Preventable Tragedies
Elderly couple missing for months found dead in Nebraska
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB/Gray News) - A Nebraska couple who went missing in mid-January were found dead near a vehicle stuck on a maintenance road, according to the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office was contacted at about 3:15 p.m. Saturday by a citizen who found a vehicle stuck on a minimum maintenance road almost 11 miles northeast of Kearney, Nebraska. Deputies identified the vehicle as that of 89-year-old Robert and 92-year-old Loveda Proctor, of Aurora, who were reported missing Jan.
Read MoreMan found dead in crashed vehicle in Shades Creek off Interstate 65 in Homewood
A man was found dead in a crashed vehicle Sunday in Shades Creek off Interstate 65 in Homewood. Homewood police responded to I-65 southbound just south of Lakeshore Parkway near an apartment complex just after 1:30 p.m. A passerby made the discovery and called 911. Officers found a wrecked vehicle with one man inside. Sgt. John Carr said it appears the vehicle left I-65 and ended up in the creek. It wasn’t immediately clear when the crash happened, but investigators believe it took place hours before the vehicle and the victim were discovered.
Read MoreMan seriously injured after Ohio Turnpike crash, troopers say
MOCLOVA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WTVG) - A man is seriously injured after a crash on the Ohio Turnpike Sunday. Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the crash in Lucas County around 6:30 a.m. The car was heading eastbound on Interstate Route 80 when it exited the left side of the road and hit a guardrail, stopping the vehicle, troopers said. The 20-year-old passenger from Cleveland Heights then exited the vehicle, leaving it stopped in the roadway, officials said.
Read MoreDeath reported after crash on I-664 near Bowers Hill in Chesapeake
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – A man is dead after a crash Friday morning on I-664 near the Bowers Hill Interchange in Chesapeake, according to Virginia State Police. On March 10, around 11:34 a.m. the driver of the tractor-trailer, Zion Redding of Indiana was parked on the right closed shoulder and was asleep. The driver of the other tractor-trailer, Ricky M. Batten, 59, of Norfolk was traveling eastbound on I-64 towards I-664 northbound when he ran off the road and hit the parked tractor-trailer from behind.
Read MoreDriver wanted in hit-and-run on shoulder of I-25
DENVER (KDVR) — Police are looking for a driver who was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run that injured one person while they were pushing a van on the shoulder of Interstate 25. According to the Denver Police Department, the hit-and-run occurred on Feb. 12 at 10:55 p.m. on southbound I-25 at 20th Avenue. DPD said two people were pushing a van on the right shoulder of the highway when they were struck by an unknown driver in a silver Porsche.
Read MoreUPDATE: Multi-vehicle crash kills woman on I-45
A multi-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Washington woman and left the highway shut down for hours, Tuesday afternoon on Interstate Highway 45 in Navarro County. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, four semi trucks with trailers were involved in a major accident around 2:20 p.m. March 7, about a mile south of FM 739 in Angus. Trooper M. Ochoa, of DPS Corsicana stated that the preliminary investigation indicated Leslie, Freeman Agyepong, female, 46, from Lacey, WA was driving a Freightliner truck tractor towing a semi-trailer traveling south on Interstate 45 and crashed into three other truck tractors towing semi-trailers, which were stopped due to an unrelated crash.
Read More1 child killed, 2 others injured after mail truck hits car in northern Indiana
GARY, Ind. — A six-year-old girl is dead and two other children are seriously injured after a mail truck reportedly rear-ended a stopped car on Interstate 80 in northern Indiana early Wednesday. According to Indiana State Police, the accident occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. when a Volvo semi truck pulling a trailer loaded with U.S. mail rear-ended a Nissan Altima near mile-marker 7.5 on I-80. State police said the Altima had been stopped in the right lane.
Read MoreSnowstorm strands Northern California woman in her car for 3 nights
A Northern California woman was rescued after surviving three nights in her car when she became stranded in a historic snowstorm while driving up a winding mountain road in an attempt to evacuate snowbound relatives, authorities said. The 43-year-old woman got stuck on Friday night near her home in Laytonville, about 150 miles north of San Francisco, along with her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend when a snowstorm slammed Mendocino County, according to officials.
Read MoreTractor trailer collides with another, driver arrested for theft
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A driver is in custody after troopers say he hit a tractor trailer in Okaloosa County. On early Wednesday morning, Florida Highway Patrol said a 49-year-old man was traveling west in a tractor trailer, in the outside lane of Interstate 10, near mile marker 67. Meanwhile, another tractor trailer was stopped ahead of the north shoulder. Officials say the driver of the second trailer had stepped away from his truck and was not inside it.
Read MoreDriver killed in crash involving 2 semis on Kansas Turnpike
EMPORIA, Kan. (KAKE) - One semi driver was killed when his rig crashed into another that was parked on the shoulder of the Kansas Turnpike on Monday. The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. on northbound I-35 near mile marker 121, which is southwest of Emporia. The Kansas Highway Patrol’s crash log says an International truck was parked on the right shoulder when a Peterbilt truck drifted onto the shoulder and hit the rear of the parked truck.
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