Preventable Tragedies
19-year-old killed, 2 seriously hurt in Tri-State crash
BROWN COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - A 19-year-old Bethel man is dead and two others are seriously hurt after an SUV hit a disabled vehicle in Brown County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. It happened on Liming Van Thompson Road near Yankeetown Road in Clark Township just after 6 p.m. Sunday. Troopers said their preliminary investigation determined a southbound 1999 GMC Sonoma pickup truck hit a trailer attached to a disabled 2007 Nissan Pathfinder van that was stopped in the road.
Read More‘2-stage crash’: Car hits semi driver involved in I-69 collision
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – There were only minor injuries in a Monday morning crash involving a semi and two cars on I-69 in north Fort Wayne. The crash happened around 6:45 a.m. Monday near Dupont Road, between IN 1 and I-469. It caused a slowdown for the morning commute. Fort Wayne-Allen County dispatchers initially confirmed someone was hurt in the crash, but could not confirm the severity of the injuries.
Read MoreMPD officer injured after truck strikes patrol vehicle on I-55
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis police officer was injured Friday night after a truck crashed into his patrol vehicle while he was responding to another accident on Interstate 55, according to the Memphis Police Department. The crash happened Friday, Oct. 30, on southbound I-55 near Mallory Avenue. According to an MPD traffic investigation report, officers with the department’s traffic investigation unit were assigned to investigate the crash around 10:22 p.m.
Read MoreCar strikes deer on I-196, hit by trailing vehicle
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – No one was injured early Thursday, Oct. 29, when a disabled car on I-196 was struck by another vehicle after hitting a deer. The driver of a Ford Fusion that struck the deer was out of her vehicle when it was struck by a Jeep Cherokee. The crashes happened around 12:30 a.m. on eastbound I-196 in Ottawa County’s Georgetown Township. Sheriff’s deputies said the Fusion, disabled after striking the deer, was partially in the road when it was hit.
Read MoreFenton Man Killed by Box Truck After Deer Collision on I-96 in Michigan
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. (WOWO) — A 28-year-old Fenton man was killed on I-96 early Wednesday after getting out of his SUV following a collision with a deer and being struck by a box truck, Michigan State Police said. The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. on westbound I-96, east of the U.S. 23 interchange in Livingston County, according to a report by WILX News 10. State police said the man’s Ford Escape remained stopped in the freeway’s right lane rather than being moved onto the shoulder.
Read MoreDriver Killed After Car Hits Stopped Semi on I-10 Near Van Horn
A 21-year-old El Paso man died on Saturday, October 24, 2026, after the car he was driving struck a semi-truck on westbound Interstate 10 near mile marker 181, about 41 miles east of Van Horn, Texas. The semi had reportedly stopped because of construction in the area. The semi-truck driver was reported to have no injuries. Texas DPS is investigating. KTSM 9 News reported that, according to DPS, the driver allegedly failed to control his speed, overcorrected and veered north before hitting the truck.
Read MoreDurham police seek Nissan driver in NC 147 hit-and-run death earlier this month
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Police in Durham on Wednesday identified a vehicle make in a deadly hit-and-run crash 10 days ago. The crash happened just after 10:05 p.m. on Sunday, Oct 18, along southbound N.C. 147 near Fayetteville Street, according to a Durham Police Department news release. Rakesh Babu Poojari, 37, died after the driver of a Nissan crashed into him, police said. Poojari stopped along the shoulder of the Durham Freeway and got out of his vehicle because of a flat tire, the release said.
Read More3 Adult Siblings Among 6 Killed in Fiery Florida Car Crash as Their Grieving Parents Speak Out
A couple is reeling after their three adult children were killed in a fiery crash in central Florida. Two of the siblings’ partners and a friend also died. “My heart sank,” Marshall Clarke-Milton told Fox affiliate WOFL in a joint interview with her husband, Charles Milton Sr., of learning that their kids had been in a deadly crash on Oct. 23. “Because somehow I knew it was them, but I didn’t want it to be them.
Read MoreBack-to-back fatal crashes shut down part of I-64 in Albemarle County overnight
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash that happened late Monday night on Interstate 64 westbound in Albemarle County. The crash happened at approximately 11:25 p.m. on October 26 at the 108-mile marker. According to VSP, a Ford passenger vehicle hit a deer and became disabled in the right travel lane. A Honda passenger vehicle stopped behind the disabled Ford and was then struck from behind by a westbound tractor-trailer.
Read MoreMan killed after tractor-trailer strikes disabled minivan on RFK Bridge
A 23-year-old man was killed when a tractor-trailer struck a disabled minivan on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge on Randall’s Island early Tuesday — a fatal collision that shut down the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge for hours, MTA police said. Abdulmateen Fagbemi’s van broke down in a center lane on the span’s Manhattan-bound side around 3:30 a.m., cops said. Fagbemi was standing in front of his disabled vehicle looking under the hood when the driver of a tractor-trailer rear-ended the vehicle about 15 minutes later, according to police.
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