": [
    {
     "outlet": "Burlington Police Department",
     "title": "Motor Vehicle Crash - Fatality | 26BU016028 (update)",
     "url": "https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/3854",
     "date": "2026-07-17"
    },
    {
     "outlet": "Burlington PD (citation update)",
     "title": "Citation and court date update, incident 26BU016028",
     "url": "https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/3868",
     "date": "2026-07-31"
    },
    {
     "outlet": "WCAX",
     "title": "'I'm completely shattered': Dad mourns teen killed in Burlington e-bike crash",
     "url": "https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/03/im-completely-shattered-dad-mourns-teen-killed-burlington-e-bike-crash/",
     "date": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
     "outlet": "WCAX",
     "title": "Hundreds ride bikes through Burlington to honor teen killed in crash",
     "url": "https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/12/bike-ride-held-burlington-honor-teen-killed-crash/",
     "date": "2026-08-12"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}