Preventable Tragedies
Good Samaritan who was hit while helping another motorist on 101st Parkway dies from injuries
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The pedestrian who was involved in the vehicle crash on Aug. 2 has died as a result of his injuries, and police said he was hit while helping another motorist move a disabled car. At about 10:26 p.m., 44-year-old Harry Roman of Clarksville was assisting a motorist that had broken down on the 101st Airborne Division Parkway near Ringgold Road when he was hit from behind, according to a news release from Clarksville Police spokesman Scott Beaubien.
Read MoreThree dead after motorist slams into back of rig stopped by construction flagger
A woman and two children are dead after their car collided with a stopped tractor trailer in a construction zone. The accident happened between Pratt and Haviland, Kansas at 10:35 a.m. on Tuesday, August 8th on US Highway 54. According to The Wichita Eagle, a tractor trailer was stopped in a construction zone waiting for a flagger to let him pass when a woman in a Nissan rear-ended the rig. The force of the impact killed the woman and her two children inside of the Nissan SUV.
Read MoreWoman with car trouble hit, killed by semi-truck on 101 Freeway in L.A.
A woman who got out of her vehicle was struck and killed on the 101 Freeway, prompting lane closures through the Echo Park area of Los Angeles Tuesday morning. California Highway Patrol units responded to the incident around 3:45 a.m. on the southbound side of the freeway near Alvarado Street. The victim apparently had some sort of car trouble and stopped on the freeway to check the problem, CHP Sgt. Jensen said.
Read More3 dead, dozens injured as tour bus carrying about 50 people crashes on Pennsylvania highway
Three people are dead and dozens suffered minor to severe injuries during a Sunday night bus crash along a Pennsylvania interstate, state police said. The two-vehicle crash took place just before 11:50 p.m. ET on Interstate 81 in Dauphin County’s Lower Paxton Township, near the state capital of Harrisburg. The wreck involved a 2005 tour bus carrying about 50 people and a 2016 Honda CRV, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement online.
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Three people are dead and dozens suffered minor to severe injuries during a Sunday night bus crash along a Pennsylvania interstate, state police said. The two-vehicle crash took place just before 11:50 p.m. ET on Interstate 81 in Dauphin County’s Lower Paxton Township, near the state capital of Harrisburg. The wreck involved a 2005 tour bus carrying about 50 people and a 2016 Honda CRV, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement online.
Read MoreChain-reaction crash on I-44 near Springfield, Mo., injures man who exited vehicle
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a chain-reaction crash that injured a driver outside his vehicle. On Monday, the crash at 3:45 a.m. happened on I-44, about eight miles west of Springfield. Investigators say Michael Harris was driving westbound on I-44 when he hit a construction barrier. His vehicle came to a stop, blocking both lanes. Another vehicle hit Harris when he got out of the vehicle.
Read MoreMan dies after car slams into his disabled vehicle on side of H-1
A 46-year-old man who stopped with car trouble on the side of the H-1 freeway died Monday after another car rear-ended his vehicle, pushing it forward and striking him as he was investigating the problem. Honolulu police said the fatal collision occurred on the shoulder of the H-1 freeway eastbound near the Kaimakani Street overpass in the Aiea area. According to police, the 46-year-old male had gotten out of his vehicle and was attempting to address the mechanical issue when a 56-year-old female motorist traveling eastbound on the H-1 freeway drifted into the eastbound shoulder and into the stalled car.
Read MoreMan dies in Hayward Interstate 880 freeway crash
HAYWARD — A 27-year-old Newark man died Sunday night on Interstate 880 when the car he was driving crashed into a wall and center divider as he tried to avoid a disabled vehicle on the freeway, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. The name of the man killed was not immediately released. The CHP said the fatal crash happened about 9:21 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-880 south of Whipple Road.
Read More2 dead after being ejected from tractor trailer following crash, coroner says
ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Anderson County Coroner’s Office said two people are dead following a crash involving two tractor trailers that caused traffic back up for hours Sunday morning. According to the coroner, the crash happened at around 2 a.m. on I-85 northbound near mile marker 22. The coroner said the driver of a tractor-trailer was traveling north on I-85 when they hit the backend of another tractor trailer that was experiencing mechanical issues causing a crash.
Read MoreVSP investigating chain-reaction crashes in Augusta County
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) – The Virginia State Police is reminding drivers to be aware of changes in traffic. On Thursday, troopers responded to multiple crashes in Augusta County, and though there were several injuries, none of them appeared to be life-threatening. The first crash occurred around 12:20 p.m. and in total, there were 12 separate crashes in the area of the interchange between interstates 64 and 81. That first crash was in the northbound lanes of 81 at the 228 mile marker.
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