Preventable Tragedies
UPDATE: Racine man identified as pedestrian hit, killed on I-94 Saturday night
SOMERS — A 65-year-old man from Racine was struck and killed Saturday night while attempting to walk across the interestate from his disabled vehicle. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, Emanuel Wilson Jr. died at the scene of the accident, on I-41/I-94 at Highway KR in Kenosha County near Somers, at approximately 10.30 p.m. The department indicated that he exited a disabled vehicle parked on the right shoulder of I-41/94 southbound and began walking across traffic lanes near the vehicle.
Read MoreMotorist killed near their disabled vehicle on I-95 in Hopkinton
HOPKINTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island State Police said a motorist was killed near their disabled vehicle on Interstate 95 south in Hopkinton on Saturday morning. Police said the person was struck by a tractor-trailer truck in the travel portion of the highway, just south of exit 3, at about 1:40 a.m. Hope Valley Fire and Rescue pronounced the motorist dead at the scene. Police said there will be no charges at this time.
Read MoreDennis Abington Killed in Crash with 18-Wheelers on I-95 in Sussex County, VA
Sussex County, VA – March 21, 2022, Dennis Abington was killed in a collision with two tractor-trailers on Interstate 95 in Sussex County. Authorities say the incident happened around 4:05 a.m. on southbound I-95 near mile marker 29. Preliminary investigation suggests Abington was driving a Nissan Sentra south on the roadway when he collided for unknown reasons with a Kenworth tractor-trailer. After the impact the Kenworth pulled onto the shoulder but the Nissan remained in the travel lanes, and soon after it was struck by a southbound Peterbilt 18-wheeler.
Read MoreHarley-Davidson rider critically injured in crash on U.S. 301 in Sumter County
A man riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was critically injured in a crash Friday morning on U.S. 301 in Sumter County. The 49-year-old Sumterville man had been riding the 2015 Harley-Davidson at 6:40 a.m. southbound on U.S. 301 approaching East Belt Avenue north of Bushnell when a 50-year-old Bushnell woman driving a 2017 Chevrolet Colorado traveling in the opposite direction made a left turn into his path, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Read More20-year-old woman killed after car split in half in North Hollywood freeway crash
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (KABC) – A 20-year-old woman was killed and two others were injured in a two-car crash on freeway lanes in the North Hollywood area Thursday morning. The crash was reported around 2 a.m. at the transition from the southbound 101 Freeway and the eastbound 134 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. Authorities say the victim from Pasadena was behind the wheel of a silver Toyota Camry when she apparently lost control and hit a guardrail, splitting the vehicle in half.
Read More3 found dead in submerged vehicle after flood recedes
HOLT, Ala. – Three bodies were found inside a submerged vehicle in Alabama on Thursday after floodwaters receded from killer storms that included torrential rain earlier this week, authorities said. Divers and other officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department discovered the sport-utility vehicle in water in the Holt community, a rural area a few miles east of Tuscaloosa, police said in a statement. Investigators initially believed just one person was inside the vehicle, but two more bodies were found during a search.
Read MoreI-85 back open in Gaston County after crash near US 321
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — All lanes of northbound Interstate 85 in Gaston County near U.S. 321 are back open after a crash early Thursday morning, police said. Gastonia police said the crash happened on the off-ramp to Exit 17 around 4 a.m. Officers said a flatbed truck that broke down was hit by a car on the ramp. The driver of the car was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries.
Read MoreSemi-Truck Hits Parked Car on Shoulder of I-94, One Killed in Ypsilanti Township, MI
Ypsilanti Township, MI – March 23, 2022, a person in a parked vehicle was killed when a semi-truck swerved into it on Interstate 94 in Ypsilanti Township. Authorities say the incident happened around 6:30 a.m. on westbound I-94 near Grove Street. Preliminary investigation suggests that a commercial semi-truck was cut off by another vehicle on the roadway, forcing the truck driver to swerve and causing them to lose control. The truck veered into another vehicle that was parked on the highway’s shoulder for unknown reasons.
Read MoreUPDATE: Ohio man killed in I-65 crash in Simpson Co.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - One person was killed in a multi-vehicle wreck on I-65 Thursday morning. According to Kentucky State Police, Christopher Steger, 28, of Harrison, Ohio was killed in one of the crashes. KSP officials responded to the crash around 4:30 a.m. The wreck happened on I-65 southbound at the Kentucky, Tennessee state line. According to police, Steger was driving a 2019 Ford Ecosport south on I-65. Steger entered into the right emergency lane, where he hit a semi-truck and trailer that was parked on the side of the road.
Read MoreDriver dead after rear ending semi parked on Highway 43: RCMP
A 39-year-old Red Deer man was killed in a crash near Whitecourt on Tuesday. RCMP’s early investigation suggests the man’s pickup rear ended a semi parked on the side of Highway 43, about one kilometre east of Eagle Tower Road, around 1 p.m. He was the only person in the truck and declared dead at the scene. His name was not shared by Mounties. The semi driver was not hurt.
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