Preventable Tragedies
Man killed in wreck on I-85
A man was killed in a wreck on I-85 early Saturday morning, the Belmont Police Department said. Josiah Wheeler, 25, was driving in the far left lane of I-85 South at about 1:45 a.m. when he suddenly saw a disabled vehicle in his lane that did not have its lights on, according to a police press release. Wheeler was unable to avoid the vehicle and struck it in the rear. The driver, 65-year-old Jackson Munsey, was thrown from the vehicle.
Read MoreCrash on I-840 involving Winston-Salem police officer results in minor injuries, troopers say
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A crash involving a Winston-Salem police officer on I-840 East, near North Elm Street, resulted in minor injuries on Friday evening, according to the State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at 7:55 p.m. when Mark Daniel Mooney, 50, a Winston-Salem police patrol car, crashed into a car driven by Rah’shia Pauline Jones, 23. Jones had been involved in a rear-end crash with another vehicle, leaving her car disabled in the roadway.
Read MoreNorman Police investigate deadly multi-vehicle crash on Hwy 9
NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – Norman Police are investigating a fatal multi-vehicle crash on State Highway 9 on March 1. According to the Normal Police Department, the accident happened between 48th Avenue SE and 60th Avenue SE on Highway 9 around 7:04 p.m. on Friday, March 1. Officials say the first investigation into the wreck suggests that a car traveling westbound on Hwy 9 crossed left of center crashing head-on with a car moving eastbound.
Read MoreSara Hill Killed in Crash at Marsha Sharp Freeway and Loop 289 in Lubbock
Lubbock, Texas – A woman was killed Friday night after being struck by a vehicle following a rollover crash in Lubbock, according to the police. The fatal crash happened just after 10:00 p.m., March 1, in the area of Marsha Sharp Freeway and W Loop 289. Police said two vehicles collided on the overpass. 31-year-old Sara Hill was outside of her vehicle that was disabled when an eastbound pickup truck hit the vehicle and also struck Hill.
Read MoreMurrieta woman gets out of car after 15 Freeway crash, is fatally struck
A 23-year-old Murrieta woman was killed early Friday, March 1, when she was run over after her car crashed on the 15 Freeway near the San Diego County line, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash resulted in an hours-long traffic jam. Ariel Bridgeman was driving her 2021 Honda Accord north on the 15 around 4:45 a.m. when her car veered off of the shoulder, crashed through a chain-link fence and struck an embankment, the CHP said.
Read More2 hospitalized after vehicle collides with disabled car on Highway 58: CHP
BUTTONWILLOW, Calif. (KGET) — Two people were hospitalized after a vehicle collided with a disabled car on Highway 58 west of Bakersfield, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP said on Thursday morning just before 6:30 a.m., the Bakersfield Communications Center received a call of a traffic crash in the area of State Route 58 east of Bussell Road. Officers from the California Highway Patrol Buttonwillow area office responded to the scene.
Read MoreMan rescued 2 days after car rolls down Big Sur cliffside
The California Highway Patrol Coastal Division said Wednesday its teams rescued a man who had been stranded for two days after accidentally driving off a cliffside. On Tuesday, the Coast Division Air Operations Unit was asked to send out a team to search for a possible vehicle off the side of the coastline between Big Sur and Carmel after an employee of a local establishment did not make it home on Sunday night, authorities said.
Read MoreNMSP Reports Fatal Seven-Car Pileup South Of Roswell
CHAVES COUNTY — At around 2:30 p.m. Feb. 27, 2024, New Mexico State Police (NMSP) was called to investigate a fatal crash involving multiple vehicles on U.S. Highway 285 and the intersection of East Orchard Park Road south of Roswell. The initial investigation indicated that a Ford pickup truck, driven by a 46-year-old male, was trying to cross 285 from East Orchard Park Road. A 2008 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by a 43-year-old male struck the Ford pickup truck as it crossed 285, causing both vehicles to become disabled in the northbound lanes.
Read MoreRayne pedestrian killed in Terrebonne Parish crash
TERREBONNE PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Louisiana State Police Troopers are investigating a car crash that left one pedestrian dead and another injured on Thursday, Feb. 29. LSP leaders said around 5 a.m. troopers began investigating a single car fatal crash involving pedestrians on U.S. Highway 90 eastbound near milepost 192. An initial investigation revealed a prior crash occurred when an eastbound car on U.S. Hwy 90 struck a large object in the roadway that had fallen from a commercial vehicle.
Read MoreTwo dead after Sacramento PD detective crashes into disabled vehicle on Interstate 5
An on-duty Sacramento Police Department detective crashed into a disabled pickup truck Tuesday morning on Interstate 5, killing two men standing near the truck, authorities said. The police vehicle, an unmarked Ford Fusion, was heading southbound on I-5 around 6:15 a.m. when it crashed into a white Dodge pickup truck stopped on the right shoulder just south of Sutterville Road, the California Highway Patrol’s South Sacramento office said in a news release.
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