Preventable Tragedies
Woman leaves disabled vehicle, is injured by hit-skip driver on US-33
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) — A woman who got out of her disabled vehicle and began walking down US-33 was seriously injured in a hit-skip crash, according to authorities. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers say the crash happened near Buena Vista Road in Hocking County around 5:10 Thursday morning.The 28-year old woman from Nelsonville had been traveling eastbound on US-33 when her car broke down. OSP says she got out of the car and began walking down the road when she was hit by a white Honda Civic.
Read MoreSemitruck hits, kills person on Bozeman Pass
A Washington woman in her 60s died after being hit by a semitruck on Bozeman Pass on Monday night, according to law enforcement. Trooper Justin Knapp with the Montana Highway Patrol said that two people were traveling in a silver pickup hauling a horse trailer and had stopped on the right shoulder of the eastbound lane to switch drivers just before 8 p.m. Both people were outside of the vehicle when a semi traveling in the driving lane left the roadway and hit and killed the woman.
Read MoreGood Samaritan Killed After Stopping To Help At Interstate 80 Crash Scene Near Dixon
DIXON (CBS SF/BCN) — A truck hit and killed a 47-year-old woman early Sunday morning after she stopped to help at a crash scene on Interstate Highway 80 near Dixon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The initial crash occurred shortly before 2:40 a.m. Sunday on westbound Highway 80 west of Dixon Avenue. A black Mazda CX-5 rear-ended a silver Hyundai Elantra and came to rest blocking lanes of the highway, prompting several people to stop at the scene to try to assist, CHP officials said.
Read MoreNorthbound Interstate 81 shut down after fiery crash involving two tractor-trailers, service truck
Apr. 12—Northbound Interstate 81 was shut down for hours in central Schuylkill County Monday when a disabled tractor-trailer was struck by another rig and both burst into flames. One driver was hurt, but there were no life-threatening injuries, said Bill Lindenmuth, chief of Frackville’s Goodwill Hose Co., who called that fact “amazing” considering the circumstances. He said the cab and trailer on the rig that struck the other rig were destroyed by fire, as was the trailer that was struck.
Read MoreDriver hospitalized after striking disabled vehicle on I-495
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED, Delaware (WPVI) – Delaware State Police are investigating an accident that injured one person on I-495 this morning in the Brandywine Hundred section of Delaware. The accident was reported at around 8:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway near Edgemoor Road.Initial reports indicate the driver lost control and struck a disabled vehicle on the shoulder of the highway. The driver was transported to an area hospital and is expected to be okay.
Read More1 dead in East Freeway hit-and-run crash
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – One person was killed Saturday in a major crash involving a disabled vehicle, and authorities are looking for the other car involved. It happened on the I-10 East Freeway near Federal Road.A truck towing a small trailer was disabled on the side of the freeway when another vehicle veered out of its lane and crashed into it, killing one person, according to authorities on the scene.
Read MoreFundraiser planned for Good Samaritan who lost leg in hit-and-run crash
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – A fundraiser will be held next week for a Good Samaritan who lost his leg after he was struck by a vehicle last year while trying to help a driver whose vehicle had become disabled in Oakland Park. The hit-and-run crash occurred last June in the eastbound lanes of East Cypress Creek Road at North Dixie Highway. Deputies said the victim, Jonathan James Patterson, was helping the driver whose car broke down when he was struck by a vehicle similar to a 2013-2016 Lexus GS 350.
Read MoreGood Samaritan injured in hit-and-run crash on I-45
HOUSTON – A good Samaritan is recovering after being injured during a hit-and-run crash on I-45. Louis Morales told KPRC 2 that he was helping an older couple who had just got into a crash when a driver hit him and drove away. “The guy was severely hurt on his left side, so I was standing at his door trying to keep him awake and I called the cops,” Morales said.
Read MoreGrant man dead, two injured in 3-vehicle crash on State Road 60 in Indian River County
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 30-year-old Grant man died in a three-vehicle crash on State Road 60 early Thursday, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Yanko Reyes said. State troopers were called just before 6:15 a.m. to 154th Avenue or Lloyd Road, roughly midway between Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 95, according to a report of the crash. The Brevard County man who was driving a white 2010 Ford Fusion was pronounced dead at the crash site off State Road 60 in a stretch of rural highway passing largely through citrus groves.
Read MoreGood Samaritans, 4 others seriously hurt at I-275 crash scene
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Two Good Samaritans who stopped to help a woman who crashed her car on Interstate 275 were seriously hurt after another car slammed into the woman’s vehicle, troopers said. The incident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Monday at Interstate 275 near mile marker 31. Troopers said a woman was involved in a crash and two women, ages 22 and 20, stopped to help her. As those women were standing beside her car, a passing car hit the vehicle, which went into the median, rotated and hit the two pedestrians.
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