Preventable Tragedies
Patrol seeks public assistance after semi hits van on Highway 36
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is seeking public assistance in locating the driver of a semi truck involved in a crash Sunday night near Hamilton. The incident occurred on September 21 between 10:20 and 11 p.m. on westbound Highway 36. According to the Patrol, the semi struck an unoccupied Nissan Quest that had been parked along the highway. Investigators report the semi likely sustained damage to its passenger side during the collision.
Read MoreThree pedestrians seriously injured in I-70 shoulder crash
WYANDOTTE COUNTY (KSNT) – Three pedestrians were seriously injured on Sunday after they were hit by a car that had lost control and started to roll over on I-70. At 5 p.m. on Sunday, three pedestrians were standing on the shoulder of I-70 near mile marker 222 after their vehicle had been disabled from a previous crash. Another driver from Topeka was driving a Ford Fusion west on I-70 when they lost control and the vehicle started to roll.
Read MoreDriver cited after three-vehicle crash on I-75 in Monroe Twp.
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – There was a three-vehicle minor injury crash early Tuesday morning in Miami County. According to the Piqua Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, troopers were dispatched to I-75 near milepost 68 in Monroe Twp. at approximately 5:50 a.m. The initial investigation found a 2023 Freightliner tractor-trailer combination, driven by a 24-year-old young man from Greensboro, N.C., was heading north on I-75. Officials said the Freightliner went off the right side of the road and hit an unoccupied parked disabled vehicle on the right shoulder, a 2007 Chrysler Sebring.
Read MoreOne person dead after being hit by vehicle in Bryan County
BRYAN COUNTY, Okla. (KTEN) — A man died in Bryan County last Friday after he was hit by a car. It happened on State Highway 78 just south of Allison Road. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said 71-year-old David Judd was working on a vehicle on the shoulder of the highway when the driver of another car got distracted, veered off the road and hit Judd. An investigation is ongoing.
Read MorePolice officer fatally hit after stopping at crash scene
SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — A police officer and another motorist are dead after they were struck by a vehicle following a multi-car crash on a San Diego highway late Monday night. Authorities said the first crash happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. when a vehicle hit another one and overturned in the eastbound lanes of I-8. A third vehicle then struck the overturned vehicle. La Mesa police said Officer Lauren Craven was driving back from the San Diego Central Jail when she saw the crash and stopped to help.
Read MoreArrest made in Rayne fatal hit and run
RAYNE, La. — One person has been taken into custody in connection to a fatal hit and run that occurred in Rayne earlier this month. The Texas Department of Public Safety Violent Crimes Task Force arrested Thomas Smith, 49, of Houston on Tuesday in connection to the hit-and-run crash. Smith is accused of fleeing the scene of the crash that killed Jeremy Thomas, 38, of Rayne. According to Rayne Police Department, Smith parked a tractor hauling a cargo trailer on the shoulder of the I-10 Exit 87 westbound off-ramp.
Read MoreI-10 accident claims Comfort resident
A Comfort man perished Wednesday evening when his pickup struck the back of a stalled 18-wheeler on Interstate 10 in Boerne, police said. Bradly Dietert, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene on westbound I-10 near the Texas 46 exit. Investigators said Dietert’s Toyota Tundra struck the rear of a semi-tractor trailer experiencing mechanical issues that had stopped in the inside lane of the interstate. Witnesses told police the tanker truck did not have any rear lights on — brake or hazard — until seconds before the impact.
Read MoreOSHP: Trooper killed in fatal crash on State Route 11 near Canfield
CANFIELD The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is investigating a multi-vehicle crash that killed a trooper. Responders were on the site of a fatal crash on State Route 11 near Canfield around 1 p.m. According to a press release from OSHP, Trooper Nicholas Cayton responded to Route 11 shortly before noon for reports of a disabled tractor-trailer in the right lane. While on the scene, Cayton was sitting in his cruiser with his emergency lights on when a 2007 Mack Granite truck, driven by 35-year-old Ryan Rach, crashed into the back of the cruiser, causing it to go forward into the back of the disabled tractor-trailer and strike the driver who was in the roadway.
Read MoreMulti-car crash on I-20 WB in Gregg Co. kills Zuo Mac Kpogba
GREGG CO., TX – A Euless man sustained fatal injuries Tuesday night in a multi-vehicle collision along the interstate in Gregg County, reports KLTV 7. The accident occurred shortly before 9:30 p.m. on the westbound side of I-20, somewhere between Liberty City and Longview. Officials haven’t yet provided a cross street or mile marker for the crash. The initial investigation indicates that a westbound box van became disabled in the roadway after rear ending an 18-wheeler.
Read MorePolice: Driver hits vehicles stopped behind Saginaw Township bus
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - Police say a chain-reaction crash behind a school bus in Saginaw Township on Wednesday is part of an alarming trend of bad driving around bus stops this fall. The crash on Midland Road near Hospital Road involved three vehicles around 3:30 p.m. The bus was stopped in the right lane with its lights flashing and a stop board extended to drop off students and two vehicles stopped behind it.
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