Preventable Tragedies
2 women killed in deadly Foster City crash on Hwy 92
FOSTER CITY – Two women died in a crash Friday morning on westbound state Highway 92 in Foster City just west of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. The crash was reported shortly after 9:45 a.m. on the highway just east of Foster City Boulevard on the Peninsula side of the bridge. Three women in a Ford Fusion were traveling west and had just gotten off the bridge when the Ford veered across lanes of the highway and struck a big-rig that was parked on the right hand shoulder and then ended up in a ditch, CHP spokesman Officer Art Montiel said.
Read MoreGood Samaritan among 2 seriously injured after being hit on N.J. Turnpike following earlier crash
A teenaged Good Samaritan standing on the New Jersey Turnpike in Burlington County was among two people seriously injured early Friday after a tractor-trailer hit a stalled vehicle following an earlier crash, authorities said. The Good Samaritan, a 17-year-old from Scarsdale, New York, was on the northbound side assisting the driver of a Volkswagen Golf that became disabled in the center lane after a previous accident near mile post 42 in Mount Laurel at about 12:15 a.
Read MoreCar sitting in slow lane of I-5 near Westley hit by big rig. Tracy driver dead at scene
A Tracy man whose car was sitting in the slow lane of Interstate 5 near Westley when it was hit by a big rig early Thursday was found dead in the driver seat. The incident occurred during the 1 a.m. hour in the southbound lanes near the Ingram Creek Road exit, according to the California Highway Patrol. At 1:15 a.m., a passerby reported to CHP that a Lexus was sitting in the slow lane.
Read MoreHuman remains found in wrecked car believed to be of missing nurse who was last seen on her way to Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Human remains that were found in a wrecked car in Georgia are believed to be those of a nurse from South Carolina who was on her way to Birmingham last month but never made it, according to police. Shauna Brown, a nurse who worked at Prisma Baptist Health in Columbia, South Carolina, was last seen July 10 after she had left home to go to Samford University to do clinical work.
Read MoreJose Mayolo Hernandez, 1 Injured in Car Accident in Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX – July 3, 2022, Jose Mayolo Hernandez and another person were injured due to an accident where a car hit a disabled vehicle. Investigators reported that the crash took place at around 1:44 p.m. along Brookgreen Drive near Esperanza Road. In reports, authorities said that a pickup and a disabled car were stopped along eastbound Brookgreen. A man was outside the car changing its tire. While there, reports say a Ford F-250 driven by 56-year-old Jose Mayolo Hernandez somehow hit the parked pickup, also hitting the man next to the car.
Read MoreTruck crash closes interstate
Accident scene on I-269 near Malone Road on Wednesday, Aug. 3. (MDOTTraffic.com photo) A portion of I-269 in DeSoto County was shut down or restricted to one lane early Wednesday as a result of a crash between the semi-trailer truck and a disabled vehicle. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the crash took place about 12:10 a.m. near the Malone Road exit. A 2009 Peterbilt truck driven by Christopher L. Terry, age 51 of Vega, Texas, collided with a disabled 2007 Buick vehicle driven by Savannah D.
Read MoreRalph McGillan killed in Bergen County wreck on New Jersey Turnpike
RIDGEFIELD, NJ, (August 01, 2022) - Authorities have identified a Florida man as the victim of a deadly four-vehicle crash Monday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. According to New Jersey State Police, the collision occurred around 11:39 a.m. in the northbound lanes to Interstate-80 at milepost 117.8 in Ridgefield Park. Ralph McGillan, 85, of Fort Myers, Fla., was killed in the wreck, while four people suffered varying degrees of injuries.
Read MoreMiami man whose truck ran out of gas on I-95 killed by hit-and-run driver in Broward
A Miami man died and another is seriously injured after someone driving a car hit the two — and kept going — as they attempted to refill a truck’s gas tank on Interstate 95 in Broward County early Sunday morning, according to authorities. A box truck was going southbound near Hallandale Beach Boulevard when it ran out of gas and parked on the right shoulder, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.
Read MoreTroopers: Cabot man dies after tractor-trailer hits disabled pickup on I-440
A 63-year-old man was killed early Sunday in a crash on Interstate 440 in Pulaski County, troopers said. According to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police, Michael Grice of Cabot was traveling east on I-440 when his pickup became disabled in the middle lane. At about 3:05 a.m., authorities said that a 2022 Kenworth truck struck the rear of Grice’s 2014 GMC Sierra, causing his vehicle to rotate and hit the concrete barrier.
Read MoreWalworth County fiery wreck on NB I-43 near Elkhorn
WALWORTH COUNTY, Wis. - A semi driver suffered minor injuries following a wreck on I-43 near Elkhorn on Monday morning, Aug. 1. The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office said around 7:45 a.m., a semi traveling north on I-43 crashed into a disabled vehicle on the shoulder – one that had been tagged by a deputy the night before and was empty. Officials say the semi hit the vehicle, took out a guardrail, ran across the side rail of the bridge, and came to rest on the east side of the road.
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