Preventable Tragedies
SUV split in half in fiery crash at accident scene as 19-year-old drives 100 mph
WARREN, Mich. — Three people were injured in a fiery crash after a speeding motorist slammed into a crashed SUV on Sunday, splitting it in half, authorities said. According to the Michigan State Police, troopers were responding to a crash involving a Chevrolet Equinox and a Dodge Caliber on Interstate 696 near Warren at about 1:50 a.m. EDT. The Caliber rolled over on the highway, and the driver of the Equinox exited the vehicle to check on the other motorist, WDIV-TV reported.
Read MoreTashfeen Haq Killed in Two-Vehicle Accident on 15 Freeway [Victorville, CA]
VICTORVILLE, CA (August 27, 2023) – Tashfeen U. Haq died in a two-vehicle accident in Victorville Sunday afternoon on August 20. The fatal accident happened around 3:30 p.m. on southbound 15 Freeway, just north of Stoddard Wells Road. According to the CHP, Haq was driving a 2024 Porsche Cayenne when he allowed the SUV to travel at an unsafe high rate of speed in inclement weather conditions. He then lost control across the traffic lanes and struck the rear of a previously disabled Ford F-150.
Read MoreDad Helped Stranded Driver — and the Heroic Act Almost Ended His Life: ‘It Happened So Fast’ (Exclusive)
Abraham Montes planned to have a bonfire with his kids when he got home from work — instead, he ended up fighting for his life after being hit by a car Abraham Montes stopped to help a stranded driver on a rural Texas bridge last year— and it almost cost him his life. Montes and another good Samaritan were on the phone with 911 dispatchers when a car sped onto the bridge.
Read MoreTragedy at Madera barbecue: Two dead after car veers off road and hits Kerman man
A barbecue became a tragedy Friday night in Madera after a man unloading supplies for the event was hit and killed by the driver of a car who also died, the California Highway Patrol reported The incident took place at Avenue 17 and Crescent Drive. The CHP said the deaths occurred just before 10 p.m. when a Kerman man attending the event was getting corn from the bed of a Ford F-250 pickup on the south shoulder of Avenue 17, just east of Crescent.
Read More6 vehicles involved in crash along I-35 in Faribault
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - A 37-year-old man died in a crash on northbound I-95 near Parham Road on Thursday morning. “A 2018 Freightliner was stopped on the shoulder when a 2019 International MV 607 truck ran off the road and rear-ended the stopped Freightliner,” Virginia State Police said about the crash that happened just after 4:30 a.m. Police say the driver of the International, Jeremy James Batty, died on the scene.
Read MoreCar stopped on I-20 hit from behind and a driver is killed, SC cops say
One person was killed and another was injured Monday night when a motorcycle crashed into a car on Interstate 20, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said. Vernon A. Deas, a 55-year-old Sumter resident, died in the accident, Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford said Wednesday night. The two-vehicle collision happened at about 7:10 p.m. in Richland County, according to Master Trooper Gary Miller. A 2016 Nissan Versa was legally stopped on the median of I-20 near the 76 mile marker, Miller said.
Read MoreMan hit by semi, killed after getting out of disabled car on I-10: FHP
BAKER COUNTY, Fla. – A man died early Thursday morning when he was hit by a semi after getting out of his disabled car on I-10 westbound in Baker County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the man, whose age and hometown were not released, was involved in a crash that left his car disabled in the outside travel lane of I-10 westbound near mile marker 328. According to the FHP report, the man got out of the disabled car on the highway, and a 35-year-old man driving a semi in the outside westbound lane struck the back of the disabled car and the man.
Read More2 dead in Marshall County crash after passersby stopped to help disabled vehicle
MARSHALL COUNTY, Iowa — Two people died in a multi-vehicle crash southwest of Melbourne Monday afternoon after an SUV became disabled on the roadway. The crash happened around 3:51 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Highway 330, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol. A Lincoln Nautilus ran out of gas in the right lane at the 11 mile marker and passersby were trying to push the vehicle off the road when a northbound Hyundai Elantra struck the driver of the SUV and two of the people trying to help.
Read MoreCrowley woman struck, killed while standing near disabled vehicle in Acadia Parish
A Crowley woman was killed after a broken-down vehicle was struck from behind in Acadia Parish on Sunday night. The crash happened around 8 p.m. Sunday on La. 367 near Max Road. Kentaysia J. Wildridge, 21, of Crowley, and another passenger were standing near the disabled Ford Fusion when the crash happened. The Ford Fusion was stopped in the northbound lane and had emergency flashers activated, Louisiana State Police Trooper Thomas Gossen said in a statement.
Read MoreUPDATE: Crashes close eastbound 401 for several hours
Provincial police closed the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 at Bloomfield Road in Chatham-Ken most of Tuesday after a collision and a rollover involving three transport trucks. On Tuesday at around 2:30 p.m., Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Constable Brett Phair gave an update on the situation and said a transport truck tried to avoid a crash as traffic was trying to avoid a disabled vehicle on the shoulder of Highway 401 at mile marker 87 and rolled over on to the centre median.
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