Preventable Tragedies
Three killed on I-94 when their SUV is rear ended by a semi
(Moorhead, MN) – Authorities are identifying three Anoka County residents killed in a crash involving an S-U-V and two semis in Moorhead. The Minnesota State Patrol says on Friday afternoon the first semi stopped near a construction zone, the S-U-V stopped behind it and a second semi crashed into the rear of S-U-V, forcing it into the first semi-trailer. All three occupants of the S-U-V died in the crash. Troopers say 65-year-old Robert Correll of Ham Lake was driving and his passengers were 63-year-old Linda Correll and 89-year-old Shirley Gatzke from Blaine.
Read More1 taken to hospital after multi-vehicle crash involving stopped semi in Butler Twp.
BUTLER TOWNSHIP — One person was taken to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash involving a semi on I-75 early Sunday morning in Butler Township. Vandalia Police dispatch confirmed the crash happened on I-75 southbound at Benchwood Road shortly before 2:30 a.m. Vandalia crews responded to assist Butler Fire and Harrison Twp. Fire/EMS crews on what turned out to be a multi-vehicle accident, according to a social media post from the Vandalia Division of Fire.
Read MoreMan struck, killed by oncoming car while refueling disabled vehicle on Chef Menteur
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A man is dead and a woman is in the hospital after a crash in New Orleans East Friday afternoon, according to the New Orleans Police Department. The accident happened in the 5400 block of Chef Menteur Hwy. The NOPD says just after 2:30, the man’s vehicle became disabled in the middle of the roadway. As he attempted to refuel, a woman driving in his direction, swerved trying to avoid a collision but instead hit both the man and his vehicle.
Read MoreWoman dies after La. deputy crashes into car stopped on highway
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WAFB) - Troopers with Louisiana State Police say they responded to a deadly two-vehicle crash on Friday, July 15 around 1 a.m. that claimed the life of a 33-year-old woman. According to LSP, they responded to a crash on LA 16 southbound, south of LA 64 in Livingston Parish. Louisiana State Police stated that during their investigation it was revealed that a fully marked Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy was responding to a call, traveling in the left lane heading southbound on LA 16 when the deputy hit the rear end of a 2004 Saturn Ion.
Read MoreDriver of pickup truck injured after hitting semi, which hit cow on I-70 West in Preble County
LEWISBURG — The driver of a pickup truck suffered minor injuries after rear-ending a semitrailer, which was rendered disabled and left partially on I-70 West at Lewisburg in Preble County after that second driver hit a cow in the roadway Tuesday night, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Thursday. Crews were called to reports of a crash involving a car and a semi-trailer about 11:45 p.m., according to OSHP. Before the crashes, crews had received a call about a cow on I-70 in the area of Lewisburg.
Read MorePassenger dead after truck rear-ends car stopped on shoulder of I-12
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department said it is investigating a crash on I-12 that left one person dead late Wednesday, July 13. BRPD said Kerriel Joseph, 22, died in the crash. According to investigators, Joseph was a passenger in the front seat of a 2014 Hyundai Elantra that was stopped on the left shoulder of I-12 West just before it merges with I-10 around 11:30 p.
Read MoreRamirez’s tractor-trailer hit car on Interstate 75; 6-month-old girl killed in crash and three young boys injured
PASCO, FL, (July 14, 2022) - A 6-month-old girl was killed on Thursday, July 14, in Pasco County when the car that she was a passenger in was struck by a semi-truck that fled the scene after the collision. An 8-month-old boy and a 3-year-old boy also suffered major injuries in the fateful accident, which occurred at about 12:30 a.m. along the southbound lanes of Interstate 75. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the sedan got a low or flat tire.
Read MoreGreece: Cars hit wild boars, 2 people killed in road pileup
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A three-car pileup caused by a pack of wild boars in northern Greece killed two people and left four more hospitalized, police said Tuesday. The accident happened shortly before midnight Monday on a two-lane road about 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Thessaloniki. A police patrol car carrying three police officers slammed into the pack of boars and veered off course; a few seconds later, a second vehicle hit the pack, tipped over and landed in a nearby field.
Read MoreDalin Milburn Injured in Truck Accident on Toll-130 in Austin, TX
Austin, TX — June 24, 2022, 26-year-old Dalin Milburn was injured in a crash with a commercial truck on Toll Route 130 in Austin. According to reports the incident happened around 8:20 a.m. on Toll-130 near Farm to Market Road 973. Preliminary investigation suggests a Peterbilt truck had a flat tire and was parked, disabled, on the Toll-130 on-ramp. Reports say the driver had placed reflective triangles around the vehicle, one in front and two behind.
Read MorePedestrian killed on Carter County freeway
CARTER COUNTY, Okla. (KTEN) — A pedestrian was struck and killed on Interstate 35 south of Ardmore early Monday morning. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the unnamed victim was in the southbound lanes near a disabled vehicle that had stopped in the passing lane of the freeway near mile marker 26. The pedestrian and the stopped vehicle were initially both struck by a southbound F-250 pickup truck; then a third vehicle hit the pedestrian.
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