Preventable Tragedies

Man found dead more than a week after M40 collision in Oxfordshire

April 13, 2022

A man has been found dead eight days after a collision on a motorway in Oxfordshire, police have said. Officers were called to reports of a black Vauxhall Astra car in the wooded central reservation between junctions 11 and 12 of the M40 on Tuesday. Thames Valley police said it believes the crash happened more than a week earlier, at around 04:20 BST on 5 April. “Sadly a man in his 40s was found to have died,” the force said.

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Woman Critical After Multi-Vehicle Freeway Crash

April 13, 2022

A woman remains in critical condition following a crash on US-23 involving multiple vehicles. The Green Oak Township Police and Fire Departments were dispatched around 5:30pm last Friday to a multi-car crash on northbound US-23 at M-36. Initial reports indicated that a 29-year-old Belleville woman was partially ejected from her vehicle. Arriving police and fire units located the female outside of her vehicle, conscious, but with trauma to her head and face.

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Delaware State Police Investigating Fatal Crash Involving Multiple Vehicles

April 12, 2022

Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal crash involving multiple vehicles that occurred Monday morning on Interstate 95. On Monday, April 11, 2022, at approximately 4:38 a.m., a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic was traveling southbound on I-95 south of Route 141. At this time, a 2011 Dodge Ram was also traveling southbound on I-95 in the area of the Sonic. For reasons unknown, the Sonic struck the right rear corner of the Ram, which caused the operator of the Sonic to lose control and then strike the guardrail along the left edge of the roadway.

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Man struck by multiple vehicles, killed after stopping car on I-10 early Tuesday morning

April 12, 2022

SORRENTO - A man who stopped his car in the middle of I-10 in Ascension Parish was struck by two vehicles and killed overnight, police said Tuesday. Louisiana State Police said the crash happened around 1 a.m. on I-10 West near LA 22. According to State Police, 39-year-old Kyle Ripple was struck after he stopped his car in the right-hand travel lane. Investigators believe Ripple was standing on the interstate next to his vehicle when a pickup hit him and his car.

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Car stopped on I-95 median struck, passenger killed

April 11, 2022

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Connecticut State Police have released information about a deadly crash and fire that occurred in the median of Interstate 95 in West Haven on Saturday. According to the accident report, a Plymouth Duster was stopped in the median of I-95. The operator was identified as 18-year-old Ralph Congdon who was traveling with a passenger. A Honda Accord then drove into the median, striking Congdon’s car. As a result, the Plymouth became engulfed in flames.

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Chelsea Valladares, Kelli Ingle Killed in Truck Accident on I-40 near Lupton, AZ

April 11, 2022

Lupton, AZ – April 9, 2022, 21-year-old Chelsea Valladares and 22-year-old Kelli Ingle were killed in a crash with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 near Lupton. Reports say the incident happened shortly after 11:00 p.m. on eastbound I-40 near the Arizona/New Mexico border. Preliminary investigation suggests the victims were in a passenger vehicle on the interstate when the driver drifted left for unknown reasons and the car hit a guardrail. It came to a stop at least partially blocking one travel lane and not long after it was hit by a commercial 18-wheeler.

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One dead, two injured after multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 81

April 11, 2022

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — One person is dead and two others are injured after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County this morning. The crash was reported shortly after 9 a.m. and involved three vehicles, according to a Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) report. According to PSP, two vehicles were pulled over on the right side of the road on I-81 southbound. PennDOT said one of the vehicles was disabled, and the other’s driver, who was part of a service company, had pulled over to help.

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UPDATE: Six taken to hospital following Highway 93 crash

April 11, 2022

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — UPDATE (11:34 p.m.) A six-car pile-up on Highway 93 sent just as many people to the hospital on Monday. Idaho State Police say the driver of a Chevrolet Malibu going too fast for conditions, rear-ended a semi-truck. That caused a chain reaction, involving four other vehicles, including a second semi pulling a semi-trailer. Highway 93 was blocked for six hours in both directions, as crews worked to clear the scene.

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1 critically hurt in crash near Valley Center

April 08, 2022

SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - One person suffered critical injuries in a Friday night crash near Valley Center. The crash, reported a little after 9:30 p.m. happened in the 8200 block of North Ridge Road, near 85th North and Ridge. A vehicle hit the back of a parked car that was disabled, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said. Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Lt. Tim Forshee said first responders found several vehicles in the ditch upon arrival at the scene.

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Driver Injured After Hitting Disabled Truck on Interstate 90

April 08, 2022

A driver suffered injuries after his truck crashed into a disabled vehicle on Interstate 90 in Erie County on Thursday, according to Pennsylvania State Police. It was reported in the eastbound lanes near the 19.8 mile marker in McKean Township around 9:42 p.m. A Chevrolet Silverado truck was disabled in the right travel lane with its hazard lights on when another Chevrolet truck hit the rear-end of the disabled vehicle, State Police said.

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