Preventable Tragedies

Weekend crash on Highway 101 kills 19-year-old San Jose woman

August 31, 2021

A 19-year-old woman died in a weekend crash on Highway 101 after the vehicle she drove hit a center retaining wall and then was struck by two other vehicles as it went back across the highway, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened at about 3:10 a.m. Sunday in the southbound lanes, south of Fair Oaks Avenue, according to a statement from CHP spokesman Officer Ross Lee. Authorities identified the woman as Briana Jones, of San Jose.

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Wendell man killed on Route 2 Sunday; was struck while changing tire

August 31, 2021

LEOMINSTER — A Wendell man was killed Sunday evening when he was struck by a motorist on Route 2 while changing a flat tire on his truck, according to State Police. On Sunday at about 6:45 p.m., the State Police’s Leominster Barracks was advised of a multiple-vehicle crash with possible serious injuries on Route 2 westbound in the area of the 100.8 mile marker in Leominster. When troopers arrived on scene they immediately requested EMS.

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West Palm Beach woman killed in car accident on Southern Boulevard

August 31, 2021

A 60-year-old West Palm Beach woman who was helping a motorist pick up items on the road was struck and killed Saturday evening when a pickup truck crashed into her, deputies said Sunday. Tammie Sue Olbeter was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6 p.m. crash at Southern Boulevard and Kirk Road, according to a report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Her LinkedIn page indicates she was a property manager.

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Michelle Fletcher Killed in Crash with Disabled 18-Wheeler on I-75S in Macon, GA

August 30, 2021

Macon, GA – August 28, 2021, 32-year-old Michelle Fletcher was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 South in Macon. Authorities say the incident happened around 6:00 p.m. on I-75S near the exit to Hartley Bridge Road. Preliminary investigation suggests a commercial 18-wheeler was disabled in the second-to-left lane of the roadway with cones behind it when a Kia Sorento crashed into the back of its trailer.

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Mother hospitalized after hit-and-run driver struck her while stranded without gas in SW Miami-Dade

August 30, 2021

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A mother has been hospitalized after an SUV hit her car and then hit the gas. The hit-and-run horror happened when she ran out of gas, and parked on the side of the road. Her family is hoping to get the driver responsible off the streets. Maria Martinez is now in unbearable pain, and you can feel that from this one picture.“It’s honestly one of the hardest things I’ve had to go through, just watching her suffer in pain, and I can’t do anything about it,” said son Sebastian Trivino.

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One Injured by Attempted Hit-and-Run Driver on Interstate 10 in San Antonio, TX

August 29, 2021

San Antonio, TX – August 29, 2021, one person was seriously injured in an attempted hit-and-run on Interstate 10 in San Antonio. Authorities say the incident happened just after midnight in the 4900 block of I-10 East near Southeast Loop 410. Preliminary investigation suggests the victim pulled his Chevrolet Equinox onto the highway’s shoulder when his vehicle’s “low tire pressure” light activated. After he pulled onto the shoulder the driver was about to exit to check his tires when an eastbound Ford Explorer hit the Chevy, ripping off its driver’s side door and injuring the victim.

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Tragedy as Good Samaritan, 21, is killed on the side of a road while helping a ride-share driver change a tyre

August 29, 2021

A young man has tragically died after being struck by a car while helping a ride-share driver change a tyre on the side of the road. The 21-year-old had been a passenger in a white Mitsubishi Outlander when it pulled over on the side of the Mitchell Freeway in Perth around 5am on Sunday. The Good Samaritan had just finished changing the tyre and was packing up the equipment when he was hit by an oncoming Toyota Prado.

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Osawatomie man killed after being hit by tractor-trailer on I-70 early Saturday

August 28, 2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Osawatomie, Kansas, man was killed early Saturday when he was hit by a tractor-trailer after getting out of his car to inspect a blown tire, Kansas City police said. Authorities said the crash was reported at 3:27 a.m. on Interstate 70 under Pittman Road. Accident investigators said the driver of a Chrysler sedan had been heading west when apparently the vehicle’s tire blew out. Police said the 28-year-old driver stopped the car and got out.

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Woman dies in I-40 off-ramp crash in Durham Friday, police say

August 28, 2021

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A Caswell County woman died when she crashed into a tractor-trailer at an off-ramp of Interstate 40 in Durham Friday afternoon, police said. The wreck happened just after 4 p.m. at exit 270, which is the off-ramp from I-40 east to U.S. 15/501, which is also Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, according to Durham police. One vehicle was broken down when the two-vehicle crash happened, police said Friday.

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St. Louis police identify pedestrian fatally struck near disabled vehicle on I-44

August 26, 2021

ST. LOUIS — The pedestrian killed Friday while standing on Interstate 44 in downtown St. Louis has been identified as 38-year-old Lonnie Jones of St. Peters. Jones was standing near a pickup truck that had broken down in a traffic lane of the interstate near Walnut Street. About 10:45 a.m. Friday, a 2016 Ford Escape SUV traveling west on the interstate hit a trailer that the disabled vehicle had been pulling.

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