Preventable Tragedies
Man 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.
Read MoreMan killed in multiple-vehicle Glen Burnie crash
BALTIMORE – A 23-year-old man from Severn was killed and three people were injured Thursday night in a multiple-vehicle crash in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County police said. Officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to westbound route 100 at southbound I-97 for the crash. Investigators believe a man driving a Honda Accord west on Route 100 lost control and struck a traffic barrier, and a Toyota Corolla behind him swerved to avoid hitting the Honda and struck a concrete barrier on the opposite side of the roadway, police said.
Read MorePedestrian killed in crash on Spur 503 in Denison identified
DENISON, Texas (KXII) - A pedestrian hit and killed by a car Friday morning on Spur 503 in Denison has been identified. The Denison Police Department said 40-year-old Adam Ailand was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a vehicle. Officers were able to determine Ailand stopped his vehicle to retrieve items from the roadway, when he was struck by another vehicle, according to a press release. The crash happened on Southbound Spur 503 between Vine Lane and South College Boulevard just after 9 a.
Read MoreWoman dies after truck hits her disabled car on NJ Turnpike
A woman whose car was broken down in a travel lane on the New Jersey Turnpike was struck and killed early Friday morning by a tractor-trailer. State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said the tractor-trailer, a tanker truck and a bobtail were traveling north in the outer lanes north of Exit 13 around 2:20 a.m. and came upon a disabled Hyundai Elantra in a travel lane. The tractor-trailer struck the Elantra, which then hit the other two trucks.
Read MoreWoman killed while crossing I-96 on foot after stopping vehicle on shoulder
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A woman was killed Thursday while trying to cross I-96 on foot after her vehicle was stopped on the shoulder of the freeway, police said. The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 15) on I-96 near Beech Daly in Redford Township. A 50-year-old woman tried to cross the freeway after her vehicle stopped on the shoulder, according to Redford Township police. They did not say what caused her vehicle to stop.
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