Preventable Tragedies

36-year-old father killed, 4 others injured in multi-vehicle crash on NB I-95 near MD 32

January 26, 2021

JESSUP, Md. — One person is dead and several others are injured following a pedestrian crash that shut down several lanes in the area of northbound Interstate 95 just before Maryland Route 32 in Jessup Tuesday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers responded to the incident around 5:15 a.m. and learned that three cars were involved in a minor multi-vehicle crash and pulled off the road. Police said one of the drivers drove off after exchanging information with the other drivers.

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Driver dies in Hart crash

January 26, 2021

A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 in Hart County left one person dead. Kentucky State Police said the crash occurred about 8:30 p.m. Monday near the 67-mile marker. A 2014 Dodge Avenger driven by Naomi Sparrow, 47, of Louisville, struck a guard rail on the right shoulder, causing her vehicle to stall in the right lane. Sparrow’s car was struck by a 2020 Kenworth driven by Nettie Reeves, 48, of Palmersville, Tenn.

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Mableton woman, 33, dies in head-on crash into disabled pickup truck

January 26, 2021

A Cobb County woman died Friday morning after the Cadillac she was driving crashed head-on into a disabled truck, according to Cobb County police. Brittany Wingate, 33, of Mableton, was fatally injured in the wreck just before 9 a.m. and pronounced dead at the scene, Cobb police spokeswoman Officer Shenise Barner said.According to the initial investigation, Wingate was driving west on Veterans Memorial Parkway in a black 2003 Cadillac CTS. A man driving east in a 2017 Dodge Ram 5500 pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer was stopped in the center turn lane near Brookside Boulevard due to a mechanical issue, Barner said.

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NSP: 1 dead after semi truck tips over, struck by another semi on I-80 near North Platte

January 26, 2021

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — One person is dead after a Tuesday morning crash on Interstate 80 near North Platte, according to a news release from the Nebraska State Patrol. The NSP said the incident happened around 6:10 a.m.In the news release, the NSP said a semi truck headed east tipped onto its side and blocked a portion of the westbound lanes of I-80 near mile marker 172. A semi truck that was headed west then hit the first truck, causing both occupants of the first truck to be ejected, according to the NSP.

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2-year-old killed in crash after broken-down car struck from behind

January 25, 2021

MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — A two-year-old boy was killed in a car crash in Medina County Sunday night. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at 8:11 p.m., the highway patrol’s Medina dispatch center received a call about a two-vehicle crash on SR 18 in Sharon Twp. with serious injuries.An investigation revealed a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu had become disabled in the eastbound lanes of SR 18. The highway patrol said the vehicle was partially in the right lane when it was struck from behind by a 2009 Jeep Liberty, which was heading east.

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Man hit and killed on I-5 after getting out of car in North Seattle

January 25, 2021

SEATTLE — A 64-year-old Pullman man was killed after he got out of his car following a crash on northbound I-5 in North Seattle Sunday night. Washington State Patrol troopers said a Ford F250 pickup lost control near 130th Street in the Northgate area around 7:20 p.m. The driver stopped in the middle lane with no headlights on. A second vehicle, a Honda Civic, hit the back of the truck and then came to a stop in front of it.

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Man killed after getting out of car following crash, trying to cross I-95 near Newark

January 24, 2021

A 53-year-old man from Bear died Sunday night after being hit by a car while trying to cross Interstate 95 north near Newark, Delaware State Police said. According to police, the man, who has not yet been identified, was driving a Nissan Titan on I-95 by South Chapel Street when he drifted off the highway and into the left shoulder. There, he hit a guardrail, which caused his car to rotate and stop facing south in the north lane.

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UPDATE: One person dead, several others taken to hospital after I-75 crash

January 24, 2021

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – One person is dead and several more are injured after a car hit two cars that were stopped on the side of the road. A total of four cars were involved. It happened Sunday afternoon in the southbound lanes of I-75 near the Benchwood Road exit. I-75 was shut down for more than two hours. A Camaro and SUV pulled over to help another vehicle that was stopped on the side of the road.

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CMPD investigating fatal hit-and-run

January 22, 2021

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is conducting an investigation after a fatal hit-and-run collision that occurred in the 9300 block of Brookshire Boulevard. Police say on Friday, Jan, 22 at around 8:49 a.m., officers responded to a crash involving a pedestrian. Upon arrival, officers located a pedestrian in the roadway. The pedestrian was then pronounced deceased by Medic. The victim has been identified as David Norman Mercurius. Police say Mercurius was in the right travel lane of northbound Brookshire Boulevard near the right shoulder of the roadway.

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DPS: Two dead, one hospitalized in three-vehicle crash involving semi-truck near Premont

January 22, 2021

PREMONT, Texas — Two people are dead after a crash in Jim Wells County involving three vehicles, one being a semi-truck, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said. The crash happened Thursday, Jan, 21 about 6 miles south of Premont in Jim Wells County just after 10 p.m. DPS officials said a driver of a Ford utility van was traveling south on US 281 when the driver of a Chevy Silverado, traveling north, veered into the Ford van’s lane and crashed into it head-on.

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