Preventable Tragedies
Man dies after being hit by car in Ring Road tunnel
On Tuesday evening, a 45-year-old Frenchman died in the Quatre Bras de Tervuren tunnel on the Brussels Ring Road after being hit by another vehicle while pulling his broken-down car to a nearby hard shoulder. The catastrophe occurred at around 22:10 when the vehicle carrying the 45-year-old, his wife, and four children broke down towards the end of the tunnel. Due to the lack of a hard shoulder in that part of the tunnel, the driver attempted to push his vehicle a bit further down the road to clear the way.
Read MoreMulti vehicle crash on I-295 in Portland
On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at approximately 7:40 am, Troopers responded to a minor two-vehicle crash at Exit 6B southbound on Interstate 295 in Portland. That crash given it’s location caused traffic to back up into Falmouth. At 8:20 am, due to that initial crash Troopers responded to a secondary crash in the southbound #1 lane on Tukey’s Bridge on Interstate 295 in Portland. During the heavy commuter traffic a 2016 Toyota Rav 4 driven by 20-year-old Jessica Bryant of Brunswick struck the rear of a GMC pick-up truck which pushed the driver into the breakdown median.
Read MoreWaverly school bus rear-ends pickup stopped in roadway in Cass County
No students were injured Tuesday when a Waverly school district bus rear-ended a pickup truck that had stopped suddenly on a roadway near Eagle. The collision occurred about 3:35 p.m. on 250th Street just south of U.S. Highway 34, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. A 53-year-old man from Waverly, who was driving the pickup, was ticketed on suspicion of impeding traffic. Investigators determined that a 2021 Ford F-550 pickup was southbound on 250th Street when the driver stopped in the roadway to replace a chain that had been dragging behind his truck.
Read More1 killed, multiple injured in crash east of Lorenzo
CROSBY COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - One person is dead and several others were injured after a crash Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 62/82, just east of Lorenzo. According to DPS, an SUV was legally parked on the shoulder of the east side of the highway. That’s when investigators say another car, driven by 38-year-old Enrique Martinez, of Floydada, partially crossed over into the shoulder and struck the rear of the SUV.
Read MorePedestrian fatally struck after exiting vehicle on I-75 after wreck, police say
A person riding in a car got out of the vehicle after it crashed, then was fatally struck by another car Sunday night on the Downtown Connector, authorities said. The Atlanta Police Department’s Accident Investigation Unit responded about 11:11 p.m. and found the passenger dead in a travel lane near the Brookwood split. The vehicle that struck the pedestrian stayed at the scene to speak with investigators, a police spokesperson said.
Read MoreTrucker killed on I-4 in Plant City after hitting another trucker
A tractor trailer driver was killed Tuesday morning after he hit a truck that was disabled on an exit ramp from Interstate 4 in Plant City, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Troopers said the crash occurred at 7:52 a.m. at Interstate 4 and Park Road. The driver of the tractor trailer, who troopers said is a 61-year-old Tampa man, lost control, went onto the shoulder and hit a truck tractor that was disabled and parked at the Park Road exit ramp.
Read MorePedestrian Crash in East Grand Forks. Donald Howard injured after being hit by vehicle in East Grand Forks
EAST GRAND FORKS, MN, (August 31, 2022) - Donald Howard was injured after being struck by a vehicle on Wednesday, Aug. 31, in East Grand Forks. Howard, 46, was hit at about 2:20 p.m. at 340th Avenue and 110th Street Southwest by a vehicle driven by a 41-year-old woman. Howard was loading a trailer at the time of the incident. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Read MoreVideo shows dangers of distracted driving after multi-car collision in Abu Dhabi
Video released by Abu Dhabi Police has shown a multi-car collision caused by a distracted driver who failed to spot a car that had broken down in the middle of the road. The CCTV footage, released on the force’s social media channels on Friday, shows a small car slowing to a halt on a busy motorway in Abu Dhabi after suffering what appears to be a fault with the vehicle.
Read MoreWahlman was killed when his motorcycle and a vehicle collided in a chain reaction
ST. LOUIS, MO, (September 01, 2022) - Matthew J. Wahlman, 34, of St. Charles, died when his motorcycle collided with another that had crashed in his lane in a chain reaction at about 11:25 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1. Wahlman was traveling on I-270 on his 2015 Harley Davidson Forty-Eight when he collided with a 2006 Dodge Charger that had crashed in his lane, ejecting him from his motorcycle. The Dodge had attempted an unsafe lane change and collided with a 2017 Peterbilt 579, then headed into the median before coming to a stop in Wahlman’s lane.
Read MoreDriver killed in three-vehicle collision on highway near Peterborough
A driver is dead after a three-vehicle collision on a highway near Peterborough on Friday afternoon. The crash happened on Highway 115 near Airport Road at around 3:30 p.m. Ontario Provincial Police said a pickup truck rear-ended a tanker truck that was stopped on the northbound lanes because of traffic. The pickup truck was then rear-ended by another commercial truck, police said. Images from the scene show the pickup truck badly crushed in the aftermath of the collision.
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