Preventable Tragedies
Hays teen hit by tractor-trailer, killed in Jewell County
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - An 18-year-old man from Hays died from his injuries after being hit by a tractor-trailer late Tuesday morning in Jewell County in north central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said in the crash reported about 10:38 a.m., a Volvo tractor-trailer was traveling west on U.S. 36 and 18-year-old Gabriel Rupp was near the roadway on the north shoulder of the highway, loading traffic control equipment into a trailer, which was in the roadway.
Read MoreMotorcyclist, good Samaritan killed in hit-and-run crash in Sanford
SANFORD, Fla. — Two people are dead following a hit-and-run in Sanford, according to police. Officers around 1 p.m. responded to a call of a crash between a car and a motorcycle on State Road 46 near Summerlin Avenue. The car involved fled the scene, according to police.A good Samaritan stopped to render aid to the motorcyclist. That’s when another vehicle traveling westbound on State Road 46 crossed over the median and struck the good Samaritan and motorcyclist, killing both of them.
Read MoreWilliam Curtis Walker III Killed in Greensboro Pedestrian Accident
GREENSBORO, NC, (March 26, 2021) - Authorities identified a 34-year-old man fatally struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate-85 near Groometown Road Friday. N.C. State Highway Patrol said the victim – William Curtis Walker, III of Gibsonville – died at the scene.Investigators said Walker was driving a 2019 Chevrolet passenger when, for reasons undetermined, he crashed it into a guardrail after midnight Friday. Following the initial incident, Walker was then hit by a northbound traveling 2003 Kenworth tractor-trailer.
Read MoreGood Samaritan hit and killed as he stopped to help driver in I-10 crash
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A pedestrian who was run over and killed at the Katy Freeway and Fry Road intersection was a good Samaritan trying to help another driver, police say. Houston police say the victim witnessed a pickup truck run off the freeway and hit a tree around 6 a.m. Friday.When he got out of his vehicle to check on that driver, he was run over by another car.
Read MoreMan killed in crash on I-25 in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man was hit and killed by a car on Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs Thursday night, according to police. Police said the crash happened around 11 p.m. on northbound Interstate 25 near Cimarron Street. Police said a car was stopped in the roadway, and one of the occupants was outside of it. Another car hit both the stopped car and the person. The victim died on the scene.
Read MoreFamily, friends mourn Jacksonville mother killed when hit beside her disabled car in I-295
Ashley Marie Armstrong’s daughter will turn 7 next month, but the 28-year-old Jacksonville mother won’t be there to celebrate with her. Family and friends are mourning her death Monday when she was struck by a sport-utility vehicle while standing beside her disabled car on Interstate 295 at Town Center Parkway. The telephone suddenly cut off as Linda Armstrong tried to console her distraught daughter who was in tears because her sedan clipped a guard rail as she drove home from work.
Read MoreJacksonville man, 56, killed in crash on I-95 in St. Johns County
A 56-year-old Jacksonville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on I-95, south of County Road 210 in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said preliminary indications show the sedan he was driving was either traveling very slowly or was stopped in the center lane of I-95 northbound at around 2:20 a.m. when it was rear-ended by a tractor trailer. The sedan ran off the roadway to the left shoulder and collided with the guardrail, causing it to continue traveling north, the FHP report stated.
Read MoreSullivan Man Hurt in Crash on I-44
A Sullivan man was taken to a St. Louis area hospital Sunday afternoon following a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 44 near Sullivan. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that three vehicles were on the right shoulder of westbound I-44 on Sunday evening. The three vehicles included a 1993 Cadillac Seville driven by Tyler K. Kittrell, 34, of Sullivan, a 2006 Ford F-250 truck and a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu. Both the truck and the Malibu did not have drivers at the time of the crash.
Read More4-year-old girl dies after multi-car collision on southbound Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass
A 4-year-old girl died Tuesday after a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass, an incident that officials said occurred after one motorist stopped to help another following a separate crash on the freeway. At about 8 p.m. Tuesday, the unidentified driver of a 2016 Kia Sedan hit a 2014 Hyundai sedan at an unknown speed before colliding into the rear of a 2020 Ford Explorer in which the child had been riding, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Read MoreVictims killed in Delaware Memorial Bridge crash identified; charges pending, officials say
NEW CASTLE, Delaware (WPVI) – Charges are pending following a deadly crash on the Delaware Memorial Bridge on Tuesday, according to the Delaware River and Bay Authority. It happened around 3 p.m. while Mary Sanderlin’s Kia Optima broke down in the middle right lane of the road.According to authorities, the 30-year-old tractor-trailer driver from Virginia rear-ended the disabled vehicle and pushed it from the middle right lane and into a guard rail.
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