Preventable Tragedies
Iowa City man hit and killed on Interstate 35, near New Virginia
A 69-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident 40 miles south of Des Moines, near New Virginia on Friday evening. Steven Kohli, of Iowa City, was on the side of the road checking damage to a car he was traveling in that had just hit a deer when another car hit him, the Iowa State Patrol said. Both cars were traveling south on Interstate 35. No other injuries were reported.
Read MoreSCHP: 1 killed, 3 hurt after car strikes disabled truck in Florence Co.
FLORENCE, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person was killed and three other injured in a crash on Saturday. Lance Cpl. Nick Pye said the crash occurred in the area of Cale Yarbrough Highway and Cartersville Highway around 11:47 p.m. A 1987 Buick coupe was traveling north on Cale Yarbrough Highway when it struck a pickup truck that was disabled on the side of the road from a previous collision.
Read MoreWoman holding toddler killed after being hit by tractor-trailer; child suffers serious injuries
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) – A woman was killed earlier this week in Virginia after stepping out of a car on the highway and into the path of a tractor-trailer. She was also holding a 3-year-old child, who was said to have suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. The accident, which involved three tractor-trailers and a sedan, occurred in Spotsylvania County on Wednesday morning at around 5:11 a.m.. Traffic was shut down for several hours afterward.
Read MoreCouple, two kids among five killed as car rams truck
VIJAYAPURA: In a heart-wrenching incident, five people, including four members of the same family, were killed and one was injured in an accident between a car and a truck near Honaganahalli village of Babaleshwar on Wednesday. The deceased are identified as Tahir Pathan (33), truck driver and a resident of Maharashtra, Manjunath Mundewadi (42), his wife Savitri (37), daughters Aradhya (8) and Ayukta (4), all residents of Sai Park Colony of Vijayapura.
Read MoreGood Samaritan From Nassau Assisting Motorists After Crash Struck By Van
A Good Samaritan from Long Island assisting two motorists on the New York State Thruway was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a passing van in the Hudson Valley. New York State Police troopers in Westchester County responded to a reported crash involving a man at approximately 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20 on I-87 in Greenburgh. Police said that the man - later identified as Nassau County resident Michael McCutchan, age 61, of Westbury, stopped to assist two motorists who were involved in a property damage crash in the northbound center lane on the new Tappan Zee Bridge.
Read MoreLocal Woman Identified as Victim in Fatal Cranberry Township Crash
CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. (EYT) – A Shippenville woman was identified as the victim of a fatal crash that occurred in Cranberry Township on Tuesday morning. According to Franklin-based State Police, the accident happened around 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 19, on Bredinsburg Road, at its intersection with Big Egypt Road, in Cranberry Township, Venango County. Police say 21-year-old Kyle W. Greenlee, of Seneca, was operating a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado traveling west on Bredinsburg Road, when he struck a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, operated by 47-year-old Julie M.
Read MoreNewlyweds killed in crash two days after wedding
A newlywed couple from Tennessee was killed when a truck mowed them down on the highway after their own vehicle was involved in a separate collision, authorities said. Jessiah Plemons, 31, and Lillian Rose, 25, had only been married for two days when they were killed along with Madison Davis, 23, as they were waiting outside their disabled pickup truck early Sunday on Interstate 40 in Knoxville, news station WATE reported.
Read More2 Fighting For Life, 2 Moderately Hurt In Kearny Crash
Two people were seriously injured and two were moderately hurt in a Kearny crash Tuesday morning, authorities said. A 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer struck a disabled tractor trailer just after 4 a.m. near Route 7 and Harrison Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The 21-year-old driver, a Garfield man, and a second rear passenger, a 20-year-old male, are listed in stable condition. A 19-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries, Suarez said.
Read More56-year-old Texas man killed in crash on I-40 in El Reno, OHP says
EL RENO, Okla. — A 56-year-old Texas man died after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Interstate 40 in El Reno, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol collision report. The report says that a 2013 Volvo was parked on the north shoulder of I-40 when a westbound-traveling 2010 Toyota Prius left the road to the right for an unknown reason and struck the back of the Volvo around 5:15 a.m. The man driving the Prius was pinned inside the vehicle under the Volvo for about two hours before El Reno Fire Department crews could extricate him.
Read MoreBaby jumbo killed in multi-vehicle pile-up
PRACHIN BURI: A male baby elephant was hit and killed in a multiple-vehicle crash on a road through a forest in Sri Maha Phot district early on Monday evening, according to local police. The elephant, around one to two years old, was believed to have strayed from its herd in the nearby Khao Ang Rue Nai national reserve. Pol Lt Kittipong Seebut, deputy chief inspector at Rabao Phai police station, said the elephant apparently died after being rammed by a vehicle.
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