How Could You? Hall of Shame-James Towns case-Adult Death

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From Cincinnati, Ohio, former foster child, James Towns,37, died on December 3, 2021 when a car hit his bicycle.

“The couple are grieving his death in a hit-skip crash Saturday morning in College Hill. Police say it happened around 2:30 a.m. in the …West North Bend Road.

Towns was riding his bike when he was hit by an unknown car whose driver police say fled the scene.

The 37-year-old died at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Police are still looking for the driver.”

“Towns went to live with [Yvonne and Meakofi] Abernathy when he was 10. He stayed with them until he was 18.
“We would take him to the bookstore and we would tell him, ‘James, you can get three books,’” Meakofi recounted. “But he always tried to finagle five books out of us.”

Recently Abernathy showed his continuing love for his former foster parents.

“For Mother’s Day, he came by with a gift,” said Yvonne. “And for Father’s Day, he came by for a gift for my husband.”

The Abernathys draw comfort from having gotten to spend some of their lives with him.

Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
Any witnesses to this crash are asked to contact the Cincinnati Police Department’s Traffic Unit at (513) 352-2514.”

Loved ones grieve cyclist killed in College Hill crash that driver fled

[Fox 19 12/8/21  by Courtney King]

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