Newly-wed bride dies in motorcycle wreck on her way to reception
A 40-year-old bride has died in a motorcycle accident as her new husband drove her to their wedding reception in southern Illinois.
The (Carbondale)
Southern Illinoisan (bit.ly/1Hr1oVk ) reports that Jana Miles-Burnett of
Whittington died Saturday night following her marriage ceremony in a Buckner
city park.
Jana Miles-Burnett
died on her way to the reception of her wedding; she is pictured (center)
flanked by her daughters, 22 years old Sara Smille and Cody Miles 14.
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Illinois State
Police report that husband William Burnett was driving the couple the three
miles to their reception at a bar in Christopher when he struck a deer that
darted in front of them on a rural highway. Miles-Burnett was thrown from the
motorcycle. Her husband was not seriously injured.
The couple had
dated for only a few months before marrying.
Miles-Burnett's
identity was confirmed to the newspaper by family members and a funeral home.
She worked as a
Franklin County emergency dispatcher.
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