Preventable Tragedies
2 women struck by car, killed while pushing disabled car on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge
Two women were killed when they were hit by a vehicle while pushing their disabled car across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The crash happened at 12:50 a.m. Sunday in Selma. Dallas County Coroner Alan Dailey said three women were in a Honda Accord driving over the bridge when it broke down. Two of them got out to try to push the car, while the third – the daughter of one of the fatality victims - was behind the wheel steering.
Read MoreOne person dead in multi-vehicle crash that closed northbound I-5 near downtown over weekend
One person is dead after a multi-car crash caused a two-hour closure on northbound Interstate 5 in downtown over the weekend. At around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, the California Highway Patrol received a call about a Nissan Altima blocking the middle lanes of northbound I-5 just south of State Route 163 near downtown. That is when a Nissan Versa crashed into it and stopped between two left lanes facing east. That is when four people inside the Nissan Versa exited and stood in the traffic lanes, CHP said.
Read More8 dead, 63 injured in ‘super fog’ multi-car pileup on Louisiana highway: Police
The number of casualties from a multi-car pileup on Monday caused by a “super fog” on Interstate 55 near New Orleans has risen to eight dead and 63 injured, according to Louisiana State Police. While the death toll initially stood at seven, one of the injured died in the hospital overnight, state police said. The crash, involving at least 168 vehicles, occurred on Monday morning as heavy fog conditions severely lowered visibility, according to Louisiana State Police.
Read MoreConstruction worker killed while trying to help at accident scene in Chillicothe
A construction worker was struck and killed by a vehicle in Chillicothe on Monday morning while he was attempting to clear debris from the roadway after a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Route 29 and Hillcrest Drive. A group of construction workers in Chillicothe witnessed an accident around 6:43 a.m. Monday morning when a vehicle traveling southbound on Route 29 struck another vehicle in the intersection of Route 29 and Hillcrest Drive, according to Chillicothe police.
Read MoreCrash on I-90 involving tractor trailers closes two lanes
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — An early morning crash on I-90 involving two tractor trailers caused the closure of two lanes for several hours on Sunday. The crash occurred westbound near Exit 25A in Schenectady. Thruway officials later confirmed that one of the drivers, Mitchell Passino, was taken to Albany Medical Center to be treated for minor injuries. The center lane reopened just before 10 a.m., and the right lane reopened by 11:45 a.
Read MoreCrash on I-91 Southbound kills 3 and injures 3 in Wethersfield
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. — A crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 91 Southbound in Wethersfield killed three and injured three on Sunday morning, said state police. According to state police, the tractor-trailer was parked on the right shoulder of Interstate 91, north of Exit 25. A 2003 Lincoln Aviator was traveling on Interstate 91 Southbound, for an unknown reason, veered into the right lane and collided with the rear of the tractor-trailer.
Read MoreGood Samaritan stops to help crashed motorcyclist near Ithaca. Both die when struck by another vehicle
Newfield, N.Y. – Two men hit by a vehicle died in Tompkins County Friday night after a man pulled over to help a motorcyclist who crashed. Around 9:35 p.m., police responded to the 2500 block of Elmira Road for a fatal crash in the town of Newfield, Trooper Aga Dembinska, a state police spokesperson, said in a news release Sunday. Patrick Robinson, 42, of Ithaca, was operating of a motorcycle when he lost control on the wet roads and laid the bike down, Dembinska said.
Read MoreKansas City man dies, several more injured after 7-car crash on I-435
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man is dead, and several others are hurt after a seven-car crash on I-435 last night. It happened around 6 p.m. West of Stateline Road on Saturday Oct. 22, 2023. Video, which can be watched in the video player above, shows the huge backup caused by the crash last night. Three cars were stopped on the inside shoulder. The Kansas Highway Patrol didn’t say why they were on the side of the road.
Read MorePa. Turnpike crash: 2 dead after tanker carrying jet fuel hits 2 cars on Northeast Extension
A tanker truck carrying jet fuel struck a pair of stopped cars on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in southeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday, resulting in a fiery crash that killed two people and injured another and closed the highway for hours, authorities said. State police said the crash occurred in the northbound lanes of I-476 on the turnpike’s Northeast Extension just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Worcester Township, Montgomery County. Troopers said a vehicle with a flat tire came to a stop in the right lane of the highway and another vehicle behind it stopped and the driver activated hazard lights.
Read MorePerson reported missing found dead in crashed vehicle off road in Lebanon: state police
One person died in a crash in Lebanon late Friday night or early Saturday morning. According to state police, Troop K in Colchester was contacted by concerned family members around 1:30 a.m. Saturday who reported a loved one had not returned home. Troopers began searching for the missing person, who had been traveling in a vehicle. Troopers located the vehicle around 3:40 a.m. According to police, the vehicle went off the road and was found in a heavily wooded area off Norwich Avenue near Savin Lake Park in Lebanon.
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