Preventable Tragedies
Urbana man killed in Clark County crash; truck hit him on shoulder of Ohio 72
An Urbana man was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday afternoon in northern Clark County while he was outside of his car dealing with a tire problem. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Michael Rae Kenneth Wise, 36, was outside of his stopped silver Chevy Aveo on the northbound shoulder of Urbana Road (Ohio 72), between Eagle City Road and Thomaston Trail in Moorefield Township. Per preliminary investigation from OSHP, just after 1:50 p.
Read MoreDouble fatality after two-vehicle crash on I-81 in Botetourt County
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – Virginia State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 that killed two people in Botetourt County on May 15. According to VSP, a disabled 2020 Volvo tractor-trailer was on the right side of I-81 near mile marker 166 around 6:02 p.m. when it was suddenly hit from behind by a 2014 Mercedes-Benz. Two passengers in the Mercedes, 22-year-old Sameer Baig Mirza and 15-year-old Mustafa Baig Mirza, both from Springfield, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Read MoreMan, 48, dies after car goes into oncoming lanes and hits parked trailer near Angola
A 48-year-old Millsboro man was killed early May 16 when he crashed into a parked flatbed trailer near Angola, Delaware State Police said. The identity of the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, is being withheld by police until his family is notified. The man was in a Nissan Sentra a little before 6 a.m., heading southbound on Hollymount Road north of John J. Williams Highway (Route 24), investigators said.
Read MoreTractor-trailer crash along I-20 WB in DeKalb County under investigation
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Interstate 20 westbound has fully reopened after a tractor-trailer crash shut down the busy area early Friday morning. The crash blocked the interstate near the Panola Road overpass in DeKalb County. What we know: Officials say the crash happened shortly before 3 a.m. when the tractor-trailer hit a car that had stopped partially on the right shoulder and partially in the right lane. Investigators say the truck flipped, losing part of its load.
Read MoreFamily identifies Tucson man killed while changing tire on Interstate 19
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Tucson man hit and killed while changing a tire on Interstate 19 Thursday morning has been identified. The family of Luis del Toro said he was helping a family friend when the accident happened and that he died doing what he loved. Del Toro’s son said he owned LET Tire Shop on East Benson Highway. “Doing service calls, this is all he’s done all his life,” said del Toro’s son, who is also named Luis.
Read MoreNaugatuck pedestrian crash on Route 8 leaves 1 person dead, another person injured
NAUGATUCK, Conn. — Connecticut State Police said a pickup truck collided with two pedestrians on Route 8 South in Naugatuck Thursday, resulting in one person dead and another person injured. State police said the crash happened near Exit 26 around 1:55 p.m. A Mercedes-Benz was stopped in the right shoulder of the road, south of the Exit 26 off-ramp, following a unrelated collision that had previously occurred. A Ford F450 was traveling in the left lane on Route 8, approaching the scene of the crash, when the driver lost of control and “entered into a rotation,” state police said.
Read MoreBig rig trying to avoid crashed vehicle REAR-ENDED by car hauler on Oklahoma interstate
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) responded to a multi-vehicle crash near Perry on Monday. The crash occurred early on May 12 on I-35 in Noble County just north of Perry. Troopers say that a car carrying four people struck a deer and became disabled on I-35. All four people got out of the car before “a semi, trying to avoid the car, was rear ended by a car hauler, causing the semi to tip onto the car.
Read MoreOne car, two SUVs, three tractor-trailers involved in crash on Interstate 81 in WV
An early morning, multi-vehicle crash shut down Interstate 81 in Berkeley County, West Virginia, for an extended time on May 13. The incident involved a car, two SUVs and three tractor-trailers. What we know about the I-81 crash At 2:37 a.m., deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of the 4-mile marker on Interstate 81 for reports of a multiple vehicle crash. A BMW sedan was southbound just south of the Inwood exit when the vehicle hydroplaned, hit a guardrail, crossed into the northbound lanes and struck the side of a tractor-trailer, according to a report from the sheriff’s office.
Read MoreWoman Fatally Struck After Car Catches Fire On 91 Freeway
LONG BEACH, CA — A woman was struck and killed Monday night when she got out of her vehicle on the Artesia (91) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP says the woman was driving a Scion XD, for unknown reasons, caught fire and became disabled in the No. 1 lane of the Artesia Freeway, just east of Cherry Avenue, at around 10:29 p.m. The woman got out of her vehicle and that’s when a driver in a Toyota Camry, while trying to avoid a crash, unsuccessfully swerved and sideswiped the Scion XD, the CHP said.
Read More1 dead, dozens injured in fiery crash between SUV and tour bus in Hacienda Heights, CHP says
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (KABC) – One person was killed and dozens were injured after a major crash between an SUV and a tour bus on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights. California Highway Patrol said the crash happened just after 5 a.m. Sunday. Los Angeles County firefighters said the Nissan SUV was fully engulfed in flames by the time they arrived, and the driver was pronounced dead. There were 63 people onboard the bus during the crash, according to CHP.
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