Preventable Tragedies
UPDATE: Multi-vehicle crash kills woman on I-45
A multi-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Washington woman and left the highway shut down for hours, Tuesday afternoon on Interstate Highway 45 in Navarro County. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, four semi trucks with trailers were involved in a major accident around 2:20 p.m. March 7, about a mile south of FM 739 in Angus. Trooper M. Ochoa, of DPS Corsicana stated that the preliminary investigation indicated Leslie, Freeman Agyepong, female, 46, from Lacey, WA was driving a Freightliner truck tractor towing a semi-trailer traveling south on Interstate 45 and crashed into three other truck tractors towing semi-trailers, which were stopped due to an unrelated crash.
Read More1 child killed, 2 others injured after mail truck hits car in northern Indiana
GARY, Ind. — A six-year-old girl is dead and two other children are seriously injured after a mail truck reportedly rear-ended a stopped car on Interstate 80 in northern Indiana early Wednesday. According to Indiana State Police, the accident occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. when a Volvo semi truck pulling a trailer loaded with U.S. mail rear-ended a Nissan Altima near mile-marker 7.5 on I-80. State police said the Altima had been stopped in the right lane.
Read MoreSnowstorm strands Northern California woman in her car for 3 nights
A Northern California woman was rescued after surviving three nights in her car when she became stranded in a historic snowstorm while driving up a winding mountain road in an attempt to evacuate snowbound relatives, authorities said. The 43-year-old woman got stuck on Friday night near her home in Laytonville, about 150 miles north of San Francisco, along with her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend when a snowstorm slammed Mendocino County, according to officials.
Read MoreTractor trailer collides with another, driver arrested for theft
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A driver is in custody after troopers say he hit a tractor trailer in Okaloosa County. On early Wednesday morning, Florida Highway Patrol said a 49-year-old man was traveling west in a tractor trailer, in the outside lane of Interstate 10, near mile marker 67. Meanwhile, another tractor trailer was stopped ahead of the north shoulder. Officials say the driver of the second trailer had stepped away from his truck and was not inside it.
Read MoreDriver killed in crash involving 2 semis on Kansas Turnpike
EMPORIA, Kan. (KAKE) - One semi driver was killed when his rig crashed into another that was parked on the shoulder of the Kansas Turnpike on Monday. The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. on northbound I-35 near mile marker 121, which is southwest of Emporia. The Kansas Highway Patrol’s crash log says an International truck was parked on the right shoulder when a Peterbilt truck drifted onto the shoulder and hit the rear of the parked truck.
Read MoreFrozen Foods Spill On I-75 Median After Truck Overturns In Crash: FHP
MANATEE COUNTY, FL — Hundreds of boxes of assorted frozen foods spilled on an Interstate 75 median after a semi-trailer truck overturned on the highway Tuesday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. Around 5:45 a.m., the truck carrying frozen foods was traveling on I-75 in the right lane just before mile marker 232. At the same time, another semi-trailer was disabled and parked on the paved shoulder with a flat trailer tire, FHP said.
Read MoreGood Samaritan killed in hit-and-run crash while helping driver change tire on I-610, HPD says
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A good Samaritan hit and killed on the I-610 North Loop on Monday night was out on the freeway to help another driver when he was fatally struck in a chain-reaction crash, Houston police said. The crash investigation blocked all westbound lanes of the North Loop just before Wallisville Road. Police originally reported the call as a major crash involving two cars at about 7:25 p.m. One person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Read MoreRafael Jurado Cardona sadly dies after being hit by car in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA, (February 26, 2023) - Rafael Jurado Cardona was tragically struck and killed by a vehicle on Feb. 26 on State Route 78 in San Diego. According to authorities, Cardona was driving a Chevrolet sedan eastbound just west of Emerald Avenue when he pulled over and stopped adjacent to the center divider to apparently change a flat tire at about 10:20 a.m. Cardona was standing to the rear of his vehicle when a Buick sedan also traveling eastbound swerved for unknown reasons striking the center divider as well as the decedent and his vehicle.
Read MoreU.S. 45 roadside tragedy prompts safety plea from fire chief
Mar. 7—THOMASBORO — A Rantoul man was killed Monday afternoon when he was struck by a pickup truck while changing a tire on a busy highway. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup identified the deceased as Brian A. Schue, 29, who died of blunt force injuries to the chest. The tragic accident that took Mr. Schue’s life happened about 90 minutes after another three-vehicle accident about a mile north of there that sent two people to the hospital.
Read More1 Person Killed In A Hit-And-Run Accident In Wheeler County (Wheeler County, TX
The Texas Department of Public Safety reported a hit-and-run crash on Friday. The accident occurred on Interstate 40 near the Texas/Oklahoma border at about 8:20 a.m. According to the officials, a 2020 Volvo truck was heading west on the interstate when a tire on the back left side blew out. The driver pulled over and exited the vehicle to examine the tire when a second vehicle crashed into the truck and struck the driver.
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