Preventable Tragedies
Exeter Township man severely injured in multi-vehicle weekend accident in Reading
Codey A. Hoffman was taken to Reading Hospital following the crash on Route 12, police said. Reading police on Monday identified an Exeter Township man as the person severely injured early Sunday when his car veered into a ditch along Route 12 then flipped onto its roof in the middle of the westbound lanes, resulting in a related multi-vehicle crash. Codey A. Hoffman, 28, was the only person injured in the four-vehicle crash at 3:05 a.
Read MoreWoman Hit By Semi On 710 Freeway
LONG BEACH, CA — A Long Beach woman died Monday morning after being hit by a semi-tractor on the Long Beach (710) Freeway. The 43-year-old woman had run into traffic after her vehicle became disabled from a previous crash, according to the California Highway Patrol. A woman was struck and killed by a semi-tractor without a trailer on the Long Beach (710) Freeway in Long Beach Monday morning. She died at the scene.
Read More2 Killed, 6 Injured in Multiple Overnight Crashes on IH-35: Officials
Two people are dead and multiple others are injured after two separate crashes on Interstate 35 on Saturday night, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, the first crash occurred on northbound Interstate 35E over Interstate 30 shortly before 9 p.m. Officials said the crash, which involved three vehicles, began when a Nissan Murano broke down on right shoulder of IH-35. A friend arrived to help the driver of the Nissan, and while the driver bent down between his vehicle and his friend’s vehicle, a Dodge Challenger veered on to
Read MoreTeenager’s body recovered after vehicle is submerged in Grasse River
RUSSELL, N.Y. (WWTI) — Local Police Departments responded to a fatal accident on Lazy River Road in Russell on November 27. Man killed by stray bullet while eating Thanksgiving dinner inside his home According to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, a passerby found vehicle tracks leaving Lazy River Road, striking road signs, and ending in Grasse River shortly after midnight on November 27. After realizing the vehicle was still submerged in the Grasse River they called 911 to report the incident.
Read MoreBody of missing Montana man discovered Friday morning near Lowman after vehicle crash
The body of a Montana man who had been missing for more than two weeks was discovered Friday morning in Boise County, a few miles south of Lowman, according to Idaho State Police. He had been involved in a single-vehicle crash. Michael Edward Lopez, 71, had been missing since Nov. 10. He had left Missoula, where he lived, en route to Caldwell, according to police. On Friday morning, Lopez’s body was discovered near Highway 21, about four miles south of Lowman.
Read MoreSerious accident that closed northbound Blue Route cleared
A Honda sedan appeared to rear end a tractor-trailer in the breakdown lane of the road about 10:30 A.M. NETHER PROVIDENCE – A serious accident closed down Interstate 476 northbound between MacDade Boulevard and Baltimore Pike Friday due to a vehicle and tractor-trailer accident. A Honda sedan was under the rear of a tractor-trailer in the breakdown lane of the road about 10:30 a.m. A number of fire companies and EMS units responded to the scene including South Media and Garden City.
Read MoreTwo-vehicle crash turns deadly on I-94 near New Buffalo
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. – A two-vehicle crash killed one person, critically injured another person and injured several others on I-94, near New Buffalo on Thursday around 7:15 p.m., according to the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office. When deputies and crews arrived, they found a woman unresponsive, lying in the roadway and a man pinned to the ground underneath his vehicle. According to preliminary crash results, police determined that a Ford Escape with three passengers was traveling east on I-94 when the driver lost control of the vehicle on the roadway, ran off the road and hit a guardrail.
Read More2 Dead After Tractor-Trailer Hits Car on I-85 in N. Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were killed when a tractor-trailer carrying mail on Interstate 85 crashed into a car stuck in the middle of the roadway, according to the N.C. State Highway Patrol. The patrol said a car crashed just after 2 a.m. Wednesday and stopped in one of the middle lanes of I-85 south near Billy Graham Parkway in Charlotte, news outlets reported. Around 2:15 a.m., a tractor-trailer crashed into the stopped vehicle on the interstate.
Read MoreOne dead, multiple injured in Belmont multiple vehicle pile-up
BELMOUNT, Calif. (KRON) – The California Highway Patrol is reporting that multiple vehicles were involved in an accident on Highway 101 in the early hours of the morning. The incident occurred at around 3:00 a.m. on November 25 just north of Ralston Avenue in Belmont. Police believe that a green Honda may have been involved in a separate hit and run collision prior to this, which resulted in the green Honda coming to rest in the left lanes of US-101 without lights on facing a southerly direction.
Read More1 dead after driver crashes into stalled vehicle on shoulder near Winona
The vehicle stopped on the side of the road was unoccupied at the time. A woman has died after crashing into a stalled vehicle on the shoulder of the highway, with the collision sending her vehicle off the road. Esther V. Waas, 75, was in a Toyota Corolla heading southbound on Highway 61 in Rollingstone Township, between Minneiska and Winona, just after 11 p.m. Tuesday, according to the State Patrol.
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