Preventable Tragedies
Austin Redder Killed in Car Accident in Crosby County, TX
Crosby County, TX – April 1, 2022, Austin Redder was killed due to an accident where a vehicle hit Redder following a previous accident. Investigators reported that the crash took place at around 4:00 a.m. along US 82 a few miles east of Crosbyton. Authorities said that 26-year-old Austin Redder was in a vehicle traveling along the highway when the vehicle somehow went off-road, lost control, and crashed into a guardrail.
Read MoreCrash Survivor Hit by SUV Driven by First Responder
SILVER LAKE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who got out her vehicle after a crash Saturday near Silver Lake was struck by an SUV driven by a first responder. The Minnesota State Patrol says 28-year-old Rhiannon Phillippi, of Hutchinson, is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Phillippi crashed on Highway 7 in McLeod County around 11 a.m. Saturday before she was struck by a vehicle driven by Silver Lake Fire Chief Dale Kosek, the Star Tribune reported.
Read MoreTruck Driver Killed in Accident on 91 Freeway in Yorba Linda, CA
Yorba Linda, CA – March 31, 2022, a semi-truck driver was killed after a collision with a landscaping wood-chipper truck on the 91 Freeway in Yorba Linda. Authorities say the incident happened around 12:50 a.m. on westbound 91 Freeway at Coal Canyon Trail. Preliminary investigation suggests that the wood-chipper truck was disabled on the roadside when the approaching semi-truck crashed into it for unknown reasons. After the impact the big rig caught fire and became engulfed.
Read MoreTwo killed in rear-end collision on North Kihei Road
Two people who were asleep in a parked car were killed when a pickup truck drifted onto the shoulder of North Kihei Road and rear-ended the vehicle early Sunday morning, according to the Maui Police Department. Preliminary investigation reveals a 2020 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was traveling southeast on North Kihei Road, drifted onto the shoulder of the roadway and collided into the rear of a white 2003 Nissan Sentra four-door sedan that was parked on the shoulder about 2.
Read MoreTwo men hit and killed when they stop on highway to remove object from road
Two men are dead after stepping onto Interstate 95 in Dania Beach on Sunday to pull an object from the highway, said the Florida Highway Patrol. According to the highway patrol, the men were travelling south in a white Chevy pickup near the State Road 84 exit when the driver pulled to the shoulder of the interstate so he and his passenger could get the object. The two men were struck by an unknown vehicle, and the driver did not stop after striking the men.
Read More29-year-old struck, killed while standing outside car following crash on I-459 in Hoover
A 29-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a vehicle while standing outside of his car on Interstate 459 in Hoover. Just before 11 p.m. Saturday, Hoover 911 received a call of a traffic crash involving a passenger car and a tractor-trailer on I-459 southbound, said Capt. Keith Czeskleba. The car was stopped in the travel lane as a result of that crash and the driver was standing outside of his vehicle when another vehicle hit him.
Read MoreDPS: Mesa motorcyclist killed after crashing into stopped car on US-60, then hit by another driver
MESA, Ariz. - Westbound traffic near US-60 at Dobson Road was brought to a halt Sunday night after a deadly three-car crash involving a motorcyclist, the Arizona Department of Transportation said on April 3. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says, “Per preliminary info, a motorcycle collided with a passenger car stopped in the roadway. The motorcycle rider was then hit by another passenger car. Unknown why the initial vehicle was stopped in the roadway.
Read MoreMan Killed After Being Rear-Ended by Semi Truck on Highway 99 in Bakersfield
Seluster Lane, 77, of Redwood City, was killed in a truck accident in Bakersfield early on the morning of March 29. According to a KGET news report, the fatal truck crash occurred on Highway 99 just north of Merced Avenue. California Highway Patrol officers who responded to the scene saw that Lane had been ejected from his vehicle. He died at the scene as a result of injuries he suffered in the collision.
Read MoreSCHP: 1 dead following crash on I-26 near mile marker 216
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 26 in Charleston County early Thursday. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, the collision took place on the westbound side around 2:10 a.m. near mile marker 216. Authorities said a Harley-Davidson struck the rear of a Cadillac that was disabled in the roadway. The operator of the motorcycle is deceased.
Read MoreTwo Injured in Commercial Truck Accident on Route 119 in Littleton, MA
Littleton, MA – March 30, 2022, two people were injured after an accident where a commercial truck and two other vehicles crashed on Route 119. Authorities said that the crash took place at around 7:30 a.m. along Route 119. Initial reports said that a Jeep traveling eastbound on the highway crossed into oncoming traffic, crashing with an Acura. Those vehicles were then hit by a commercial box truck. After the crash, EMS transported the Jeep driver to a hospital via helicopter.
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