Preventable Tragedies
1 woman dead after crash on Highway 401 in Mississauga
A 23-year-old woman from Brampton is dead after an early morning collision on Highway 401 in Mississauga on Saturday. Provincial police say around 4:45 a.m. there was a minor collision involving two vehicles in the westbound collector lanes of Highway 401 just past Dixie Road. As the two drivers pulled off to the left hand shoulder of the highway, a third vehicle approached in the express lanes and stopped to speak with the drivers involved in the original crash.
Read MoreArrest made after I-93 chain reaction crash leaves driver dead, two hurt
BOSTON - Massachusetts State Police are investigating a fatal overnight crash that involved three vehicles in what is believed to be two separate incidents on the southbound side of Interstate 93 in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. State police said the driver of one of the cars was fatally struck by another vehicle after he exited his car and was walking on the highway. “A basic sequence of events has been determined, while several circumstances of the incident remain under investigation,” state police said in a news release.
Read MoreSouth Carolina woman killed in rear-end wreck on I-12 near Mandeville
A Beaufort, South Carolina, woman was killed in an Interstate 12 traffic crash early Saturday, Louisiana State Police said. Naema Johns, 23, was driving eastbound near Louisiana 1088 just before 1 a.m. when she suddenly stopped in the right lane. An eastbound 2009 GMC Sierra rear-ended her 2011 Hyundai Sonata, pushing it off the highway into a tree, police said. Johns was wearing her seat belt but sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene.
Read MoreMan hit and killed while pulled over on the side of the road on I-37
SAN ANTONIO — Police say one person was killed in an accident on the southeast side early Friday morning. The crash was reported on I-37 between Military Drive and Loop 410 around 3:30 a.m. Witnesses told police that a man was on the side of the road with car issues when he was hit by a passing car. The driver of the car that hit him did not stop, so witnesses chased her to a nearby gas station on Hot Wells Blvd.
Read MorePolice identify victim of fatal crash in Shawnee
SHAWNEE, Kan. (KCTV) - A two-vehicle crash on southbound I-435 near Midland Drive has killed one person. A news release from the Shawnee Police said police officers responded to a rollover crash involving a commercial vehicle. Upon arrival, officers found a dump truck had left the road after striking an unoccupied pickup truck that was left abandoned on the shoulder of the highway. The driver of the commercial dump truck was ejected and sustained fatal injuries.
Read MoreOklahoma Highway Patrol Releasing More Details of Noble County Crash on I-35
NOBLE COUNTY, Okla. – According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, one person died and seven others were injured in the massive pile up on I-35 on Tuesday near the Billings exit. OHP said a heavy blanket of smoke from a grass fire caused a chain reaction crash that left the southbound lanes of I-35 seared and scarred. “It was very violent,” said Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s Trooper Eric Foster. OHP hadn’t even heard reports of the grass fire before they got a call about a crash.
Read More2 dead following crash involving tractor trailer in East Cocalico Township [update]
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect information released by the East Cocalico Township Police Department. Two people were killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer Tuesday in East Cocalico Township. The crash happened on Route 222 southbound between the I-76/PA 272 and US 322-Blue Ball exits around 3 p.m., according to PA511. Responding officers with East Cocalico Township police found two vehicles involved − a tractor-trailer stopped on the right shoulder of the highway and a Hyundai sedan on the left shoulder, police said in a news release.
Read MoreUpdate | Kennewick driver is killed when semi rams his car after he stopped on Highway 395
A Kennewick man was killed when a semi truck slammed into his car after he stopped because of another crash on Highway 395 in the Kennewick city limits Monday. Kevin Hinojosa, 27, had rear-ended a car as he headed up the hill into Kennewick from the blue bridge about 6:30 p.m., said Washington State Patrol Trooper Chris Thorson. The other driver pulled off to the side of the roadway, but Hinojosa’s car had stalled or wouldn’t start.
Read MoreVictim was struck Monday morning along U.S. Highway 30
TAMA, IA, (September 26, 2022) - The Iowa State Patrol responded to a collision on Monday morning that involved a tractor-trailer and a pedestrian in Tama. Police Lights Kofi Adu-Sarkodi was injured on Monday morning when a tractor-trailer crashed into his disabled vehicle along U.S. Highway 30 in Tama. According to an ISP crash report, 37-year-old Kofi Adu-Sarkodi of Solon was standing outside of his 2013 Ford F-450 that was disabled in the right lane of U.
Read MoreTimothy Burton Killed in Crash with Parked 18-Wheeler on I-40 in Smith County, TN
Smith County, TN — September 24, 2022, 61-year-old Timothy Burton died in a collision with a parked 18-wheeler on Interstate 40 in Smith County. Authorities say the incident happened around 4:00 p.m. on the shoulder of eastbound I-40 near mile marker 261. Preliminary investigation suggests a tractor-trailer was stopped on the shoulder due to possible mechanical issues or malfunctions. Its driver had just placed safety markers behind the truck when Burton, eastbound in a Ford F-150 veered onto the shoulder for unknown reasons and hit the back of the semi-trailer.
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