Preventable Tragedies
John Miller Killed in Truck Accident near Mount Vernon, MO
Lawrence County, MO — August 15, 2025, John Miller was killed in a truck accident at about 5:30 a.m. on Interstate 44 near Mount Vernon. Authorities said a 2024 Toyota RAV4 was heading east when it hit a deer near mile marker 48. A passenger and the SUV were hit by a semi-truck after to the driver stopped to move the deer out of the road. The truck overturned after the collision.
Read MoreSemi crashes into disabled vehicle on I-35 near Guthrie; driver’s wife says they’re lucky he’s alive
A serious early morning crash on Interstate 35 near Guthrie could have ended in tragedy, but the driver involved walked away unharmed. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) says around 4 a.m., a semi truck struck a disabled vehicle that had been left in the right lane of the highway after the driver hit a deer. According to OHP, the driver moved to the side of the road after his vehicle became disabled.
Read MoreSouth Carolina trooper dies days after being hit by a truck on an interstate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina trooper has died three days after he was struck by a box truck while walking back to his cruiser following a traffic stop. Trooper 1st Class Dennis Ricks died Wednesday at the hospital, the Department of Public Safety said in a news release. The 30-year-old had been working for the Highway Patrol for two years. Ricks had pulled over a different vehicle around 2 a.
Read MoreTruck driver stopped for wreck killed in hit-and-run on I-75
Marietta police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a tractor-trailer driver. It happened Wednesday morning on Interstate 75 northbound near S. Marietta Pkwy. Police said there was an accident between two tractor-trailers. When the drivers got out of their trucks, a driver in a separate passenger car hit one of them. He was identified as Terrell Loudermilk, 36, from Chattanooga, Tenn. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the driver did not stop.
Read MoreTwo drivers injured after SUV hits disabled vehicle on I-85 in Dinwiddie
Editor’s Note: The circumstances of the crash have been updated, per new information released by police. DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Two drivers are injured after police said an SUV hit a disabled vehicle on Interstate 85 North in Dinwiddie County Wednesday evening. At around 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, a disabled vehicle was stopped partially in the left lane on northbound I-85 in Dinwiddie County when it was hit on the rear passenger side by a Chevrolet Blazer, according to Virginia State Police.
Read MoreDOT Truck Driver Injured In Rockland Parkway Crash After Car Fails To Move Over: Officials
According to NYSDOT, the incident happened in the parkway’s northbound lanes when a HELP truck operator had just pulled over to assist another driver. He was seconds away from stepping out of his truck when the approaching vehicle struck, severely damaging both vehicles. The operator was taken to a hospital with minor injuries and later released. “This could have ended much, much worse,” the DOT said on Tuesday, Aug. 12, noting the operator made it home to his family “because of timing — not because the other driver did the right thing.
Read MoreWoman killed in hit-and-run on I-696 after running out of gas
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – A 36-year-old from Warren is facing felony charges in a deadly hit-and-run on west I-696 early Sunday. Authorities said Nateria Smith, a 29-year-old from Madison Heights, was struck by a vehicle while she was attempting to fill her car with a gas can just after 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. Investigators believe she was struck by a Chevrolet SUV that exited the freeway at Hoover Road.
Read More3 injured after crash between vehicle and semi in Tooele County
SALT LAKE CITY — Three people were injured after a vehicle hit a semitruck on Interstate 80 in Tooele County, according to the Wendover Fire Department. At approximately 8:20 p.m. on Monday, a vehicle traveling westbound on I-80 near milepost 25 struck the rear of a semitruck that was parked on the right shoulder. The crash happened about 16 miles west of Knolls. The vehicle sustained significant damage, injuring all three occupants.
Read MoreButler Disposal employee struck by traffic, killed on the job
GRANBY, N.Y. — A Butler Disposal employee was killed by a vehicle on the job in the Town of Granby, New York State Police announced. State Police identified the deceased as Alexander M. Snow, 32, of Phoenix, N.Y. Troopers responded to a report of a crash involving a pedestrian on County Route 14 around 4:21 p.m. on Aug. 11. An investigation determined that a Butler Disposal garbage truck was stopped with its hazard lights facing southbound on the west shoulder of the roadway.
Read MoreService tech flown to hospital after hit-and-run crash while working on disabled vehicle on Tuscarawas County highway
CLEVELAND — A 24-year-old service technician was airlifted to hospital after he was struck by a dump truck while working at the side of a Tuscarawas County highway, troopers said. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the technician was working on the left front tire of a disabled commercial truck on the southwest berm of U.S. Route 250 in Goshen Township. The man had parked his service truck and was working alongside the driver of the disabled vehicle, when a 2005 Sterling L8500 dump truck drifted over the fog line and hit the service technician.
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