Preventable Tragedies
18-Wheeler Hits Disabled Car on I-12, One Killed in Covington, LA
Covington, LA — December 18, 2022, one person died in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 12 in St. Tammany Parish. Authorities say the incident happened Sunday along I-12 near Highway 21. Preliminary investigation suggests the victim was traveling east on the highway when their vehicle became disabled for unknown reasons and stopped in the left lane. Reports indicate the car’s lights weren’t on when an eastbound semi-truck approached from behind and rear-ended it.
Read MorePolice: Pedestrian struck, killed trying to cross Highway 97 in Redmond
Redmond Police say a semi-truck driver who tried to cross Highway 97 on foot was struck by another vehicle and killed Monday night. It happened at about 7:00 p.m. on southbound Highway 97 just north of the SW Yew Avenue Exit on the south end of town. Redmond Police say that the semi driver parked on the northbound shoulder. For reasons that are unknown, the driver got out and tried to cross five lanes of highway.
Read MoreTroopers identify St. Pauls woman hit, killed on I-95 after being involved in separate crash
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) – A St. Pauls woman was hit and killed along I-95 near Lumberton after being involved in a separate crash. Troopers with the North Carolina Highway Patrol were called just before 6 p.m. Tuesday to the northbound lanes near mile marker 26. According to First Sgt. S.B. Lewis, Erline B. White, 60 of St. Pauls, was in a single-vehicle crash that caused property damage. She exited the vehicle and attempted to run across I-95, the investigation found.
Read MoreIMPD: Crash at 71st and Binford sends 2 to hospital
INDIANAPOLIS — Two people were sent to the hospital after a crash at a busy northeast side intersection. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the crash involved two vehicles at the intersection of 71st Street and Binford Boulveard. Police told us the call came in at 6:30 a.m. Police said a truck had broken down in the middle of Binford, and a second vehicle then hit the truck from behind.
Read MoreMan Killed in Accident While Repairing Car on Tomball Pkwy in Houston, TX
Houston, TX – December 18, 2022, a man was killed after a car accident on Tomball Parkway where a vehicle hit his stalled car. Initial details given by Houston and Harris County officials say the incident happened near Willowbrook in the area of Tomball Parkway/TX-249 and Greens Road. It appears that a man was in a sedan traveling along the highway when the vehicle broke down. The driver got out of the vehicle and was by the front of the vehicle.
Read MoreWoman Ejected During Crash on I-91 South in North Haven Fatally Hit by Vehicle: CSP
A woman has died after she was ejected from her vehicle during a crash on Interstate 91 south in North Haven and struck by another vehicle on the highway on Sunday night. State police said 23-year-old Cassandra Carlson, of North Haven, was driving a Subaru Wrx in the left center lane when she collided with a Honda Accord around 8:40 p.m. The collision caused the Honda to spin out into the center median and then strike the guardrail.
Read MoreGood Samaritans in critical condition after being hit by car as they assisted others in crashes
Two Good Samaritans — a 42-year-old Royal Oak woman and a 52-year-old Howell man — are hospitalized with critical injuries after stopping on the shoulder of the overpass of I-96 and U.S. 23 to assist drivers in crashes that happened just minutes earlier. According to a release from the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, deputies were responding to a single-vehicle crash on the overpass of eastbound I-96 and U.
Read MorePedestrian struck, killed in Concord Township crash
CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) – A pedestrian was struck and killed after a crash in Concord Township, Delaware County. It happened around 4 a.m. Sunday on Route 202 between Johnson Farm Lane and Watkin Avenue. Pennsylvania State Police say the crash happened after a pedestrian exited their disabled vehicle on the shoulder of Route 202. The pedestrian stepped out into the right lane of traffic on Route 202 southbound. While the pedestrian was standing in the traffic lane, a passing vehicle struck them.
Read MoreOrange County multi-vehicle crash leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
A 38-year-old man from Orlando is dead after colliding into the front of a 2012 Honda Odyssey in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The accident occurred at 3:42 a.m. Saturday on State Road 417 south of University Blvd., and left the drivers of two other vehicles injured. The Orlando man, who was driving a 2004 Ford Mustang, was traveling the wrong way in the northbound lanes. After the initial impact into the van, which was driven by a 40-year-old man from Palatka, the Ford Mustang rotated and came to final rest outside of State Road 417.
Read MoreMan Killed in I-95 Crash on Friday Morning
On Friday at approximately 1 am, members of the State Police, Providence Police, Providence Fire and Rescue, Amtrack Police, Department of Environmental Management, and Department of Transportation responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 95 North, north of the Route 10 overpass in Providence. According to the State Police, a tractor-trailer truck struck a disabled motor vehicle in the high-speed lane, which then caused it to a rollover blocking the two right lanes of the highway.
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