Preventable Tragedies
Driver killed after hitting disabled garbage truck on Interstate 80
A 41-year-old driver was killed after he crashed into the back of a disabled truck on Interstate 80 in Roxbury early Friday, officials said. Michael Murphy was driving east at 5:20 a.m. when he hit the truck, which was broken down in the right lane, State Police said. Murphy, of Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at the scene, about three-quarters of a mile east of exit 30. The truck driver suffered minor injuries.
Read MoreDriver of disabled sedan killed in Parkway East crash identified; Investigation ongoing
PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a deadly crash and fire that led to massive delays on the outbound Parkway East during the Monday morning rush hour. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 video captured emergency responders on the scene of the fiery crash on the ramp to I-376 in the area of mile marker 73 in Oakland. According to State Police, a car became disabled on the road early Monday morning.
Read MoreSt. Clair County teen dies after vehicle struck on I-20 near mile marker 131
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — An 18-year-old St. Clair County man died early Saturday morning after his disabled vehicle was struck on Interstate 20, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. The victim has been identified as Jagger Thorne Cox, of Ragland. Cox was the driver and only occupant of a vehicle that had become disabled on I-20 West near mile marker 131, close to Brussels Road and Georgia Road. Authorities say the crash happened around 4:15 a.
Read MoreState Police investigate fatal crash on the Northway in Saratoga County
Clifton Park, NY – On Sunday, November 23, at about 8:11 p.m., State Police responded to a serious multi-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of I-87, just south of Exit 11 in the town of Clifton Park. The preliminary investigation determined two vehicles were travelling southbound when one vehicle rear-ended the other, sending it off the left shoulder and into a guardrail. That vehicle was then struck by a third vehicle and came to rest against the guardrail facing north.
Read MoreFHP: One dead, two injured in multi-vehicle pile-up in Gadsden County Friday night
GADSDEN COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) - One man is dead and two others are injured after a multi-vehicle pile-up on US Highway 90 in Gadsden County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers wrote in the media release that a 37-year-old man from Quincy was driving a sedan on the inside westbound lane. However, troopers said he was driving the wrong way and the front of his sedan struck the front of a pickup truck driven by a 44-year-old Tallahassee man.
Read MoreHit-and-run driver wanted after man killed, woman critically injured on I-95 in Chesterfield
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Investigators are searching for the hit-and-run driver they say fatally struck a man and critically injured a woman who were outside their vehicles on Interstate 95 in Chesterfield early Saturday morning. Officials with Virginia State Police said the hit-and-run crash happened on I-95 south near the exit for Route 10 just before 2:25 a.m. When troopers arrived, they found a Jeep Compass and a Nissan Altima stopped in the interstate’s right lane.
Read MoreMan dies after getting hit by car on US-70 in Wilson’s Mills, police say
WILSON’S MILLS, N.C. (WTVD) – Authorities are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash late Friday night in Johnston County. Around 11:45 p.m., Wilson’s Mills police say two people were walking to a gas station after their car broke down on Highway 70 when a vehicle coming off Exit 330 hit one of them. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The second person was evaluated and treated by EMS. The driver who hit them stayed and is cooperating, according to police.
Read MoreNorthbound Interstate 35 shut down near Bruceville-Eddy after traffic collision
BRUCEVILLE-EDDY, Texas — UPDATE: (9:15 a.m.) Officials have begun the process of reopening the northbound Interstate 35 lanes closed as a result of a traffic accident. According to TxDOT officials, Troopers responded to a three vehicle crash at around 7:45 a.m. near mile marker 317 in Bruceville-Eddy. According to authorities, the accident occurred when a semi-truck that had been parked on the shoulder of the road was struck by a waste management truck.
Read MoreOHP: Driver killed in crash involving semi-trailer Thursday on I-35 in northeast OKC
OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities say a driver was killed in a crash involving a semi-trailer Thursday evening on Interstate 35 in northeast Oklahoma City. The crash happened shortly before 6:10 p.m. on southbound I-35 near Northeast 50th Street, which is just east of Remington Park. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol collision report states that a driver was heading south on I-35 when their vehicle went off the road while trying to pass a vehicle on the outside shoulder.
Read MoreThree-semi pileup crash closes Kansas Turnpike
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Both directions of the Kansas Turnpike were closed between Emporia and Cassoday on Friday due to a crash. The crash was reported just after 5 a.m. near Emporia. It involved three semitrailers, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Initially, the Kansas Turnpike Authority said some passenger vehicles were also involved, but the KHP crash log only mentions the semis. According to the patrol, a disabled northbound semi was blocking the median and both driving lanes.
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