Preventable Tragedies
Fatal crash closes westbound Interstate 30 to traffic for hours in Arlington, police say
A fatal multi-vehicle crash in Arlington closed all westbound lanes of Interstate 30 for several hours on Thursday morning. Police responded near Green Oaks Boulevard overpass around 4 a.m., a spokesperson from the Arlington Police Department said. One person, a 19-year-old man, was killed in the crash and three others were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The man who died was identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office as Adrian Arbaiza Andrade, of Plano.
Read MoreMan Killed in Tractor-Trailer Accident on I-95 in Glynn County, GA
Glynn County, GA – October 28, 2021, one person was killed as the result of a multi-vehicle accident on I-95 involving 18-wheelers. Investigators were called to the scene of the crash at around 5:20 a.m. near mile marker 40. The events began when a Nissan Sentra traveling southbound on the interstate had a tire go flat. The Sentra then crashed into the guardrail. A Tesla, followed by a Volvo tractor-trailer, then hit the Sentra.
Read MoreOvernight I-10 wreck involving eight vehicles kills dog, injures three people, FHP says
An overnight wreck involving eight vehicles left three people with minor injuries and breifly shut down all westbound traffic on I-10 in Jefferson County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The series of events that occurred around 1:50 a.m. Friday morning began when a sedan hit a dog, rendering it “inoperable” in the middle of the highway. Another sedan then crashed into the vehicle. Then a semi-tractor, driving in the inside lane, smashed into both cars before colliding with “the concrete barrier wall, causing a large debris field,” a FHP sergeant wrote in a narrative of the crash.
Read MoreTWO INJURED IN MULTI-CAR CRASH ON 170 FREEWAY [LOS ANGELES, CA]
LOS ANGELES, CA (October 27, 2021) – Two people sustained injuries after a multi-car crash on the 170 Freeway, Thursday morning. The crash happened at around 2:07 a.m. of October 21st on the northbound 170 Freeway at Sherman Way, per the report. As reported by the California Highway Patrol the first incident included three vehicles, and a fourth vehicle subsequently smashed into the pileup. According to the CHP, two victims were rushed by ambulance to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills.
Read MoreDriver hospitalized, passengers hurt in White Horse Pike bus crash, officials say
WINSLOW TWP, N.J. - A 53-year-old bus driver needed to be airlifted to the hospital after police say she rammed into a disabled bus on White Horse Pike early Thursday morning. A New Jersey Transit 554 line bus from Lindenwold to Atlantic was heading east on the rural highway around 6 a.m. when police say it rear-ended another bus that was disabled on the roadway. The driver of the bus was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital for her injuries, according to police.
Read MoreDriver strikes pedestrian outside of vehicle broke down on I-70
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A person was struck and seriously injured on Interstate 70 while their vehicle was broken down on the side of the road. The incident happened Wednesday around 10 p.m. on I-70 near the Kansas Speedway. The Kansas Turnpike Authority said a 2015 Mazda CX5 was westbound in the inside lane. A 2007 Dodge Nitro was disabled on the shoulder. The Mazda ended up hitting the Dodge person outside of the disabled vehicle.
Read MoreGainesville driver in stopped car dies when 18-wheeler crashes into it
A 22-year-old woman was killed after her stopped car in an intersection was struck by an 18-wheeler on Queen City Parkway in Gainesville, police said. Irlanda Vargas, of Gainesville, died early Thursday at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after a crash near the intersection at West Ridge Road. About 12:10 a.m., Vargas was driving south in a Ford with two passengers on Queen City Parkway and tried to turn left onto West Ridge Road, Gainesville Police said.
Read MoreHouston Man Killed, Ray Navarro Jr. Injured in Tractor-Trailer Accident on I-10 in Chambers County, TX
Chambers County, TX – September 25, 2021, a man was killed and Ray Navarro Jr. was injured due to an accident where a tractor-trailer hit them. Authorities reported that the crash took place at around 4:00 a.m. along I-10 near FM 3180. In their reports, officials said that 26-year-old Ray Navarro Jr. was in a Hyundai Elantra that was stationary on eastbound I-10. A 43-year-old Houston man was standing outside Navarro’s vehicle.
Read More‘It’s a miracle he’s alive’: Williams Lake man, dog survive harrowing crash down cliff
Friends and family are rallying to support a Williams Lake man who survived a harrowing single vehicle crash by crawling more than 100 feet back up to the road for help. Tyler Fehr, 30, suffered a severe cut across his forehead, broken nose, broken ribs, a compression fracture to his lower back, disc herniation, cardiac and pulmonary contusions and torn muscles after his truck hit a soft shoulder on the Soda Creek Road just north of Williams Lake.
Read More20-year-old man gets out of stopped car, is hit, killed on I-5 in San Diego
The collision was reported around 6 a.m. on south Interstate 5 near the ramp to state Route 94 SAN DIEGO — A 20-year-old Las Vegas man who jumped out of a stopped car during an argument with the driver was hit and killed on south Interstate 5 near downtown early Wednesday, authorities said. “It appears he was having some type of disagreement with the person he was in the car with,” California Highway Patrol Sgt.
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