Preventable Tragedies
Plymouth driver fatally struck on Highway 169 after leaving crashed car
SCOTT COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - A man involved in a single-vehicle crash was fatally struck by a passing driver on Highway 169 after walking onto the roadway early Tuesday morning. What we know The incident happened just after midnight on Highway 169, about two miles past Highway 41, between Shakopee and Jordan. According to the initial report, a driver was traveling southbound on Highway 169 when his car entered the ditch and rolled.
Read MoreSemi Hitting Another Parked On Shoulder Caused Fatal Crash That Closed I-80
The fiery and fatal crash that closed eastbound Interstate 80 for more than eight hours Saturday was caused by a semitrailer colliding into another commercial truck parked on the shoulder, the Wyoming Highway Patrol reports. The crash happened a little before 9:40 a.m. at milepost 223 near Rawlins, and WHP troopers found one truck on fire and wreckage across both lanes of traffic, said Trooper Ryan Gerdes in a Monday afternoon press release.
Read MoreLaytonville Crash Claims Life—Toyota Tundra Swerves Off US-101 and Hits Trailer
On 09/04/2024 at approximately 2026 hours, the driver of a 2003 Toyota Tundra was driving S/B on US-101, north of Shamrock Ranch; traveling through a right-hand curve in the roadway. For reasons still under investigation, the driver allowed the Toyota to drift across the road towards the east. The Toyota ran off the east paved road edge of US-101 and onto a dirt shoulder, leading to a slight descending embankment. The Toyota continued parallel to the highway until traveling back onto the paved, extended N/B shoulder, where a parked, unoccupied travel trailer was located.
Read MoreJosue Soto Injured in Car Accident in Jersey Village, TX
According to officials, 26-year-old Josue David Soto was in a Toyota 4Runner going along the freeway. Up ahead, there was a Kia reportedly disabled in the lanes of travel. The Toyota struck the disabled Kia, then flipped over. As a result, Soto was seriously injured. There were no other confirmed injuries. Some of the key factors in any crash involving a disabled vehicle is whether or not the vehicle was visible, whether or not they were able to get their vehicle out of the travel lanes, and also why the vehicle was disabled.
Read MoreWoman killed after getting out of car following crash near Cameron, struck by another vehicle
DEKALB COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A 38-year-old woman died on Sunday morning after she was involved in two car crashes that left five others injured. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report indicated that Luci Pineda of Farmington, Minnesota, was driving on southbound Interstate 35 just north of Cameron, Missouri, at 5 a.m. when her 2000 Toyota 4Runner drove into the median and overcorrected. The vehicle returned back onto the interstate but overturned.
Read MoreDriver runs across 101 Freeway after slamming into overturned sedan
A hit-and-run driver remains outstanding after they collided with an overturned vehicle on the 101 Freeway and fled on foot. Preliminary information indicates that police had responded to the eastbound span of the 101 near Balboa Boulevard in Encino just before 3 a.m. Saturday on reports of an overturned red sedan blocking traffic. As first responders arrived on scene, another vehicle – said to be a gray Nissan – barreled into the overturned sedan.
Read MorePedestrian hit by car on I-91 in Cromwell, state police looking for driver
CROMWELL, Conn. — Connecticut State Police are looking for the driver who hit a person on Interstate 91 in Cromwell on Friday evening. State police were called to respond near Exit 21 on I-91 South in Cromwell just after 8 p.m. Friday. A Tesla was parked on the right shoulder, and the 38-year-old driver was outside the car, troopers said. A small, white Honda sedan veered into the right shoulder and hit the Tesla and the Tesla’s driver, leaving him with serious injuries, state police said.
Read MoreDriver dies after becoming trapped under tire of his own tractor-trailer on I-275 ramp
SPRINGDALE, Ohio (WKRC) - A truck driver is dead after an accident on an I-275 exit ramp Friday morning. Springdale Police said Darren Hayes, 57, got out of his disabled tractor-trailer on the ramp from the eastbound lanes to Springfield Pike at about 10:17 a.m. Another tractor-trailer came down the ramp, collided with the first truck on the emergency shoulder and knocked Hayes down where he became trapped under the tires of his own truck, according to police.
Read MoreHouston crash: Woman in SUV dies in collision with parked truck
HOUSTON - A woman is dead following a crash just before 10:00 PM on Wednesday. Police say the woman, believed to be in her 60s, was driving an SUV that hit the back of a disabled commercial truck. She was traveling at high speed and suffered critical injuries, dying at the scene. The truck driver, employed by a private company, was not injured. The truck was disabled when the collision occurred.
Read More1 person killed in multi-vehicle crash on Route 28
EAST DEER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – One person has died after a multi-vehicle crash on Route 28. According to a media release from Pa. State Police, shortly after 7 a.m., a Dodge Challenger was traveling southbound on Route 28 at a high rate of speed when it attempted to pass a Ford F-350. The driver of the Challenger, identified as Sheena Fitzgerald, impacted the bumper of the F-350 before losing control of the vehicle, traveling off the left side of the road, and crossing into the center median.
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