Preventable Tragedies
Vegetables Spill Onto I-95 After Truck Crash in Norwalk
One tractor-trailer hit another on Interstate 95 South in Norwalk early Saturday morning, rupturing a tank and causing a fuel spill, and sending vegetables onto the highway, according to the fire department. The Norwalk Fire Department responded to the highway, between exits 14 and 13, at 5 a.m. They said a tractor-trailer was in the breakdown lane, waiting to have a tire repaired when another tractor-trailer struck it. The crash ruptured the diesel saddle tank of the disabled truck and spilled the vegetables of the other truck across the highway, according to the fire department.
Read MoreAdrian Rominu, 1 Injured in Semi-Truck Accident in Lewisville, TX
Lewisville, TX – May 24, 2022, Adrian Rominu and another person were injured due to an accident involving a tractor-trailer. Investigators reported that the crash took place at around 2:00 p.m. along I-35E near Business 121. Authorities said that 23-year-old Adrian Rominu was in a vehicle which became disabled along the side of the interstate. While outside the vehicle between it and the concrete barrier, a tractor-trailer reportedly going at unsafe speeds somehow hit the disabled vehicle, hitting Rominu in the process.
Read MoreDriver who hit deer on I-70 in Frederick struck and killed by tractor-trailer after exiting vehicle
A man is dead Friday after he was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 in Frederick, Maryland, after he got out of his vehicle because he hit a deer on the highway. Maryland State Police said Jordan Scott Maddocks, 33, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, was struck by a tractor-trailer on westbound I-70 around 3 a.m. He apparently got out of his vehicle after striking a deer before the MD Route 17 exit for Myersville.
Read MoreGood Samaritan helping person change flat tyre hit and killed in Flynn, Victoria
A young man dealing with a flat tyre watched in horror as his father, who was assisting him in changing it, was struck and murdered by a passing vehicle. On Friday morning, just before 8.30 a.m., the 55-year-old father was helping his son replace a tyre on the Princes Highway in eastern Victoria, between the towns of Flynn and Rosedale. Another car was passing by while the two attempted to change the tyre when he hit the father, instantly killing him.
Read MoreWoman killed after trucks crash on I-75, gas tank goes airborne and lands on car
TAMPA — A woman was killed Friday after two semitrailers crashed on Interstate 75, causing a natural gas tank from one of the trucks to go airborne and land on the car she was riding in, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The crash occurred just after 10 a.m. Friday near Exit 256, which is the exit to the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway. A semitrailer was being driven north on the interstate when it drifted onto the outside shoulder and crashed into the trailer of another semitrailer that had stopped on the shoulder, according to the highway patrol.
Read More1 killed, 1 airlifted in Danville hit-and-run crash; driver wanted
DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) — One person was killed, and another seriously injured, in a crash Wednesday night in Danville. Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor said the incident happened on Highway 58, in the 2400 block of South Boston Road, around 9:20. Sheriff Taylor said there was one fatality and one person airlifted to the hospital. Virginia State Police Thursday afternoon said a 2004 Honda CRV became disabled on the side of Route 58.
Read More3 INJURED IN MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON INTERSTATE 5 [KINGS COUNTY, CA]
KINGS COUNTY, CA (June 16, 2022) – On Tuesday, three people sustained injuries following a multi-vehicle crash at Interstate 5. The collision happened 11:10 p.m., June 14th, along the I-5 just north of Highway 41, south of Kettleman City. Officials said the first crash occurred when an Audi traveling southbound on the I-5 made an unsafe turn and collided with the side of a big rig trailer driving in the same direction.
Read MoreFiery, multi-vehicle crash snarls traffic on U.S. 169 in Owasso early Thursday
A fiery crash involving at least three vehicles caused traffic to back up heading into Owasso early Thursday. The collision occurred around 6:30 a.m. near 76th Street North in the northbound lanes of U.S. 169, where emergency crews responded to reports of a multiple-vehicle accident, according to an Owasso police report. It states that seven people, including three children, were involved in the crash, and that six were taken to hospitals.
Read MoreSan Antonio police investigating cause of I-35 crash involving pickup and big rig
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are trying to determine what caused a driver in a pickup truck to slam into the back of an 18-wheeler parked on the shoulder of a Northeast Side highway. The crash happened shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday along southbound Interstate 35, just south of Walzem Road. Police say the driver of the big rig had pulled over on the highway after noticing some of the tires on his trailer were flat.
Read More2 hospitalized with head injuries in Detroit after driver rear-ends their disabled car on the Lodge
DETROIT (WWJ) – Two people are hospitalized with severe head injuries after a driver rear-ended their stalled car on the Lodge Freeway in Detroit. Michigan State Police say they received a call around 1:25 a.m. Wednesday about a Honda Odyssey blocking the right lane of the Lodge northbound at Hamilton. On their way to the scene, troopers were notified that a crash occurred. The Honda, which was disabled, ended up getting rear-ended by a Jeep Wrangler.
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