Preventable Tragedies
Man killed in crash on I-25 in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man was hit and killed by a car on Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs Thursday night, according to police. Police said the crash happened around 11 p.m. on northbound Interstate 25 near Cimarron Street. Police said a car was stopped in the roadway, and one of the occupants was outside of it. Another car hit both the stopped car and the person. The victim died on the scene.
Read MoreFamily, friends mourn Jacksonville mother killed when hit beside her disabled car in I-295
Ashley Marie Armstrong’s daughter will turn 7 next month, but the 28-year-old Jacksonville mother won’t be there to celebrate with her. Family and friends are mourning her death Monday when she was struck by a sport-utility vehicle while standing beside her disabled car on Interstate 295 at Town Center Parkway. The telephone suddenly cut off as Linda Armstrong tried to console her distraught daughter who was in tears because her sedan clipped a guard rail as she drove home from work.
Read MoreJacksonville man, 56, killed in crash on I-95 in St. Johns County
A 56-year-old Jacksonville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on I-95, south of County Road 210 in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said preliminary indications show the sedan he was driving was either traveling very slowly or was stopped in the center lane of I-95 northbound at around 2:20 a.m. when it was rear-ended by a tractor trailer. The sedan ran off the roadway to the left shoulder and collided with the guardrail, causing it to continue traveling north, the FHP report stated.
Read MoreSullivan Man Hurt in Crash on I-44
A Sullivan man was taken to a St. Louis area hospital Sunday afternoon following a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 44 near Sullivan. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that three vehicles were on the right shoulder of westbound I-44 on Sunday evening. The three vehicles included a 1993 Cadillac Seville driven by Tyler K. Kittrell, 34, of Sullivan, a 2006 Ford F-250 truck and a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu. Both the truck and the Malibu did not have drivers at the time of the crash.
Read More4-year-old girl dies after multi-car collision on southbound Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass
A 4-year-old girl died Tuesday after a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass, an incident that officials said occurred after one motorist stopped to help another following a separate crash on the freeway. At about 8 p.m. Tuesday, the unidentified driver of a 2016 Kia Sedan hit a 2014 Hyundai sedan at an unknown speed before colliding into the rear of a 2020 Ford Explorer in which the child had been riding, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Read MoreVictims killed in Delaware Memorial Bridge crash identified; charges pending, officials say
NEW CASTLE, Delaware (WPVI) – Charges are pending following a deadly crash on the Delaware Memorial Bridge on Tuesday, according to the Delaware River and Bay Authority. It happened around 3 p.m. while Mary Sanderlin’s Kia Optima broke down in the middle right lane of the road.According to authorities, the 30-year-old tractor-trailer driver from Virginia rear-ended the disabled vehicle and pushed it from the middle right lane and into a guard rail.
Read MoreCouple struck by wayward SUV while changing flat tire along I-5
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Three people were injured when an SUV smashed into a truck and travel trailer that was undergoing a tire change along I-5 in Bellingham Sunday. The trailer had suffered a flat tire in the northbound lanes near Samish Way and a man and woman were just about done replacing with a spare when an SUV changed lanes and veered into shoulder, striking the trailer, according to Trooper Rocky Oliphant.
Read MoreJacksonville woman, 28, killed in crash on I-295 at Town Center Parkway
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — One person is dead following a crash early Monday morning on I-295 South in Jacksonville. Troopers said it happened near the Town Center Parkway exit. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at 3:45 a.m., a silver car was traveling southbound on I-295 when it hit a crash attenuator, on the right shoulder of the ramp. FHP said the car became disabled, blocking the on-ramp from Town Center Parkway to southbound I-295.
Read MoreSiloam man struck, killed by tractor-trailer
A Siloam man was killed Monday morning when he was struck by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 52 South, near the Cook School Road exit. Marvin H. Bledsoe Sr., of Siloam, 85, had for some reason stopped his car on the shoulder of the southbound lane of U.S. 52, then wondered into oncoming traffic when he was struck, according to North Carolina Highway Patrol First Sgt. J.M. Church. The sergeant said officials do not yet know why Bledsoe had exited his car.
Read MoreTurnpike crash kills passenger sitting inside disabled car, authorities say
A passenger inside a disabled car on the New Jersey Turnpike was killed early Monday after the vehicle was struck by a pickup truck, authorities said. The crash occurred about 4:10 a.m. in a southbound lane at milepost 105.7 in Newark, according to New Jersey State Police. The car became disabled in the right lane of the highway and was hit from behind by a pickup truck, according to Sgt. Philip Curry.
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