Preventable Tragedies
State police: Charges pending against hit-and-run driver in Indiana County
State police in Indiana County said charges are pending against the driver of a pickup truck that injured a motorist on Wednesday when it hit a disabled vehicle along the side of the road and fled. The incident happened at about 10:40 p.m. along Route 422 in White Township after a 22-year-old was experiencing mechanical problems with his Chevrolet Cheyenne and pulled onto the shoulder, according to police. As the driver was getting back into his vehicle, a black Dodge pickup truck swerved and struck the partially opened door.
Read More1 injured after vehicle strikes truck on shoulder of I-96
MSP wants to remind drivers to move over for vehicles stopped along the roadway. The Michigan State Police Grand Rapids Post is reminding drivers to move over for vehicles stopped along the highway after a technician was injured Thursday afternoon. Police say a tractor trailer had stopped on the shoulder of westbound I-96 to replace a flat tire. While a tire company was working to do so, a vehicle traveling on the highway struck the tractor trailer.
Read More26-year-old Los Angeles Clippers employee killed in car crash on 10 Freeway
LOS ANGELES - The family, friends, and colleagues of 26-year-old Assane Dramè are devastated after learning he was killed in a car crash after he was reported missing Monday night. He is remembered as being a “gentle soul.” Dramè, who worked as a video producer in the digital media department for the Los Angeles Clippers, was last seen picking up equipment from the team’s administrative office in downtown Los Angeles near the intersection of 12th and Flower streets.
Read MoreJuan Cedillo Killed in 18-wheeler Accident in Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX – September 18, 2021, Juan Cedillos was killed as the result of an accident where Cedillos’s vehicle hit the back of a tractor-trailer. According to reports, the incident happened at around 9:00 a.m. Officials said that 41-year-old Juan Cedillo was in a Ford F-150 traveling westbound along I-30 near Dolphin Road. Police believe Cedillo may have been on his phone when the vehicle went onto the shoulder and slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler that was parked there.
Read MorePolice anticipate charges for driver who struck 3 pedestrians in apparent hit-and-run
The Regina Police Service says it is expecting to lay charges after a driver stole a vehicle and ran into three pedestrians, leaving at least one with life-threatening injuries, before fleeing the scene. According to the preliminary investigation from RPS, a driver rear-ended a car driven by a man who was stopped at the intersection of Victoria and Arcola avenues shortly before noon CST on Wednesday. When the man exited his car, the driver of the stolen vehicle ran into him.
Read MoreMattress slides off SUV roof, leads to three-car crash on I-65, police say
A box spring mattress slid off an SUV roof onto I-65, leading to a three car crash Wednesday that injured three people, state police said. Indiana State Police said the SUV driver was being followed by a friend in their vehicle traveling north on I-65 near County Line Road when the mattress, which wasn’t properly secured, fell into the roadway’s center lane. The friend following the SUV stopped his vehicle on the interstate and got out of their car.
Read MoreDeLand woman killed in 3-vehicle crash on SR-44 in Lake County
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A 39-year-old DeLand woman was killed and two other drivers suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash that closed State Road 44 for hours in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Misty Lane and S.R. 44.A 77-year-old woman was traveling east on S.R. 44 when her SUV struck a sedan that was stopped on the same road, according to the FHP crash report.
Read MoreIrvine Man Killed in Corona Hit-and-Run Crash
A 49-year-old Irvine resident was killed in a hit-and-run collision on the 15 Freeway in Corona and California Highway Patrol officials are asking for help to find the driver of the tractor-trailer that struck and fatally injured him. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred on the southbound 15 at El Cerrito Road and was reported to the CHP early on the morning of Sept.
Read More33-year-old dies after being hit by tractor-trailer on I-64
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WWBT) - A 33-year-old has died after he was hit by a tractor-trailer along I-64 Friday night. Virginia State Police say Fernando Leon Guerrero was the passenger in a vehicle that broke down before 9:45 p.m. on Sept. 24. He helped push the vehicle out of the road but was hit and killed. The driver of the vehicle and two people in the truck were not hurt.
Read MoreMan helping brother fix car when driver hit and killed him at 60th and Hampton
MILWAUKEE — A 35-year-old man was helping his brother fix his broken car near an intersection in Milwaukee when another driver, who had been shot prior to this incident, crashed into the man and killed him, according to a report from the medical examiner. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday identified the victim as Jamaul J. Jones. Milwaukee police first released initial details of the crash Sunday night.The ME’s report states Jones’ brother’s vehicle had broken down in the northbound lanes of North 60th Street between West Hampton Avenue and West Fairmount Avenue Sunday evening.
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