By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer
Friday, September 3, 2010
TAMPA — Police identified the couple killed Thursday night after the vehicle they were riding in was struck by another in an east Tampa intersection.
Police said Walter Charles Givens, 67, and Dione Givens, 55, died a few blocks from their 3108 East Chelsea St. residence.
A friend who was in the car also died, but her identity was not released. She was 58.
Three others in the other car were hurt and taken to Tampa General Hospital, but rescuers did not consider their injuries life-threatening.
Police said the driver was Ernest Smith, 20, of Tampa. The two passengers, both from Tampa, were identified as Patrick Cover, 30, and DeAndre Bugg, 22.
The 8:41 p.m. crash was at 34th and Chelsea streets, in a largely residential area north of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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