Preventable Tragedies
‘Video: Officer nearly hit after car slams into another car during traffic stop
EL PASO, Texas (CBS Newspath/WKRC) — A scary moment during a traffic stop that injured a police officer and a driver was caught on the officer’s body camera. The El Paso Police Department said on social media that one of its motorcycle officers was conducting a traffic stop on I-10 when another car lost control and struck the back of the stopped car. The crash pushed the stopped car about 500 feet down the shoulder.
Read MoreSpringfield man hailed as hero dies after being struck by debris while helping at I-44 crash
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -A Springfield man who stopped to help the driver of an overturned tractor-trailer on Interstate 44 near Miami, Oklahoma, has died from his injuries, nearly two weeks after the crash. Dylan Hoyt and a group of people were traveling home from street racing on July 12 when they came across an overturned semi-truck on the westbound side of I-44. Hoyt and his group stopped to help the truck driver.
Read More‘He died a hero’: Good Samaritan killed on I-10 during rain storm
DRAGOON, Ariz. — A Maricopa mother is urging drivers to slow down during severe weather after her son was hit and killed in a rain storm along Interstate 10. Timothy Patsalos, 28, was a truck driver on his way to Florida on July 21, when he came across a crash on I-10 near Dragoon Road in Cochise County. Jessica Soto told 12News her son called 911, put on his safety gear and got out of his truck to help the driver.
Read More86-year-old Lowell man hospitalized after US-131 crash
An 86-year-old Lowell man was hospitalized Thursday after his pickup truck hit the back of a disabled semi-truck on US-131 in Grand Rapids. Michigan State Police said the crash happened about 5:45 a.m. July 30 on southbound US-131, just south of the Martin Luther King Jr. Street entrance ramp. The preliminary investigation found that the semi-truck had become disabled and was partially blocking the right lane when the pickup hit it from behind.
Read MoreDetroit man arrested and charged in Columbus, accused in deadly hit-skip crash
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Detroit man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-skip crash that killed a 27-year-old Marion man. Ohio State Highway Patrol officers identified 47-year-old Devon R. Kennedy as the driver of the Mercury Grand Marquis involved in the crash. According to OSHP reports, the crash happened Tuesday near Waldo on U.S. Route 23 in Marion County. Kennedy was driving the Mercury when he veered off the road hitting a disabled vehicle.
Read MoreDriver Killed After Car Hits Parked 18-Wheeler in East Houston
On Sunday, July 26, 2026, a driver was killed after a vehicle struck a parked 18-wheeler in east Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. Investigators reported that the car was traveling northbound on Dorsett Avenue near Pillot Street at approximately 3:32 a.m. when it hit the parked big rig. After impact, the vehicle traveled into a nearby grassy area along a fence and caught fire. The Houston Police Department is investigating the crash.
Read MoreDriver sent to hospital with injuries after tractor trailer crash on I-81 in Augusta County
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - A tractor trailer driver was injured and taken to the hospital after a crash on Interstate 81 southbound on Tuesday morning, according to Virginia State Police. VSP responded to a crash between two tractor trailers around 7 a.m. Tuesday on I-81 south near the 232.9 mile marker. VSP’s preliminary investigation indicates one tractor trailer was disabled on the right shoulder with warning triangles deployed, and a second tractor trailer was changing from the left lane to the right lane when it entered the shoulder and hit the rear tandem axle of the disabled tractor trailer.
Read MoreMan dead after truck hits 5 workers in Saline County construction zone
SALINE COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - A man is dead after a crash Tuesday morning in Saline County in which a vehicle hit men working in a construction zone. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the worker killed as 55-year-old Toby Marco, from Abilene. Two others had minor injuries, according to the KHP report. The KHP said that at 9:46 a.m. on Tuesday, a truck was headed north on I-135 in Saline County, just south of Smolan Road, when the driver crossed onto the right shoulder and hit a legally parked vehicle.
Read More2 children, woman killed after 18-wheeler hits disabled vehicle on U.S. 80
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - An 18-wheeler struck a disabled vehicle on U.S. 80, sending the car off a bridge and killing a woman and two children Sunday night. Vanecia Deshun Williams, 38, and children aged 14 and 9 were killed on the scene. According to a preliminary DPS report, troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 80 east of Windmill Farms Boulevard. A 2013 Hyundai car was disabled in the right lane of U.
Read MorePedestrian struck and killed by tractor-trailer after crash on I-77 in York County: SCDPS
YORK COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A woman was killed Thursday night after a series of crashes on I-77 in York County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The fatal crash happened around 9:52 p.m. on southbound I-77 near the 73-mile marker. According to Highway Patrol, a woman was driving a 2013 Volkswagen sedan south on I-77 when the vehicle hydroplaned, ran off the right side of the road, struck a ditch, and became disabled.
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