Preventable Tragedies
NJ Corrections Officer Dies In Route 55 Crash, PA Driver Seriously Injured
A 25-year-old man died when a car struck his vehicle while stopped in the shoulder of Route 55, authorities said. Joshua Beardsworth, of Pittsgrove Township, was stopped in his BMW on the right shoulder of the highway when a car – also on the northbound side – struck him in Vineland around 7:40 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The 27-year-old driver from Lansdale, PA – Trevor Annunziata, who was driving a Volkswagon – was hospitalized with serious injuries, while Beardsworth was killed.
Read MorePERSON STRUCK, KILLED BY TRAILER IN I-80 CRASH
CASPER, Wyo. — A person who had exited a passenger vehicle following a vehicle crash on I-80 was struck and killed by a truck trailer during a subsequent crash event. According to preliminary information published by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, 45-year-old Colorado resident Whasfia Darwich Watchman was identified as the deceased in the incident. Wyoming Highway Patrol is reportedly investigating the fatality.The fatal crash is believed to have occurred at approximately 2:22 pm Aug.
Read MoreMan, woman decapitated after slamming into parked semi-truck, California officials say
Two people were decapitated after crashing into a semi-truck on the side of a freeway on Sunday, according to California authorities. A man was driving with a woman in the passenger seat in Sylmar on the 5 Freeway (Interstate 5) and collided with a parked semi-truck, said California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball, KTLA reported. Both people were decapitated and their names haven’t been released, according to the station.The semi-truck was parked on the side of the freeway and was rear-ended by the man driving a 2010 Lexus sedan “that failed to maintain the curve in the road just prior to the crash,” City News Service reported, citing a CHP statement.
Read MoreMiami woman killed on Florida’s Turnpike crash near Palm City early Sunday
MARTIN COUNTY — A 33-year-old Miami woman was killed early Sunday morning on Florida’s Turnpike when she was struck while sitting in her disabled vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal wreck happened about 2:15 a.m. Sunday in the northbound lanes of mile marker 137, just south of the St. Lucie County line, FHP said. The woman had been in a separate crash earlier and had been sitting in her sedan in the left-hand lane of the turnpike, FHP said.
Read MoreWoman who fell asleep at wheel struck and killed by semi on I-75 in Sumter County
A 23-year-old woman who fell asleep at the wheel was killed when she was struck by a semi tractor trailer as she stood near her wrecked vehicle late Saturday night on Interstate 75 in Sumter County. The Spring Hill woman had been southbound on I-75 near Mile Marker 324 when she fell asleep at five minutes before midnight and her Toyota Camry drifted onto the grass shoulder, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Read MoreFlorissant man dies in car crash Friday
ST. LOUIS – A man died in a car crash Friday evening on I-270. The crash happened northbound I-270 at Missouri 370 around 6:35 p.m. Stephen W. Weiser, 59, Florissant, was driving a 2006 Dodge Charger when he traveled off the road and struck a 2020 Volvo VLV that was parked on the right shoulder, according to a preliminary Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The Volvo was driven by Ben Pino, 60, Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Read MoreAdger woman struck, killed by vehicle on I-59 near Ashville
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An Adger woman was killed when her car was struck by another vehicle on I-59 early Tuesday morning. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Amanda Parsons, 49, was fatally injured when the 2004 Ford Explorer she was driving was struck by a 2013 Infinity QX56 driven by Michelle Leavitt, 53, of Texas.Parsons had been involved in a separate crash that left her vehicle disabled in the roadway moments before the collision.
Read MoreJonathan C. Gilbert was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after a two-vehicle crash
State police say 26-year-old Raleigh resident Jonathan C. Gilbert was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after a two-vehicle crash on Route 1 in White County last night. Police say Gilbert stopped at a construction stop light, activated his hazard lights, and exited his truck due to vehicle issues. As he was walking around the vehicle, 45-year-old Carmi resident Bill W. Van struck its rear.
Read MoreMotorcyclist dies after crashing into disabled vehicle
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a disabled vehicle on Interstate 435 at State Line Road Thursday night. Leawood police said shortly after 9 p.m., a car heading westbound on I-435 struck the barrier wall and was disabled in the roadway. A few minutes later, a motorcyclist hit the disabled car.Caleb Addington, the 21-year-old motorcyclist, was transported to the hospital in critical condition but later died at the hospital.
Read MoreWoman dies after crash on I-95 in Fairfax County, state police say
A Fairfax County woman was fatally injured on Interstate 95 in a head-on crash in the Springfield area, the Virginia State Police said. Stephanie D. Garcia, 29, of Reston, Va., died Sunday at a hospital after the crash Saturday at the Old Keene Mill Road exit, police said. She was driving south in the express lanes about 7 a.m. when her car ran off the left side of the road, turned around on the shoulder and then reentered the express lanes facing the wrong way, state police said, citing witness accounts.
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