Preventable Tragedies
UPDATE: State Police reveal deer as cause of I-57 semi crash
TUSCOLA, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois State Police have revealed that a crash on Interstate 57 Wednesday afternoon was caused by a deer. Officials said that at approximately 1:25 p.m., a car driving northbound hit a deer that ran onto the highway. As the car came to a stop, it was hit by a semi-truck traveling behind it that could not slow down in time. After hitting the car, the truck went off the highway, hit a guardrail and came to a rest across both lanes of traffic.
Read MoreFatal crash discovered off roadway in Thousand Oaks
A Los Angeles man was found dead in his car Saturday morning on a hillside in Thousand Oaks after an earlier crash, Ventura County Sheriff’s officials said. The white sedan was noticed by a passerby around 6:40 a.m. off South Westlake Boulevard, south of Potrero Road, said Ventura County Sheriff’s Capt. William Hutton. A deputy found the car about 75 feet up the hillside, authorities said. The driver was found inside “obviously deceased,” Hutton said.
Read MoreAll lanes reopened after passenger who got out of broken-down car fatally hit on I-10, HPD says
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A deadly three-vehicle crash on I-10 led to multiple lane closures along the freeway Saturday morning. The Houston Police Department said the crash was reported at about 7:30 a.m. on the Katy Freeway eastbound at Antoine Drive. At about 9 a.m., Houston TranStar cameras showed at least five lanes still closed, with just the HOV lanes open to let drivers through. All lanes were reopened hours later, at about 11:30 a.
Read MoreSheriff: Woman pushing disabled SUV hit, killed in Klein area
SPRING, Texas — A woman was hit and killed early Saturday morning near the Klein area, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The deadly crash was reported just after 6:30 a.m. on Spring Cypress and Kuykendahl in the Spring-Klein area. According to Gonzalez, the woman was next to the driver’s side door pushing the SUV while her boyfriend was behind the vehicle. A second vehicle then hit and killed the woman. The SUV was hit again by a third vehicle, but no one was injured in that crash.
Read MoreArcadia Woman Killed, Others Injured in Truck Accident on County Road 769 in Desoto County, FL
Desoto County, FL — June 14, 2023, an Arcadia woman was killed and others were injured following a truck accident at 11:25 a.m. along County Road 769. Authorities with the Florida Highway Patrol said that the crash took place along the Kings Highway and involved approximately five vehicles. Current information suggests the events began as a tow truck pulling a trailer was going northbound along County Road 769. Somehow, the trailer came detached from the truck, causing it to veer into oncoming lanes.
Read MoreMan killed in 8 vehicle crash on I-95 near Airport Expressway
MIAMI - One person was killed and nearly a dozen others were hurt in a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 that Miami Fire Rescue called a “mass casualty incident.” The accident, which involved eight vehicles, happened in the southbound lanes in the area of NW 62nd Street at 2:10 a.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a black Tesla sedan was heading south, lost control, and slammed into the concrete barrier wall.
Read MoreWoman Killed, 2 Men Injured, Driver Hits Crashed Cars on 880 Freeway near Highway 92 [Hayward, CA]
HAYWARD, CA (June 13, 2023) — A woman died, and two men suffered significant injuries after a driver hit two crashed cars on the 880 Freeway near Highway 92. According to the California Highway Patrol, the fatal accident happened around 4:00 a.m. Saturday. Under unclear circumstances, a man driving a 2019 Lincoln MKC crashed into a 2012 Toyota, driven by a man and occupied by a female passenger. All three occupants stopped in the northbound fast lane and exited their respective vehicles.
Read MoreJackknifed tractor trailer hits, kills man on Interstate 40 westbound in Johnston County
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) – One person died in a crash involving multiple tractor-trailers on Interstate 40 in Johnston County near mile marker 318. That is McGee’s Crossroads near State Road 210. Investigators said a tractor trailer jackknifed when the driver hit the brakes, trying to slow down to avoid traffic building up farther down the road. The semi then skidded off the road and hit a pedestrian standing next to a parked tractor trailer hauling a steel beam.
Read More4-vehicle crash on I-57 leaves one person dead: ISP
CALUMET PARK, Ill. - A fatal crash involving four vehicles closed the outbound lanes of I-57 in the south suburbs for several hours Friday morning. Troopers responded to the multi-vehicle crash on the Cal-Sag Bridge in Calumet Park around 8:25 a.m., according to Illinois State Police. Authorities say a 2014 white Peterbilt truck-tractor with a semi-trailer was broken down and parked on the left shoulder when a 2014 gold Chevrolet sedan that was driving in the right lane – for unknown reasons – crossed all lanes to the left and struck the rear of the truck before swerving back to the right.
Read More1 killed in Bishop Ford crash near 115th Street on South Side
CHICAGO (WLS) – One person was killed in a crash on the outbound Bishop Ford on Chicago’s South Side Thursday evening. Illinois State Police said a car drifted onto the shoulder of southbound I-94 near 115th Street, struck the back of a semi-trailer that was parked on the shoulder and flipped. The driver of the car was ejected and died of his injuries, state police said. As it flipped, it struck another car.
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