Preventable Tragedies

Stranded driver killed after getting hit by several vehicles on I-440

September 06, 2021

RALEIGH, N.C. — A man was killed early Monday after being struck by multiple vehicles on eastbound Interstate 440 near Six Forks Road in Raleigh. Raleigh police were dispatched at 1:39 a.m. and discovered the injured man, later identified as 27-year-old Cameron Scott Morrison, who they said was a stranded driver. When he got out of his car, which had broken down, he was hit several times. It was unclear Monday whether the drivers who hit Morrison stopped afterward.

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Off duty DeKalb EMT hit, killed while stopping to help victims of car accident

September 04, 2021

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A longtime DeKalb County EMT who was off duty was hit and killed early Saturday morning when he stopped to help victims of a car accident.Logan Wade and his partner, who both worked for American Medical Response, were driving a non-emergency vehicle from Georgia to Louisiana to help victims of Hurricane Ida when they stopped to help at the scene of a car wreck.When they came upon the accident, they immediately pulled over to help until other emergency vehicles could get there.

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One dead after car crashes into moped on I-275

September 04, 2021

A 79-year-old man from Tampa died early Saturday morning after stopping to help a broken-down van on southbound Interstate 275, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A van traveling I-275 in Tampa broke down in the center lane north of Interstate 4 because of mechanical issues. The Tampa man stopped his moped to help, law enforcement reported. So did one other vehicle. A Tampa woman, 44, traveling on the interstate did not stop in time, and her car crashed into the moped and vehicle, pushing them into the van.

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Driver Struck By Vehicle After Crash on Route 50

September 03, 2021

An early morning, single-vehicle crash along Route 50 led to the driver being struck by an oncoming vehicle. The crash and a subsequent police investigation closed eastbound Route 50 (Arlington Blvd) at the Glebe Road overpass for several hours. The victim suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive, police say. “At approximately 4:23 a.m. on September 3, police were dispatched to the area of Arlington Boulevard and South Glebe Road for the report of a crash with injury,” Arlington County Police Department spokeswoman Kirby Clark tells ARLnow.

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Unrestrained driver killed in Calcasieu Parish crash on I-10

September 02, 2021

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - An unrestrained driver died in Calcasieu Parish Thursday after striking the trailer of a Peterbilt on I-10, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers from Troop D were notified of a two-vehicle fatal crash on I-10 near mile marker 5, just east of US Hwy 90 (Exit 4) in Calcasieu Parish, at 3 p.m. Thursday, September 2, according to Derek Senegal, spokesman for Troop D. The crash claimed the life of the driver whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to Senegal.

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11-year-old boy struck, killed after vehicle breaks down on Michigan Avenue in Van Buren Township

August 31, 2021

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – An 11-year-old boy was struck and killed on his way to school in Van Buren Township. Police said the boy was struck at 6:20 a.m. Tuesday (Aug. 31) after his mother’s car broke down on Michigan Avenue near Denton Road. “It made me come straight out of a deep sleep and made me sit straight up because there was so many police and fire and ambulance coming down our road.

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2 injured in 2-vehicle crash on I-57 near Benton exit

August 31, 2021

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 in Franklin County at 3:25 a.m. on Tuesday, August 31. The crash was reported in the northbound lanes at the 70 mile marker, which is just south of the Benton exit. According to Illinois State Police, a car was stopped in the middle of the road and a SEMI tractor-trailer coming up a hill hit the car.

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Man dies in A303 crash involving broken-down vehicle

August 31, 2021

Officers were called to the scene on the A303 between Podimore and Ilchester in Somerset at 21:30 BST on Monday. Avon and Somerset Police said a black Isuzu Rodeo pick-up collided with a red Mazda 6 car which had broken down. The man in the pick up was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not been formally identified, but his next of kin have been made aware, police said.

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Pickup hits disabled car near Zephyrhills, killing car’s driver, troopers say

August 31, 2021

The victim was a 23-year-old Tampa man whose disabled vehicle was parked on the shoulder and the roadway. A pickup truck slammed into the back of a disabled car that was parked partially on a roadway south of Zephyrhills, killing the driver of the car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred at 11:58 p.m. Monday on U.S. 301 north of Chancey Road. The victim was a 23-year-old Tampa man whose disabled car was parked on the shoulder and the roadway.

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Police: Man’s body found 2 days after car crashed into Adrian Township woods

August 31, 2021

ADRIAN TWP. — An Adrian man’s body was found Monday afternoon about 50 feet from a car that was located in a wooded area off Bent Oak Highway, police reported Tuesday. Adrian Township police and firefighters were dispatched at 3:49 p.m. Monday to the area of Bent Oak Highway and Shepherd Road for a crash, and a single vehicle was found in the woods along Bent Oak, about 100 feet off the road, a news release from the Adrian Township Police Department said.

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