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UPDATE: Victims identified after fatal crash on I-70 in Clark County Wednesday
CLARK COUNTY — One man is dead after a crash involving three cars on westbound I-70 in Clark County Wednesday evening. Sgt. Ryan May of the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol told News Center 7 that the accident happened around 7:30 p.m. May said a car was stopped in the center lane on westbound I-70 near Mad River Township when a van was unable to swerve out of the way and hit it.
Read MoreMan in critical condition after hit by vehicle in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A man is in critical condition after he was hit by a vehicle in Memphis Tuesday evening. The accident happened at I-40 and Whitten. According to Memphis police, the man was checking his semi-truck in the emergency lane and was hit by a vehicle that left the roadway. The victim was transported to Regional One Hospital for treatment.
Read MoreNew Albany, MS – UPDATE: Lorenzo Burrell Dies in Truck Accident on I-22
New Albany, MS (July 20, 2021) – A trucking accident in New Albany resulted in the death of an Alabama man on Monday, July 19. The fatal crash reportedly occurred on Interstate 22 near mile marker 71 early that morning at around 5:13 a.m. Reports from the Mississippi Highway Patrol revealed that a 2019 Nissan Kicks was sitting in a vehicle on the westbound side of the highway. It was at that time that the vehicle was struck by an oncoming 1999 International 18-wheeler operated by 56-year-old Lorenzo Burrell of Epes, Alabama.
Read MoreHPD: Man hit, killed by vehicle on South Loop after getting out of car to check flat tire
Houston police said the driver who hit the man didn’t display any signs of intoxication and they don’t expect any charges to be filed. HOUSTON — A man was hit and killed by a vehicle on the South Loop Friday after Houston police said he got out of his car to check a flat tire. This happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. near the Stella Link exit. Police said the man got a flat tire so he stopped on one of the main lanes of the freeway and got out of his vehicle.
Read MoreIndio police search for suspect in hit-and-run crash that left two people in critical condition
The Indio Police Department is asking for the community’s help in locating a man wanted in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left two people in critical condition. The crash happened Friday, July 16 at approximately 11:48PM, on Monroe Street north of Avenue 51. Police say the driver of a grey Dodge Ram hit two pedestrians and their vehicle while they were changing a flat tire. Both pedestrians were taken to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs in critical condition.
Read MoreLubbock teen dies from injuries in early morning accident
A Lubbock man was killed early Monday morning about a half mile north of New Deal on Interstate 27. Mark Anthony Holmes, 18, died after injuries he sustained after being struck at around 1:40 a.m. by a 2020 International truck driven by Douglas Dewayne Rogers, 64, of Lubbock, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Holmes’ vehicle, a 2010 Dodge Ram 1500, was stopped on the shoulder of the roadway, with the left side tires on the fog line.
Read MoreSerious injuries reported after multi-vehicle crash in Vinita Park
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The North County Police Cooperative is investigating a serious accident involving three vehicles. The crash occurred near the intersection of N. Hanley Road and Madison Avenue in Vinita Park. Witnesses tell FOX 2 it appears one driver stopped on Hanley to help with a vehicle that broke down. A third vehicle then struck those two cars, according to a witness. Police have not confirmed the details of the crash but report three vehicles were involved and two people suffered serious injuries.
Read MoreWoman dies after car hits her along Highway 99 in south Sacramento County, CHP says
A woman died after she was struck by a vehicle while walking back to her car that was involved in a earlier crash Sunday morning along Highway 99 in south Sacramento County, the California Highway Patrol reported Monday. Debra Arnette Jackson, 65, of Galt, was the pedestrian who was struck by the car along the northbound lanes of Highway 99, between Twin Cities and Mingo roads, the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office announced Sunday evening.
Read MoreGood Samaritan killed after coming to driver’s aid
A woman who tried to help the driver of a crashed car is dead after another car ploughed into her on the Monash Freeway. A woman has died after being struck by a car on the Monash Freeway, after pulling over to assist a driver who had crashed into traffic lights. Investigators have been told a car travelling east on Heatherton Road in Endeavour Hills, crashed into traffic lights before continuing on and coming to rest on the Monash Freeway about 3.
Read MoreWoman suffers serious injuries after vehicle hits stalled car on I-94 near Gurnee
A woman was seriously injured after her stalled car was struck by another vehicle on Interstate 94 near Gurnee Sunday afternoon. Illinois State Police said that District 15 troopers received a report of a broken-down black Chevrolet sedan on Interstate 94 near milepost 11.25 in Gurnee, which is near Six Flags Great America, around 4:10 p.m. Sunday. As troopers were responding to the call, dispatchers received multiple 911 calls that a white Subaru SUV had struck the stalled Chevrolet, which was stopped in one of the westbound lanes.
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