Preventable Tragedies
Maryland State Police investigating fatal crash in College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland State Police are investigating a pedestrian crash on the Capital Beltway that killed one D.C. man. That man was identified as 55-year-old Olumide Stephen of Washington, D.C. Police say that around 2 p.m., troopers arrived at the scene of a pedestrian crash on the right shoulder of southbound I-495, prior to Baltimore Avenue. In a preliminary investigation, troopers discovered Stephen was changing his right rear passenger-side tire when a black Toyota Prius traveling southbound struck Stephan and the rear of the car.
Read MoreYadkinville man facing charges in multiple car crash in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — North Carolina State Highway Patrol said a 21-year-old man is facing charges after a three-car crash on Interstate 40 East in Winston-Salem. Garret Kneen of Yadkinville is facing a charge of failure to maintain a lane and a registration violation. Troopers said Interstate 40 East is closed between Stratford Road and Hanes Mall Boulevard after a crash involving three vehicles. According to the highway patrol, a tractor-trailer was parked on the right shoulder of I-40 East for mechanical issues.
Read More84-year-old driver from Florida killed in crash on I-10 East Freeway
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – An 84-year-old man was killed in a crash that shut down part of the East Freeway on Tuesday morning, ABC13 has learned. The wreck in the westbound lanes of I-10 at Thompson was reported on Houston Transtar’s incident page at about 4:30 a.m. and had cleared about two hours later. The driver from Florida was stopped in one of the lanes and had no lights on when his vehicle was hit, authorities said.
Read MoreLyndeborough resident hit by car in Auburn
A Lyndeborough man sustained non-life-threatening injuries Monday after his disabled vehicle was hit by another driver. According to a release from Troop A of the New Hampshire State Police, Cody Douglas, 23, of Lyndeborough got out of his 2006 Subaru Forester when it broke down on Route 101 West in Auburn at approximately 4:30 p.m. The vehicle was on the left side of the road, partially in the high-speed lane.
Read MoreWoman dies in I-96 crash when pickup hits cable barrier, stops in path of semi-truck
IONIA COUNTY, MI – A North Carolina woman was killed Monday, April 10, in a crash on I-96. The victim’s eastbound pickup truck hit a cable barrier then stopped on the expressway where it was struck by a semi-tractor trailer, Ionia County sheriff’s deputies said. Kristin Vandersyde, 38, of Brevard, North Carolina, died in the 10:05 p.m. crash on I-96 near Jackson Road in Ionia County’s Berlin Township. She was driving a Chevrolet Silverado east on I-96 when it left the road, hit a cable barrier and came to a stop on the highway, police said.
Read MoreAt least 1 killed after semi-truck crash in Encinitas
ENCINITAS, Calif. — A stretch of lanes on southbound Interstate 5 was closed for several hours Monday following a deadly semi-truck crash, officials said. The collision happened around 10:45 a.m. on southbound I-5, near Encinitas Boulevard, Officer Hunter Gerber with California Highway Patrol said in a release. Authorities say a 40-year-old woman was driving a white Chrysler Pacifica in the fourth southbound lane when she veered onto the right shoulder and crashed into a disabled gray Honda Civic on the right shoulder.
Read MoreBody Found in Submerged Car That Belongs to Fla. Teacher Who Went Missing 2 and a Half Years Ago
Florida authorities said a car that belongs to Creekside Middle School teacher Robert Heikka, who disappeared in October 2020, and a body were found in a canal along in Volusia County Authorities in Florida say a car owned by a middle school teacher who vanished in 2020 has been found in a local canal with a body inside. Robert Heikka’s car was discovered in the water along Pioneer Trail in Volusia County, between State Roads 44 and 415, according to a statement from the Volusia Sheriff’s Office (VSO).
Read MoreTexas woman missing for nearly 2 days found alive in Jeep submerged underwater
MARION COUNTY, Texas — A missing Texas woman was found alive inside a vehicle that was submerged underwater, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The woman had been missing since Wednesday, April 5. She was found two days later when a fisherman noticed a black Jeep submerged about 40 feet away from a boat ramp, deputies said. In pictures released by authorities, the only visible part of the Jeep was part of its roof.
Read MoreTwo women struck, one killed on I-4 near disabled vehicle
One woman was killed and another was seriously injured after they were struck by a vehicle on Interstate 4 while they waited next to their vehicle, which had been disabled from a prior accident. The fatal accident took place on Saturday, April 8, at around 5:52 a.m., near mile marker 90 on I-4 east. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, two 20-year-old women, one from Edgewater and one from Daytona Beach, were standing outside of their 2014 Ford Focus.
Read MoreTwo unloading luggage from car struck in hit-and-run crash
SAN DIEGO — Two pedestrians were seriously hurt Friday when they were hit by a vehicle in the Ocean Beach neighborhood, authorities said. The hit-and-run crash occurred around 5:43 p.m. in the 4700 block of Greene Street, Sgt. Clint Leisz with the San Diego Police Department said in a news release. A man and woman, both 31 years old, were in the process of unloading luggage from their parked rental black 2022 Nissan Altima SV along the right side of the roadway, when an unknown driver traveling eastbound on Greene Street made an unsafe movement to the right and struck the pedestrians, according to SDPD.
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