Preventable Tragedies

Multi-Vehicle Pile-Up On I-75 In Marietta Results In Life-Threatening Injuries

June 15, 2022

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy, the Marietta Police Department‘s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P.) Unit is investigating a multi-vehicle serious injury crash that occurred Tuesday night at 10:26 p.m. on I-75 Northbound at the Allgood Road overpass. The pile-up resulted in life-threatening injuries to one person, and injuries to others. Investigators report that a 2012 Chrysler 300 driven by an 18-year-old South Carolina man, a 1992 GMC Sierra driven by 59-year-old man from Buford, GA, a 2019 VW Jetta driven by a 33-year-old man from Marietta, and a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu driven by a 24-year-old Conyers man, were all headed northbound in the left lane.

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Accident Shuts Down Dundee Road At I-294 Overpass In Northbrook

June 14, 2022

NORTHBROOK, IL — Northbrook police posted on social media at 4:59 p.m. Tuesday that Dundee Road (Interstate 294 overpass) is closed from Sanders Road to Portwine Road. Police are advising commuters to find an alternate route. A scanner report said a driver struck two pedestrians, who were changing a tire, at the Tri-State Tollway. Illinois State Police told Patch the agency “isn’t aware or handling any incidents involving pedestrians being hit by a car at Dundee Road and the Tri-State Tollway in Northbrook.

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One Killed in Multi-Vehicle Hit-and-Run on I-30 in Dallas, TX

June 14, 2022

Dallas, TX — June 13, 2022, a man was killed in a multi-vehicle hit-and-run accident on Interstate 30 in East Dallas. Authorities say the incident happened early Monday morning at Interstate 30 and Dolphin Road. Preliminary investigation suggests the victim’s car was stalled in the left travel lane of the roadway when a box truck crashed into it. Another car and a pickup truck also became involved in the wreck.

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3 dead in series of fatal crashes across the CSRA

June 13, 2022

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Three people are dead after a series of fatal crashes. The latest crash happened around 2:51 a.m. Monday in Orangeburg County. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a 2016 Jeep Patriot stopped on the westbound side of Interstate 26, near mile marker 147. The car stopped in the right lane with the car lights off, and a tractor-trailer came traveling down the interstate and struck the rear of the Jeep.

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Good Samaritan killed after stopping to help driver involved in Regency hit-and-run: FHP

June 13, 2022

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A good Samaritan died early Monday morning after trying to help a man involved in a hit-and-run crash on the Southside Connector, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP says that just after 12:30 a.m. Monday, a pick-up truck driven by a 22-year-old man from Texas was hit by a vehicle while getting onto the Southside Connector from the entrance ramp of Trednick Parkway. That vehicle didn’t stop at the scene, and FHP didn’t have a description of it.

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Adult, 11-Year-Old Fatally Struck While Pushing Stalled Vehicle in Hallandale Beach

June 12, 2022

An 11-year-old and an adult were struck and killed while trying to push a stalled Jeep out of the road in Hallandale Beach on Saturday night. According to the incident report, the Jeep had become disabled in the roadway and a Good Samaritan parked his vehicle to help push the Jeep out of the road with his 11-year-old son. As they were assisting the driver of the Jeep, police said a gray Ford struck the Jeep, the driver, the good Samaritan and his son from behind.

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UPS Driver Killed In A Crash In The Cajon Pass Saturday Night

June 12, 2022

CAJON PASS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) » Male UPS semi driver was killed and one person was injured in a crash Saturday night on Interstate 15, authorities said. California Highway Patrol and firefighters from San Bernardino County Fire Department responded to the traffic accident. The accident was reported at about 8:17pm, Saturday June 11, 2022. Located on northbound Interstate 15 just after Cleghorn Road. From what the CHP traffic log stated for unknown reasons the UPS semi driver lost control or veered then made contact to the right shoulder embankment.

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Driver left unharmed after destructive crash on I-10, officials say

June 11, 2022

LULING, Texas (KTRK) – A driver was remarkably left unharmed after a severe crash with a tractor-trailer, officials say. Luling authorities were dispatched to a major accident on I-10 just west of the Buc-ee’s Saturday morning. When units arrived to the scene they found a minivan that had struck a tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder, authorities said. Luling officials said the only occupant of the minivan was totally unharmed, up and walking around.

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Three injured in three-vehicle crash on I-25 in northern Douglas County

June 11, 2022

A three-vehicle crash on northbound I-25 in northern Douglas County on Saturday afternoon injured three people and shut down the highway for about an hour. The crash happened at about 1:25 p.m. near the Ridgegate Parkway exchange, said Sgt. Troy Kessler of the Colorado State Patrol. A motorcyclist, a 33-year-old Texas man, had pulled over on the shoulder of the highway and parked the motorcycle, Kessler said. The driver of a 2022 Hyundai utility vehicle also pulled over to help the motorcyclist.

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1 dead, 1 injured in hit-and-run on McDowell Road in Phoenix

June 10, 2022

The Phoenix Police Department was investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash, which occurred at about 6 a.m. on Sunday at 6100 W. McDowell Road. Two men, a 28-year-old and a 35-year-old, were pushing a disabled vehicle eastbound on McDowell Road near 59th Avenue when they were hit by a car, which fled the scene, according to a Phoenix police press release. Both men were taken to a hospital where the 28-year-old man died from his injuries.

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