Preventable Tragedies
Police: 5 teens killed when car leaves the road, plunges into retention pond
Police in Fort Myers, Florida, are trying to piece together the cause of a single-car accident that took the lives of five teenagers Sunday. Fort Myers Police identified the victims as Eric Paul, 19; Jackson Eyre, 18; Amanda Ferguson, 18; Breanna Coleman, 18; and Jesus Salinas, 18. Police did not release the cities where the teens lived, according to the News-Press. The teens were killed Sunday when the car they were riding in went off the road and into a retention pond.
Read More1 person killed, multiple injured after 7 vehicles crash in Norristown
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) – A crash involving seven vehicles left one person dead in Norristown, Montgomery County. It happened as the rain was coming down on the 400 block of West Main Street just after 10:30 p.m. Monday. The Action Cam on the scene showed multiple vehicles with heavy front-end damage. Multiple people were also taken to nearby hospitals with injuries. It is not known how the weather may have played a role in the wreck.
Read MoreBig Spring man killed after disabled car gets rear-ended
LUBBOCK, Texas — One person lost his life in a crash Monday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Carlos Rodriguez, 69-years-old, of Big Spring, was transported to Scenic Mountain Medical Center and was pronounced dead by medical staff. According to DPS, Rodriquez’s car was “disabled” in the eastbound outside lane of Interstate 20 near the mile marker 188. The car was disabled because it struck the center media cable in a prior crash, said DPS.
Read More1 dead, several injured after 10-car crash on 10 Freeway in Upland
At least one person died and several others were injured after a crash involving 10 cars on the I-10 Freeway in Upland Sunday night, authorities said. According to officials with the San Bernardino County Fire Department, the crash spanned both directions of the 10 Freeway, just west of Euclid Avenue. Authorities said initial calls about the crash on the westbound side of the freeway came in at around 8:09 p.m., with a 911 call coming shortly thereafter about additional vehicles involved in the crash on the eastbound side.
Read More52-year-old pedestrian struck, killed by semi-truck in Idaho
BANNOCK COUNTY, Idaho (ABC4) — A 52-year-old Wyoming man was killed after being hit by a semi-truck near Chubbuck, Idaho on Monday, June 26. Idaho State Police say the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on I-86 near milepost 60 in Bannock County. A 50-year-old Nampa man was reportedly driving westbound in a Freightliner semi-truck. Officials say the 52-year-old Wyoming man was “stationary in the right lane of travel” when he was struck by the semi-truck.
Read MoreTesla on Autopilot crashes into stopped truck in Pennsylvania
June 26 (Reuters) - A Tesla (TSLA.O) vehicle that was operating on its Autopilot software crashed into a stationary truck on a highway in Pennsylvania on Friday night, police said, adding to scrutiny of the automaker’s driver assistance system. The Tesla was traveling in the middle lane when it struck the rear end of a Freightliner semi-truck that was parked in the same lane and providing traffic control for a right lane closure, the Pennsylvania State Police said on Monday.
Read More3 killed in fiery crash near Michigan City after driver hits disabled car
LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. — Three people are dead after a driver hit a disabled car on the shoulder Saturday morning near Michigan City, according to Indiana State Police. The crash was reported around 8:35 a.m. about two miles east of Michigan City on Interstate 94. Sgt. Glenn Fifield said a car was disabled and was on the shoulder with its hazards on when a driver struck the car while driving fast.
Read MoreDriver Deceased After Highway 99 Car Collision
TULARE COUNTY – A man was hit and killed in a vehicle accident on Highway 99 shortly after crashing his own vehicle into the concrete wall along the roadway. On June 20, just before 11 p.m., Fresno Communications Center (FCC) received 911 calls of a solo vehicle crash at southbound Highway 99, north of Avenue 328, and that it was partially blocking the fast lane. While officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Visalia Area Office were responding, another vehicle crashed into the first vehicle.
Read MoreChicago mother of 2 killed in Bolingbrook hit-and-run crash on I-55; grandmother breaks silence
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (WLS) – A pedestrian was killed and another seriously injured in a hit-and-run involving a semi-truck on I-55 in Bolingbrook, blocking traffic Friday morning. Illinois State Police said at 3:16 a.m., a vehicle pulled over on the side of I-55 in the northbound lanes near Route 53 in Bolingbrook. According to IDOT, the vehicle ran out of gas so the driver and the passenger got out. That’s when they were struck by the semi, which then fled the scene.
Read MoreDriver killed in 4-car crash on Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade
A driver was killed in a four-vehicle crash on the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade Friday morning, authorities said. The crash happened around 5 a.m. in the southbound lanes of State Road 826 near Interstate 75. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, there were four vehicles involved in the crash: a gray Honda, a silver Nissan, a silver Volkswagen, and a white Ford. All four vehicles were traveling south on State Road 826 within the center outside lane when traffic came to a stop.
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