Preventable Tragedies
Dual semi truck accidents cause massive I-215 back-up in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — A bizarre circumstance on Interstate 215 in Salt Lake City caused massive delays in both northbound and southbound lanes Thursday. Cameras showed semi trucks on both sides of the highway having been involved in accidents at the same location. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a semi truck in the southbound lanes was looking at the crash in the northbound lanes when it hit a car in front, pushing the vehicle into another lane.
Read MoreTina Egleston Injured in San Antonio Pedestrian Accident on Interstate 35 near Frost Bank Center
San Antonio, Texas – An Edgewood ISD School police officer was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle on Saturday in San Antonio, according to a local news source. The accident happened on January 20, off I-35 near the Frost Bank Center. According to the report, Tina Egleston was working off-duty directing traffic when she took a break and went to a gas station. Two people asked for her a ride back to their vehicle that had run out of gas.
Read MoreTroopers: Foggy roads trigger 37-vehicle pileup that closed Glenn Highway for hours
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Foggy driving conditions along the Glenn Highway on Thursday morning contributed to a massive pileup that closed the busy roadway for several hours. Alaska State Troopers wrote in a dispatch they were notified around 10:30 a.m. of a collision in the southbound lanes of the Glenn Highway at mile 30 on the Knik River bridge. All told, 37 vehicles were involved in the collision near Reflections Lake near the bridge.
Read MoreWoman rescued from top of submerged car after 15 hours
A woman stranded in Livermore, California, spent 15 hours on a submerged vehicle before being rescued. A camper near Del Valle Road called the Alameda County Fire Department after finding the woman on top of her overturned car that was submerged in a swift-moving creek. She was rescued with the help of a California Highway Patrol helicopter that was able to lower a technician to grab the woman and pull her up to safety.
Read More21-Year-Old Woman Pronounced Dead after Two-Vehicle Collision on Interstate 15
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 24, 2024) – Early Saturday morning, Suzanne Chapel died in a two-car accident on Cheyenne Avenue. Authorities responded to the scene around 2:15 a.m., near Interstate 15 on January 13th. According to reports, a 2015 BMW was disabled on the northbound left shoulder. The driver of a 2020 Chevrolet pickup-truck then veered off the road and struck the BMW, pushing both vehicles into the center median.
Read MoreFlordia man struck, killed by semi-truck on I-70
A Florida man was hit and killed in a traffic incident early Monday morning in Callaway County. At 1:51 a.m., Jonas J. Baptiste, 40, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, stopped his vehicle on westbound Interstate 70 and stepped out. As he did so, he was hit by a 2023 Freightliner semi-truck driven by Marcus A. Boards, 42, of Escondido, California, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. He was killed by the impact.
Read MoreMSP investigating fatal US-23 crash Wednesday
HARTLAND TWP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Michigan State Police (MSP) are investigating after a fatal crash Wednesday involving three vehicles in Livingston County. On January 24 at approximately 1:25 am, MSP troopers were dispatched following reports of a vehicle crash in the area of northbound US-23 near Clyde Road in Hartland Township. Once on the scene, troopers found a vehicle occupied by a 33-year-old female from Grand Blanc disabled on the shoulder of northbound US-23.
Read MorePerson trying to help others in I-495 crash struck, killed
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. — Back-to-back crashes late Tuesday night left I-495 backed up and one person dead in Prince George’s County. Troopers with Maryland State Police (MSP)‘s College Park Barrack responded to the outer loop of Interstate 495 south of U.S. Route 50 just before midnight for a multi-vehicle crash. Through an initial investigation, it was determined that a Toyota Camry struck a Toyota Sienna and both vehicles became disabled.
Read MorePolice identify pedestrian struck and killed by vehicle in Osage Beach, Mo.
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KY3) - The Osage Beach Police Department identified the pedestrian struck and killed by a vehicle. Zachariah S. Breeden, 30, of Rocky Mount, Mo., died in the crash. Officers responded to an area near the Grand Glaize Bridge on U.S. 54 around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Investigators say he was being picked up by a driver in the far right lane when another driver did not see the parked car with hazard lights and crashed into it.
Read More5-Year-Old Girl Dies After Dad’s Stalled Car Gets Rear-Ended on Highway: ‘She Was One of a Kind’
A young girl died after she was injured when a car crashed into the back of her father’s car on a Minnesota highway. The Minnesota State Patrol said a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder rear-ended a 2006 Ford Focus that had stalled in the left lane of Eastbound Highway 36 at Lake Elmo Avenue just before 9 p.m. on Saturday, according to an incident report viewed by PEOPLE. Four people were transported to Regions Hospital following the crash, including 5-year-old Morgan Rae Peterson, who later died of her injuries, per the incident report.
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