Preventable Tragedies
Driver charged in hit-and-run that left LI ‘good Samaritan’ dead, authorities say
A Queens man faces a slew of charges — including criminally negligent homicide — after authorities say he drove away from a crash in late January on the Nassau Expressway that killed an East Atlantic Beach resident standing on the road’s shoulder helping another motorist. Kevin Drawhorne, 27, of Jamaica, Queens, was arraigned Wednesday on charges that also included leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it, speeding and driving without a license, Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement Thursday.
Read MoreDriver seriously injured while standing outside disabled car on Parkway
A 20-year-old woman was seriously injured on the Garden State Parkway early Friday when a passing vehicle struck her disabled car and pushed it into her, authorities said. The woman’s car got stuck in the northbound express lanes near milepost 120 in Aberdeen at about 2 a.m., State Police said. She was hit while standing outside her car. The 35-year-old man driving the other car was not hurt, police said. Emergency workers brought the injured woman to an area hospital.
Read MoreTwo hurt on I-69 near Pendleton after semi slams into car stopped partially in roadway
PENDLETON, Ind. (WANE) A crash Thursday evening night sent an Indiana woman and Texas man to the hospital and forced the closure of a section of I-69 for around three and a half hours. According to Indiana State Police, around 10:10 PM emergency crews responded to the 217 mile marker of I-69 north bound for a two vehicle crash with possible injury. Troopers arrived at the scene and found a blue Chrysler Sebring with severe damage to the driver’s side on the right shoulder.
Read MoreUPDATE: Two Car Crash Closes Garden State Parkway in Monmouth County; Injuries
NJ State Police are looking into the cause of a crash that caused injuries on the Garden State Parkway in Monmouth County Friday morning. Officials said the crash occurred at 2:06 a.m. in the Garden State Parkway northbound express lanes in Aberdeen Township. Police say the preliminary investigation indicated that in the area of milepost 120, a Subaru Legacy became disabled in the express lanes and a Kia Stinger traveling northbound struck the disabled car, which then hit the driver who was standing outside of the vehicle.
Read More17-year-old dies in I-95 crash in West Palm Beach; car hit after breaking down, FHP says
WEST PALM BEACH — A 17-year-old male from West Palm Beach died Tuesday night in a crash on Interstate 95 near 45th Street, the Florida Highway Patrol said. FHP did not identify the victim or the two other people involved in the wreck. It stopped releasing the names of crash victims last spring, saying it did so to comply with a 2018 amendment to the state constitution giving crime victims and their families the right to withhold their names from public reports.
Read MorePedestrian killed, 3 motorists injured in I-75 wreck Tuesday night
OCALA — A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 killed one person and injured three others Tuesday night. Traffic along the highway came to a standstill in the southbound lanes, and law enforcement officials had to detour vehicles onto the State Road 326 exit just north of Ocala. The crash occurred just yards away from the exit. The injured people were transported to University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville and Ocala Regional Medical Center.
Read More10-vehicle crash on I-73 in Randolph County sends 1 passenger to hospital
ASHEBORO, N.C. — A crash involving 10 vehicles on Interstate 73 sent only one person to the hospital, according to Highway Patrol. At about 6:19 a.m. Monday, troopers responded to the crash on I-73, near Vision Drive, in Randolph County. Troopers say a 2012 Peterbilt tractor-trailer, driven by Ronald Wheeler, 60, of Albemarle, was heading north in the left lane. Trexler Trucking is listed as the owner of the truck.
Read More19-year-old woman hit, killed on I-8 after walking away from car crash
The woman had crashed her Toyota into a center divider and got out of her car on the freeway EL CAJON — A 19-year-old woman who exited her car after crashing it on the freeway in El Cajon was hit and killed early Tuesday, authorities said. The driver was heading east on Interstate 8 near First Street when she lost control of her Toyota Matrix for an unknown reason and struck the center divider, which sent her car into the traffic lanes of the freeway, said California Highway Patrol Officer Travis Garrow.
Read MoreDeadly crash reported on I-270 in southeast Columbus Monday night
Columbus, Ohio (WSYX) — Columbus Police is investigating a deadly crash on I-270 northbound between I-70 and US 33 that happened late Monday. Police said a 2006 Peterbilt tractor trailer was traveling northbound on I-270 when the driver struck the front left side of a disabled 2013 Chevrolet Impala being driven by 18-year-old Chandra Basnet. Basnet was ejected out of the open drivers side door.After hitting Basnet’s vehicle, police say the Peterbilt continued down the highway striking a second vehicle that was parked on the berm due to a prior non-injury crash with Basnet.
Read More2 killed while crossing interstate in Lexington County after car breakdown
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Two people are dead after being hit by a car while trying to cross I-26. It happened just before 4 am Saturday morning. According to the coroner’s office, Frank Bates, 64, and Bobbie Jenkins, 70, were riding in a car that broke down in the median of the highway near exit 119. The pair was walking across the westbound lanes of I-26 when they were hit.
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