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St. Croix Woman Asks Wrong-Way Driver To Come Forward With Facebook Appeal

KINGSHILL — A St. Croix woman whose car was run off the road near the Island Crossing Shopping Center put out a personal appeal to the driver who caused the crash this weekend. Carol 'Nah Easy' Francois of Frederiksted said that she was a passenger in her vehicle driving east

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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)

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