Preventable Tragedies
Youngstown man, 65, dies in single-vehicle crash along U.S. 231 in Panama City
PANAMA CITY — A Bay County man is dead after a traffic crash Wednesday night. According to a press release from the Panama City Police Department, Danny Woody, a 65-year-old Youngstown resident, was killed in a single-vehicle crash that occurred sometime between 7 p.m. and midnight Wednesday near U.S. 231 and Cherokee Heights Road. Police said Woody drove off the road while traveling north on U.S. 231. He was pronounced dead on scene.
Read MoreKilgore woman hit, killed after stepping out of car on Goforth Road
GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A Kilgore woman who had stopped her car in a roadway and exited it was struck by another vehicle on Nov. 2. According to Texas DPS’ preliminary report, JoeAnn Knight, 76, of Kilgore, had stopped her 2016 Mazda CX-7 in the eastbound lane of Goforth Road, about one mile east of Kilgore. Her vehicle was facing west in the eastbound lane, the report states. Then, Knight got out of her vehicle.
Read MorePolice Arrest Man Accused of Killing 2 People on I-91 in Wethersfield
Police have arrested a man that’s accused of fleeing a crash that left two pedestrians dead on Interstate 91 in Wethersfield last year. State police said 34-year-old Shawn Wright, of Windsor, turned himself in to police on Wednesday after learning there was an active warrant for his arrest. On Sept. 19, 2021, troopers responded to a car accident involving pedestrians on I-91 North at about 4 a.m. Responding officers said a total of four pedestrians were involved.
Read MoreWoman, four dogs rescued after vehicle falls 130 feet in Butte County
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) — With the help of three Caltrans District employees, a woman and her four dogs were saved after their vehicle went down an embankment along State Route 32 on Nov. 3. Tina Milberger and her four dogs were traveling on State Route 32 at around 11:30 p.m. when she lost control of the vehicle and went over the edge of the road after overturning. Hanging upside down and unable to get out of the vehicle Milberger was stranded in the wrecked vehicle until two Caltrans maintenance workers from Chester discovered her vehicle.
Read More1 dead following multi-vehicle crash on I-70
ENON, Ohio (WDTN) — One person is dead after a chain reaction crash on eastbound I-70 Wednesday morning. According to the Springfield post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, there were 3 crashes. The first crash involved a car that swerved to avoid a deer carcass. That car hit a semi-truck. The driver of that car got out and was hit by another vehicle. She is in stable condition.
Read MoreBody found inside vehicle that crashed in ditch off Chula Vista street
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (CNS) - An unidentified woman was found dead Wednesday in an SUV that apparently crashed on a Chula Vista street before coming to rest upside down and partially submerged in a drainage ditch, authorities said. A landscaper spotted the overturned 2005 Ford Explorer near a broken section of fencing in the 700 block of Telegraph Canyon Road shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Chula Vista Police Department.
Read MoreJose Salazar Montemayor Injured in Truck Accident in San Marcos, TX
San Marcos, TX – October 24, 2022, Jose Salazar Montemayor was injured following an accident where an 18-wheeler hit his vehicle. Initial details suggest that the crash happened along the southbound lanes of I-35 near Posey Road at around 12:13 p.m. 35-year-old Jose Salazar Montemayor was in a Chevy traveling along the inside lane. One of the vehicle’s tires blew out, causing the car to veer to the right. In the center lane, an 18-wheeler then hit Montemayor’s vehicle.
Read MoreJuan Venegas Ipina, Eric Arzola Injured in Car Accident in Irving, TX
Irving, TX – October 17, 2022, Juan Venegas Ipina and Eric Arzola were injured in , due to an accident where their vehicles crashed on Loop 12. Officials said that the incident took place at around 1:20 a.m. along Walton Walker/Loop 12 at the Highway 114 overpass. Initial details suggested that 22-year-old Juan Ipina was in a GMC Sierra traveling southbound on the highway. For reasons unclear, a crash occurred, leaving the GMC disabled, perpendicular to traffic.
Read MorePolice say drivers going too fast for conditions led to multiple crashes along I-15 near New Harmony exit
CEDAR CITY — Multiple collisions were reported during snowy weather early Wednesday afternoon along a stretch of Interstate 15 near the New Harmony exit. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Bambi Baie said the first crash, which happened shortly after noon, involved a Subaru Forester heading southbound. After its driver lost control, the Subaru rolled off the right side of the roadway and ended up on the passenger side. At least three other vehicles sustained damage as another driver who had stopped to help had his vehicle rear-ended by another car, which then shot across the roadway and struck a semitractor-trailer, Baie said.
Read MoreMan Dies after Car Crashes into Disabled Car On 5 Freeway in Santa Clarita
A man was killed this morning when a vehicle that was disabled with no lights in lanes of the Valencia (5) Freeway in Santa Clarita was struck by another vehicle. The crash was reported at 3:13 a.m. on the southbound Valencia Freeway south of Highway 126 and Newhall Ranch Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash left one vehicle on its side and the man in lanes, the CHP said.
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