Preventable Tragedies
One killed in I-26 crash when pickup tries to pass tractor-trailer on shoulder, troopers say
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — One person is dead after a crash involving two tractor-trailers and a pickup on I-26 in Spartanburg County. The pickup and one tractor-trailer were traveling east on I-26 about four miles east of Highway 221, according to troopers. Another tractor-trailer was parked on the right shoulder. The pickup tried to pass the tractor-trailer using the right shoulder and hit the parked tractor-trailer, troopers said. The tractor-trailer that was traveling east also hit the tractor-trailer that was parked, according to troopers.
Read MoreZephyrhills man found dead in his submerged car north of Lakeland near Deen Still Road
POLK CITY – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office found a Zephyrhills man’s body inside his car in a pond on Thursday. The agency said 39-year-old Jose Mercado’s family members called law enforcement about 1 p.m. on Thursday and reported him missing. The family reported that Mercado left a residence to head home around 1 p.m. Wednesday and never arrived. After one of his relatives checked the location of his phone, the Sheriff’s Office said the relative went to the location shown near Moore Road and Deen Still Road and found evidence of a crash then contacted the Sheriff’s Office.
Read MoreMan hit, killed on I-265 near La Grange Road
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is dead after being hit by a car on Interstate 265 near La Grange Road around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the man had stopped his car on I-265 with a trailer attached to the back, Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell said. He was partially in the road when a driver tried swerving out of the way and hit him.
Read MoreMan struck by truck in East Northport
A man was struck by a pickup truck on Pulaski Road in East Northport on Wednesday morning, Suffolk police said. A man was driving a 2020 Dodge pickup truck northbound on Pulaski Road, near North Hill Drive, at about 8:37 a.m., when it struck a man standing near a trailer on the side of the road and the Dodge overturned, police said. Be careful driving early morning and at dusk!
Read MoreChristian Esparza Killed in Auto Accident on US 62 in Hudspeth Co TX
Hudspeth County, TX – November 8, 2021, 38-year-old Christian Esparza was killed when a van struck his disabled pickup on U.S. Highway 62/180 in Hudspeth County. Authorities say the incident happened Monday morning along US-62/180, roughly 34 miles west of Dell City. Preliminary investigation suggests Esparza’s Chevrolet pickup broke down in the eastbound lanes of the highway. Not long after it was struck by a late-model transport van, causing the pickup to catch fire.
Read MoreMan hit while standing outside of his truck becomes second person to die in fatal, five-car crash on I-495 in Raynham
A second person has died after a fatal crash on Interstate 495 that involved five cars, including one pulling a trailer and another person outside their vehicle in Raynham on Tuesday, police say. At around 7:15 a.m. on Nov. 9, Massachusetts State Police Troopers responded to a multiple-vehicle crash around exit 22. Lauren Dyer, 62, of Braintree, who was driving a pickup truck, was pronounced dead at the scene after being crushed between two vehicles.
Read MoreVictor Gamez Rivera, 1 Injured in Truck Accident in Montgomery County, TX
Montgomery County, TX – August 10, 2021, Victor Gamez Rivera and another person were injured following an accident where a vehicle rear-ended a truck. Investigators reported that the crash took place at around 9:45 a.m. along I-69 in the area of Wilshire Drive. Authorities said that 41-year-old Victor Gamez Rivera was in a Chevy pickup traveling northbound on the interstate. Ahead, a truck was disabled in a lane of travel. Police say that Rivera failed to avoid the truck and crashed into it.
Read MoreVIDEO: Pickup driver doesn’t see overturned big rig in the roadway
A truck driver’s dash cam captured the moment that a pickup driver failed to spot a rolled over big rig and crashed into the disabled vehicle at highway speed. “Eastbound on I-20, an F150 going about 80 or more MPH hits a tractor-trailer that has been laid over. The F150 hits the unit so hard the pickup truck lifts the tractor and trailer and puts it back on its wheels,” the dash cammer said.
Read MoreNW Kansas man dies after car rear-ends stopped semi on I-70
ELLSWORTH COUNTY—A Kansas man died in an accident just before 2p.m. Tuesday in Ellsworth County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1986 Mercury Cougar driven by Scott J. Compitello, 46, Hill City, was westbound on Interstate 70 just east of Sylvan Grove. The car rear-ended the trailer of a 2018 Peterbilt semi driven by Stephan Ray Fulk Sr., 48, Hamton, Arkansas, who was stopped on the shoulder of the interstate.
Read MoreVIDEO: Driver rescued after vehicle found upside down in woods off I-10
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - A man who ran off the road was rescued early Tuesday morning after another vehicle passing by saw the stranded car stuck in the trees. The vehicle was found upside down in the woods on I-10 near mile marker 28 around 4am Tuesday. A passerby saw the car and alerted authorities after finding the driver still trapped inside the vehicle. Harrison County Fire Rescue, along with CRTC and Mississippi Highway Patrol, worked together to get the man out of the car.
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