Preventable Tragedies
Person struck, killed by tractor-trailer while checking tire on I-70 shoulder in Frederick County
MYERSVILLE, Md. - A person is dead after being struck by a tractor-trailer while checking a tire on the shoulder of a Frederick County highway. The crash happened just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday along the westbound lanes of Interstate-70 near Harmony Road in the Myersville area. Authorities say the person pulled off onto the shoulder of the roadway and was checking on a front tire when they were struck. The crash is under investigation at this time.
Read MoreWoman dead after hit-and-run on Loop 101
A hit-and-run investigation is now underway after Peoria police found the body of a woman on Loop 101 in Peoria. Just prior to 3 a.m. Dec. 19, the Peoria Police Department was dispatched to a report of a dead body found in a car at an offramp of the southbound Loop 101 in the Gravel Tree area near the Peoria Avenue exit. After arriving, police found a 33-year-old woman outside the vehicle.
Read MoreCharles Simmons Killed in Traffic Accident on I-70 in Springfield Twp, OH
Springfield Township, OH — December 20, 2022, 32-year-old Charles Simmons died in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 in Springfield Township. Authorities say the incident happened around 6:00 a.m. on westbound I-70 near mile marker 52. Preliminary investigation suggests Simmons was driving a Nissan Altima west on the highway when he was involved in a crash and his vehicle became disabled. Soon afterward a Freightliner 18-wheeler approached and hit the Nissan, after which both vehicles ran off the right side of the road and caught fire.
Read MoreMan hit, killed by minivan after exiting vehicle following rear-end crash
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – After rear-ending another vehicle, a man got out of his vehicle and was struck by a car and killed Tuesday afternoon. Pau Khan Kap, 72, of Battle Creek, was killed around 5:40 p.m., Dec. 20, on M-89 at the intersection of 6th Street in Gun Plain Township, Michigan State Police said. Kap was driving a Honda minivan when he rear-ended a Toyota SUV that was stopped on M-89, waiting to turn onto 6th Street, police said.
Read MorePassenger falls out of SUV, causing secondary crash in Morton Grove
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (CBS) – Police are investigating a crash after a person is critically hurt after a traffic crash in Morton Grove Wednesday morning. Morton Grove police responded to the area of Dempster and Austin for a traffic crash around 3:53 a.m. Initial reports say a 2010 White Nissan SUV was traveling eastbound on Dempster approaching Austin when the rear passenger fell out of the vehicle onto the roadway.
Read MoreRobert Wilkinson killed in tragic Washington County pedestrian crash
WASHINGTON, MO, (December 20, 2022) - A 45-year-old man lost his life Tuesday afternoon when he was hit by a motor vehicle along Missouri Highway 47 in Washington County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Robert W. Wilkinson, of Blackwell, stopped a 2017 Buick Encore along the right shoulder of Highway 47 and exited the vehicle. Soon after, Wilkinson was standing near a 2007 Ford Fusion parked along the left shoulder when a southbound 2000 Ford F-350 pickup truck crashed into the back of the Fusion and then hit Wilkinson.
Read More18-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.
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