Preventable Tragedies
Bolingbrook accident kills woman who was pushing her own car on road
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) – A Bolingbrook woman was hit by a car and killed while pushing her own car off the road early Wednesday. Bolingbrook police were called to Joliet Road and 107th Street at 4:54 a.m. for a crash. They learned a woman had been pushing her disabled vehicle south on Joliet Road when she was struck from behind by another car traveling in the same direction. The victim is identified as Jenna Cawthon, 30.
Read MoreDriver struck after getting out of vehicle following Eagan crash
EAGAN, Minn. – Traffic camera video shows a driver in the south metro appear to be struck after getting out of their vehicle following a crash. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the incident occurred on northbound Highway 77 on a bridge over Interstate 35E in Eagan shortly after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic camera video shows a two-vehicle crash involving a Buick Lacrosse and Nissan Rogue.
Read MoreOne driver killed in multi-vehicle collision on Highway 9
Feb. 21—One driver was killed and another injured Monday night during a multi-vehicle collision that closed a portion of Highway 9 in both directions for several hours, Norman police reported. Four vehicles were involved in the collision, which occurred about 7:30 p.m. and closed the highway between 108th and 120th avenues. According to police investigators, “a westbound vehicle crossed left of center for an unknown reason, striking an eastbound vehicle nearly head on.
Read MoreFour Pedestrians Hit By Vehicle, Driver Flees On Foot in Dallas
Dallas Police are searching for a driver who hit four pedestrians near Love Field. It happened near the I-35 and Highway 183 split on Sunday night just before midnight. Police said two vehicles got into a minor accident near the 1300 block of W. Mockingbird Lane at Brookriver Drive. Four people involved in that incident got out of their cars. At some point, another vehicle was trying to avoid the scene and ended up hitting the people standing outside their cars.
Read MoreMan dies after being rear ended in I-75 crash: Cobb County Police
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Cobb County Police are investigating a deadly crash that happened last Saturday along Interstate 75 at Terrell Mill Road. The crash, which happened just after 10 p.m., involved a Toyota Tacoma pickup and Nissan Maxima. The pickup was traveling along I-75 when the driver rear-ended the Maxima, according to a release. Investigators said the car was stopped in the middle of the interstate, and the driver of the pickup couldn’t avoid the crash.
Read MoreMan who walked into Highway 50 lanes in Rancho Cordova dies after collision
RANCHO CORDOVA — A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova, authorities said Monday. The collision happened at around 7:15 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the highway near Zinfandel Drive. According to the California Highway Patrol East Sacramento division, a vehicle was pulled over to the shoulder of the highway. A man who was outside the vehicle entered, for unknown reasons, into the traffic lanes where an oncoming red Toyota was unable to avoid hitting him.
Read MoreMan, Woman Killed in Van, Truck Accident on 5 Freeway in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA – February 17, 2023, a man and a woman were killed due to an accident where a semi-truck hit a van on the 5 Freeway. Investigators said that the accident happened at around 5:20 a.m. along southbound lanes of the freeway in the Sun Valley area near the 170 Freeway. According to officials, an Access Services van going southbound on I-5 somehow became disabled. While stalled, a semi-truck crashed into the van, causing it to catch fire.
Read MoreSan Jose man killed early Sunday morning in crash on Highway 101
A San Jose man died early Sunday morning when his car slammed into a truck that had rolled over minutes earlier on Highway 101. The 63-year-old man was killed at about 4:20 a.m. when his silver 2009 Toyota Camry barreled into a 1999 red GMC Sierra truck that sat wrecked in the northbound lanes of Highway 101, south of Story Road, according to Alicia Moreno, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman.
Read MoreMan dead in Howard Co. after vehicle crashes into tractor-trailer
A man died in Jessup, Maryland, on Sunday morning, after his truck hit a tractor-trailer that was stopped in the road. In a news release, the Howard County Police Department said that around 3:13 a.m. Sunday morning, 32-year-old Dane Thomas Benavidez, a resident of Laurel, was driving west on Md. Route 32 in a 2020 Chevrolet Colorado. Just before reaching the intersection with Washington Boulevard, Benavidez’s truck hit a 2022 Peterbilt tractor-trailer that was stopped in a travel lane.
Read MoreDriver takes off after crash on I-25
DENVER — A woman is in the hospital after a hit-and-run crash that led to another crash on Interstate 25 early Saturday. The Denver Police Department said a vehicle was disabled when it was hit by another vehicle that took off near the Hampden Avenue exit at around 3:30 a.m. A semi-truck then hit the disabled vehicle from behind, police said. The semi’s driver stayed at the scene. The car was destroyed and the driver, Dawson Armstrong, told 9NEWS his friend was taken to the hospital.
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