Preventable Tragedies

Victims of multi-vehicle crash in eastern Iowa identified

January 10, 2023

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (WHO) — The Iowa State Patrol has released the names of the two people who died in a 16-car pileup on I-80 over the weekend. It happened around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, when the interstate became ice-covered near Iowa City, according to a crash report from the ISP. They say a semi jack-knifed and blocked all the westbound lanes. A car driven by 57-year-old David Mosinski of Fairfield hit the trailer of the semi.

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Several injured after more than 9 vehicles, including an 18-wheeler, crash on I-45

January 09, 2023

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A major multivehicle crash along the North Freeway sent several people to the hospital Monday afternoon, according to officials. At 1:20 p.m., Houston TranStar verified a crash involving at least three vehicles, and shortly after, at 1:37 p.m., another crash involving nine vehicles was verified at the same spot. The chain-reaction crashes, at IH-45 North northbound at SH 249 Mount Houston Road, were cleared at 3:18 p.

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Woman struck, killed when she got out of disabled vehicle among 3 dead following Jeffco traffic crashes

January 09, 2023

Three people died over the weekend following Jefferson County traffic crashes, including a woman who was struck on Elton B. Stephens Expressway after she got out of her disabled vehicle. Procha Patrice Williams , 34, was struck at 2:28 a.m. Sunday on Elton B. Stephens Expressway northbound at the U.S. 31 exit ramp, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. Williams was the driver of a vehicle that became disabled in one of the traffic lanes, said Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates.

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Man who FaceTimed mom before disappearing is found dead in submerged car, NC cops say

January 08, 2023

A 20-year-old who vanished days before Christmas was found dead in a submerged car, police told news outlets. The car was pulled from Buffalo Creek in Greensboro on the morning of Friday, Jan. 6, after a passerby spotted it overturned down an embankment, the Greensboro Police Department told WFMY. Officers confirmed the car belonged to Nicholas Snead and later identified the body found in the driver’s seat as Snead. Police told WXII they are investigating his death as a traffic fatality but have not determined what caused the crash.

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2 dead after overnight crash on I-30 in Fort Worth

January 07, 2023

FORT WORTH, Texas - Fort Worth police are investigating a crash on I-30 that left two people dead early Saturday morning. The wreck happened just before 2:30 a.m., when investigators said a motorcycle slammed into the back of a car that was stalled in the westbound lanes or the right shoulder of the interstate, near Alta Mere Drive. One of the victims was the motorcyclist, who was thrown from his bike.

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Ukrainian truck driver living in Naperville in critical condition after being hit by semi during winter storm

January 07, 2023

Crowdfunding as of Friday had raised more than $53,000 to help a 50-year-old Ukrainian native living in Naperville after he was struck by a semitractor-trailer during the Dec. 22 winter storm. Illia Shemchuk, 50, remains in critical condition in a Libertyville hospital Friday with multiple internal injuries and fractures throughout his body, according to his daughter, Anastasiia Garza,of Naperville. Her father was returning to Bartlett to unload his cargo when his vehicle became involved in a fender-bender on Interstate 94 near Gurnee, Garza said.

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Denay Josey seriously injured in Jacksonville pedestrian accident

January 06, 2023

JACKSONVILLE, FL, (January 06, 2023) - A woman was seriously injured and is fighting for her life after she was struck by a motorist Monday morning on the Matthews Bridge. According to police, 20-year-old Denay Josey was fixing a flat tire on her car when she was struck by a passing motorist. Officers said the driver was traveling too fast for the foggy conditions. Josey suffered major head and leg trauma and was transported to an area hospital for treatment.

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Loved Ones Seek Answers After Road Crew Worker’s Hit-and-Run Death

January 06, 2023

The loved ones of a man killed in a hit-and-run along a Virginia highway last month is desperate for answers. Jonathan Franzell, a 32-year-old member of a road construction crew, was trying to help after a crash on Interstate 66 when a car hit him and kept going, Virginia State Police says. “It’s been hard; it’s been really hard,” said his girlfriend, Jessica Pullen, fighting tears. “I miss him. I get off of work and I come home and I think he’s going to be here, and he’s not.

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18-year-old killed in Solano County wreck

January 05, 2023

FAIRFIELD, Calif. — An Oroville man died Thursday morning when the pickup truck he was riding in went off the road and hit a box truck. According to CHP, the crash happened around 10 a.m. on westbound I-80 near Magazine Street. CHP says the 27-year-old driver, also from Oroville, was driving his Dodge Ram when he went off the road and hit a disabled box truck on the shoulder. The Ram driver’s passenger, an unidentified 18-year-old, was fatally injured.

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25-year-old Noblesville man hit and killed while changing tire on I-65

January 05, 2023

JASPER COUNTY, Ind. — A 25-year-old man from Noblesville was killed in a crash in northwest Indiana Wednesday. Miles Williams was outside of his vehicle near the 230 mile-marker of Interstate 65 southbound around 9:45 a.m. when he and his Nissan Altima were hit by a southbound Chevrolet Equinox, state police said. Williams suffered severe injuries and died at the scene. Investigators said Williams had pulled off of the left side of the interstate after his passenger-side rear tire went flat.

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