Preventable Tragedies
Raleigh officer injured in 3-car crash on US 64 at Lizard Lick Road near Zebulon
A Raleigh police officer was injured Sunday in a crash involving three vehicles on U.S. Highway 64 at Lizard Lick Road near Zebulon. The crash was reported around 4:30 a.m., blocking all eastbound lanes of U.S. 64 at Exit 432 for Lizard Lick Road. The road reopened by 7 a.m. Investigators told WRAL News a 2011 Ford Edge was traveling eastbound on U.S. 64 when it hit the center guardrail, crashed and became stalled without headlights in the dark roadway.
Read MoreSemi Tractor-Trailer Collides with Semi Parked on shoulder of I-40 Sunday
LUDLOW, CA. (Pain In The Pass) » A Semi tractor-trailer collides into a parked semi-truck on westbound Interstate 40 in the town of Ludlow, California, on Sunday. (Photo above is credit by Marina Lynn Quintero) The crash occurred around 11:39am on March 9, 2025. The location of the crash was on westbound I-40 about 8 miles after the Kelbaker Road exit according to the California Highway Patrol. A blue semi-truck parked on the right shoulder of I-40 was struck from the rear by a red semi-truck, causing the red semi to have major passenger side damage to the cab.
Read MoreUPDATE: Victims of Saturday multi-vehicle crash identified
ROCKINGHAM — The Vermont State Police on Sunday identified the victims of Saturday’s multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 91 northbound, in which a father and his 4-month-old daughter were killed. The operator of the Hyundai passenger vehicle was Taylor Binnington, 39, of North Haven, Connecticut; he was pronounced dead on scene. His wife, Evelyn Lake, 36, was a passenger in the rear seat. Their 4-month-old daughter, Parry Lake, also was seated in the rear of the vehicle and was life-flighted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, where he later died of his injuries.
Read MoreMotorist Slams Into Disabled Car In Norwich, One Badly Hurt: Police
NORWICH/WEST HARTFORD, CT — State police said a 24-year-old West Hartford motorist slammed into a disabled vehicle on the side of Route 2 in Norwich Tuesday. While the West Hartford man wasn’t hurt in the crash, the accident seriously injured a 29-year-old Rhode Island man who was changing a tire in the shoulder of the state highway. The accident happened Tuesday at about 4:26 p.m. on Route 2 eastbound in Norwich.
Read MoreBody Found in Crashed Vehicle Near Air Force Base Believed to Be Missing 95-Year-Old Woman
A 95-year-old woman who went missing at the beginning of February is believed to have been found dead on an Air Force base, authorities said. A woman’s remains were found inside a crashed vehicle in a ravine on an air force base in Jacksonville, Ark. Police believe the woman is Belva Day, who was last seen on Feb. 6, though official identification of the body is still pending, according to ABC affiliate KATV, radio station KTLO and CW affiliate KY3.
Read MoreChesapeake driver killed after stopping on I-664 shoulder in Suffolk
SUFFOLK, Va. — Virginia State Police (VSP) say a man has died after a vehicle crash on the interstate in Suffolk Tuesday morning. Officials say VSP responded to a two-vehicle crash around 1:15 a.m. and investigations showed that 39-year-old Corey L. B. Knight of Chesapeake was driving a 2023 Volkswagen GTI on I-664 S near College Drive when he pulled off to the right shoulder, activated emergency hazard lights and exited the vehicle.
Read MoreDriver dies after likely falling asleep on Fresno highway, CHP says. Car found 6 hours later
A 22-year-old driver died early Tuesday after authorities say he might have fallen asleep on a Fresno highway. The California Highway Patrol determined that the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on southbound Highway 41, just north of the transition to Highway 99 when the driver of a Toyota Camry allowed the car to veer off the roadway. The Camry drifted onto the right shoulder and traveled in a southwesterly direction up an embankment before striking a concrete pillar, CHP said.
Read MoreMichigan man killed after semi-truck hits concrete wall, shed in Tipp City
A Michigan man died early Tuesday morning following a crash where a semi-truck went off the road and hit multiple things, including a disabled vehicle, in Tipp City. The crash was reported around 12:52 a.m. on Interstate 75 near Ohio 571. Ralph Deaton, 56, of Adrian, Michigan, succumbed to his injuries on the scene, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. A preliminary investigation showed Deaton was driving a semi-truck north on I-75 when the semi went off the right side of the road and hit a disabled vehicle.
Read MoreSubmerged car with body inside linked to 18-wheeler crash a month earlier, WV cops say
The body of a Pennsylvania man went undiscovered for more than a month after his SUV plunged off a bridge and sank in an icy lake, according to investigators in West Virginia. Kevin C. Lataille, 59, was found 39 days after he encountered a jack-knifing 18-wheeler on Interstate 68’s Cheat Lake Bridge near Morgantown, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office said in a March 3 news release. His death went unnoticed because the trucker involved didn’t report an SUV fell from the bridge during the Jan.
Read MoreThree killed in 11-car pileup west of Lordsburg
LORDSBURG, N.M. (KRQE) – Three people were killed in an 11-car pileup west of Lordsburg on Thursday, according to New Mexico State Police. The weather was a contributing factor, with heavy dust leading to a lack of visibility. One of the victims killed in the crash, 45-year-old Joseph Malley, was from Lordsburg. The other two victims, 52-year-old Douan Fernandez and 37-year-old Alexander Acosta, were both from Florida. According to New Mexico State Police, the crash occurred at around 8 a.
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