Preventable Tragedies
3 Teens Killed In Tragic Car Accident On Major U.S. Highway
Three teenagers were killed in a serious car crash in Southern New Jersey on Sunday. The accident occurred around 4:17 p.m. ET on Route 55 near Glassboro in Gloucester County. Brendan Cary, 19, of Franklinville, New Jersey, was driving a Honda northbound on Route 55 with 19-year-old Dominic Reyes of Franklinville and an unidentified 17-year-old boy riding as passengers. Cary reportedly made contact with a Honda CRV that was driving in front of him, causing the teenager to lose control of his vehicle.
Read MoreI-465 reopens on west side after crash
INDIANAPOLIS – A crash closed part of I-465 during Tuesday morning’s commute. According to the Indiana Department of Transportation, the issue affected I-465 northbound near Rockville Road and West 10th Street (mile marker 13). Traffic was being diverted to U.S. 36. Initially, all northbound lanes were closed. Just after 6 a.m., traffic was able to get through in the right lane. Around 6:30 a.m., an additional lane reopened. All lanes reopened a few minutes later.
Read More3 people killed in major crash on I-45 SB at Rayford/Sawdust Road in Montgomery Co., DPS says
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) – Three people are dead after a major crash on the I-45 North Freeway in Montgomery County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Traffic was slow-moving heading into Houston from The Woodlands area for most of the morning. All southbound lanes of I-45 were closed at Rayford Road/Sawdust Road. The mainlanes reopened 9:43 a.m. – nearly five hours after the deadly crash. According to Texas DPS, the crash happened shortly after 5 a.
Read MoreDriver involved in crash struck in second crash on Interstate 81
VULCAN – A driver involved in a crash on the Interstate was seriously injured when he was struck while checking on the occupants of the other vehicle involved, state troopers said Monday. The first crash happened around 6am Monday on Interstate 81 Southbound near Exit 131A in Mahanoy Township. According to State Police at Frackville, Carson Gaston, 48, of Lehighton, was headed south in a 1994 Freightliner. A pickup truck — a 2000 Ford F-150 driven by Jared Longenecker, 32, of Palmyra — failed to slow down for the slower moving Freightliner and struck the rig.
Read MoreGood Samaritan killed after stopping to help driver facing wrong way on Loop 202
A woman checking on a vehicle’s occupants who crashed after losing control was killed after another vehicle struck her according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. DPS previously described the incident as a wrong-way collision before correcting itself just before 2 p.m. Bart Graves, an agency spokesperson, said the driver of a Dodge Durango was heading west on Loop 202 at around 5:22 a.m. Sunday when they lost control and struck the median near 40th Street, causing the vehicle to spin before coming to rest facing the opposite direction.
Read MoreRaleigh officer injured in 3-car crash on US 64 at Lizard Lick Road near Zebulon
A Raleigh police officer was injured Sunday in a crash involving three vehicles on U.S. Highway 64 at Lizard Lick Road near Zebulon. The crash was reported around 4:30 a.m., blocking all eastbound lanes of U.S. 64 at Exit 432 for Lizard Lick Road. The road reopened by 7 a.m. Investigators told WRAL News a 2011 Ford Edge was traveling eastbound on U.S. 64 when it hit the center guardrail, crashed and became stalled without headlights in the dark roadway.
Read MoreSemi Tractor-Trailer Collides with Semi Parked on shoulder of I-40 Sunday
LUDLOW, CA. (Pain In The Pass) » A Semi tractor-trailer collides into a parked semi-truck on westbound Interstate 40 in the town of Ludlow, California, on Sunday. (Photo above is credit by Marina Lynn Quintero) The crash occurred around 11:39am on March 9, 2025. The location of the crash was on westbound I-40 about 8 miles after the Kelbaker Road exit according to the California Highway Patrol. A blue semi-truck parked on the right shoulder of I-40 was struck from the rear by a red semi-truck, causing the red semi to have major passenger side damage to the cab.
Read MoreUPDATE: Victims of Saturday multi-vehicle crash identified
ROCKINGHAM — The Vermont State Police on Sunday identified the victims of Saturday’s multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 91 northbound, in which a father and his 4-month-old daughter were killed. The operator of the Hyundai passenger vehicle was Taylor Binnington, 39, of North Haven, Connecticut; he was pronounced dead on scene. His wife, Evelyn Lake, 36, was a passenger in the rear seat. Their 4-month-old daughter, Parry Lake, also was seated in the rear of the vehicle and was life-flighted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, where he later died of his injuries.
Read MoreMotorist Slams Into Disabled Car In Norwich, One Badly Hurt: Police
NORWICH/WEST HARTFORD, CT — State police said a 24-year-old West Hartford motorist slammed into a disabled vehicle on the side of Route 2 in Norwich Tuesday. While the West Hartford man wasn’t hurt in the crash, the accident seriously injured a 29-year-old Rhode Island man who was changing a tire in the shoulder of the state highway. The accident happened Tuesday at about 4:26 p.m. on Route 2 eastbound in Norwich.
Read MoreBody Found in Crashed Vehicle Near Air Force Base Believed to Be Missing 95-Year-Old Woman
A 95-year-old woman who went missing at the beginning of February is believed to have been found dead on an Air Force base, authorities said. A woman’s remains were found inside a crashed vehicle in a ravine on an air force base in Jacksonville, Ark. Police believe the woman is Belva Day, who was last seen on Feb. 6, though official identification of the body is still pending, according to ABC affiliate KATV, radio station KTLO and CW affiliate KY3.
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