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Traffic delays on southbound I-5 after fatal collision near JBLM Main Gate
A fatal crash on southbound Interstate 5 near the Main Gate of Joint Base Lewis-McChord caused traffic delays Wednesday morning. The right two lanes of traffic were blocked due the collision, reported at about 6:40 a.m. A driver died after colliding with a semi truck, Washington State Patrol trooper Robert Reyer said. Traffic was backed up all the way to state Route 512 in Lakewood by about 9:10 a.m. Reyers said a pickup traveling south in the left lane crossed all lanes of traffic going right and struck the left rear of the semi’s trailer.
Read MoreCHP: 1 dead after truck crashes into disabled vehicle near Selma
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A driver was killed Monday after a truck crashed into a disabled vehicle on a highway in Selma, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4 p.m. in the area of Highway 99 and Floral Avenue. While investigating, officers say they learned that a 27-year-old man was sitting in his car in the center divider of the highway, causing traffic to move slowly prior to the crash.
Read MorePolice: Hartford woman, 22, killed after car breaks down on I-84 in Newtown
NEWTOWN — State police said a Hartford woman whose car broke down was killed when she was struck by a truck on Interstate 84 early Monday morning.State police identified the victim as Samantha Figueroa, 22. The Mercury sedan Figueroa was driving had broken down in the left lane of the highway traveling east near Exit 13 around 3:30 a.m., according to an accident summary from state police. Figueroa had exited the car and was standing in the left lane “attempting to flag down passing vehicles,” when she and her car were struck by a Mack truck that was negotiating a curve, the accident report stated.
Read MoreVSP: Texas woman dead following crash in Washington Co. after tractor-trailer driver fell asleep
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – A woman from Austin, Texas died due to injuries she received in a crash involving a tractor-trailer in Washington County, Virginia. According to a release from the Virginia State Police, the crash occurred Thursday, Oct. 21 at 3:24 a.m. on Interstate 81 North. VSP reports a tractor-trailer had stopped on the right shoulder of the interstate near the 10.3 mile-marker.VSP reports the driver of the tractor-trailer, identified as Dale Allen, 64, of Covington, Kentucky, “went to sleep behind the wheel” after stopping the vehicle on the shoulder.
Read MoreMan struck, killed on New Orleans East high rise after car is disabled, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man was killed early Monday (Oct. 25) on the eastbound Interstate-10 high rise when he was ejected from his car and then struck by another motorist, triggering a four-vehicle crash, New Orleans police said. The victim’s identity and age have not been disclosed by the NOPD. But the department said the man was ejected onto the roadway and died after being struck around 1:18 a.m. on the downslope of the steep bridge.
Read MoreTampa man hurt, 3 Teslas damaged when car hits disabled auto-carrier on I-75
The crash occurred just after 9 p.m. Sunday when the driver lost control near State Road 60. BRANDON — A 25-year-old Tampa man was seriously hurt when he lost control of his car and slammed into a parked semitrailer truck, damaging three Teslas it was carrying, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred just after 9 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 75 near State Road 60.The Tampa man was headed south in a 2013 Kia Optima at a high rate of speed when he lost control for unknown reasons, entered the outside shoulder and hit the truck, the Highway Patrol said.
Read More2 Ohioan killed when box truck strikes disabled semi-truck parked along I-71
CONGRESS TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - Two passengers in a box truck were killed after the truck they were riding in collided with a semi-tractor trailer stopped along I-71 in Wayne County early Sunday. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the crash that involved two commercial trucks headed northbound near milepost 195 on I-71, according to an OSHP media release. The crash occurred shortly after 3:30 a.m. after a 2017 International semi-tractor trailer stopped along the northbound berm on I-71, the release said.
Read MoreBarni Omar, Teen Injured in 18-Wheeler Accident on I-20 in Arlington, TX
Arlington, TX – October 2, 2021, 27-year-old Barni Omar and a teen girl were injured when a semi-truck hit their disabled car on Interstate 20 in Arlington. Authorities say the incident happened around 12:10 a.m. on I-20 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway) near Bowman Springs Road. Preliminary investigation suggests Omar was driving a Toyota Corolla west in the 6700 block of the freeway in the far right lane. Reports indicate the vehicle was traveling very slowly along the 70mph roadway due to having a flat back tire.
Read MoreIowa City man hit and killed on Interstate 35, near New Virginia
A 69-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident 40 miles south of Des Moines, near New Virginia on Friday evening. Steven Kohli, of Iowa City, was on the side of the road checking damage to a car he was traveling in that had just hit a deer when another car hit him, the Iowa State Patrol said. Both cars were traveling south on Interstate 35. No other injuries were reported.
Read MoreSCHP: 1 killed, 3 hurt after car strikes disabled truck in Florence Co.
FLORENCE, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person was killed and three other injured in a crash on Saturday. Lance Cpl. Nick Pye said the crash occurred in the area of Cale Yarbrough Highway and Cartersville Highway around 11:47 p.m. A 1987 Buick coupe was traveling north on Cale Yarbrough Highway when it struck a pickup truck that was disabled on the side of the road from a previous collision.
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