Preventable Tragedies
1 dead after two-vehicle crash on MLK Jr. Highway in Lanham
WASHINGTON — A man is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Lanham Tuesday night, Maryland State Police said. The incident happened on eastbound US Route 50, west of Maryland Route 704, Martin Luther King Jr. Highway just after 11 p.m., police said. Police learned that the driver of a black 2005 Ford E-350 going east on US Route 50 stirred of the road onto the slow shoulder and struck a 2000 Freightliner tractor-trailer from behind.
Read MoreTruck driver arrested 11 miles away from fatal I-70 crash in Washington County
A Virginia man is being held without bond after being accused of driving a tractor-trailer that fatally struck an Ohio man working on a disabled vehicle on Interstate 70 this week, according to state police. Hosea Holcomb IV, 27, was arrested after the 7:30 a.m. Monday crash in Fallowfield Township, Washington County, police said. Holcomb was driving east near mile marker 37 before the exit to the Mon-Fayette Expressway when the tractor-trailer veered off the highway onto the berm of the road, police said.
Read MoreTruck hits disabled vehicle, one dead
WASHINGTON COUNTY — Virginia State Police is investigating an early-morning crash on Interstate 81 Monday that left a Glade Springs woman dead. Bridget D. Widener, 36, was northbound on I-81 at 1:18 a.m. when her 2006 Mazda ran off the left side of the road, struck a guardrail, and came to rest across the left travel lane, according to state police spokeswoman Shelby Crouch. Widener died at the scene of the crash when her car was hit by a northbound 2018 Peterbilt tractor-trailer driven by a 76-year-old Bristol man.
Read MoreFamily searching for answers, suspects & justice after 2 men killed while helping stranded motorist
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A family is searching for answers, suspects, and justice after two good Samaritans were killed after helping a stranded motorist. On December 26, 42-year-old Duwarn Glover and 50-year-old Willie Sanders stopped near the intersection of Redbud Road and West Mitchell Road to help a driver whose car had broken down. “They saw him stopped in the middle of the street, and they got out to help him. They actually got him up and running and were going back to their car,” Letitia Frieson, a cousin of Duwarn Glover told FOX13.
Read More4-year-old sustains ‘critical injuries’ after car runs out of gas, causing multi-vehicle crash on I-64 in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A four-year-old sustained critical injuries after a car ran out of gas on I-64, causing a multi-vehicle crash Saturday night. The call came in around 9:40 p.m. for the incident at mile marker 257.2 in Newport News, near Oyster Point Road. A spokesperson with the Virginia State Police said a preliminary investigation revealed a two-vehicle crash resulting in a 4-year-old child suffering critical injuries. A 2006 Honda Accord ran out of gas and was attempting to change lanes to get to the right shoulder when it was struck in the rear by a 2015 Honda CR-V traveling in the westbound lane.
Read MoreMan hit, killed by tractor-trailer on I-70 in Washington County
FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An Ohio man was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer Monday morning on Interstate 70 in Fallowfield Township, Washington County. John Marvin Isenberg III, 33, was on the side of the road working on a disabled vehicle. The accident was reported shortly after 7:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-70.All eastbound lanes of I-70 were closed between Toll 43/Mon–Fayette Expressway and the Speers exit and reopened around 10:15 a.
Read MoreTroopers search for driver who fled after fatal hit-and-run in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A 55-year-old man died Friday after what authorities say was a fatal hit and run. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened near Hiawassee Road and Coral Cove Road just after 11:30 p.m. Troopers said a Ford Fusion was driving south on Hiawassee Road while the man was attempting to cross. The Sedan struck the man, leaving him in the southbound lanes, troopers said.
Read MoreFamily mourns Good Samaritan killed in San Leandro crash
FREMONT, Calif. (KRON) — On Sunday, a family in the East Bay is mourning the loss of a man who was killed while trying to help others. 39-year-old Guadalupe Romero was tragically struck by a driver while helping victims of another accident on I-880 early Saturday morning. CHP says at least six others were injured in this multi-car crash.A makeshift memorial filled with burning candles and flowers honors the life of Guadalupe Romero, the Fremont man is credited with trying to save someone’s life in a horrific crash just moments before losing his own.
Read MoreUPDATE | I-64 back open following early morning crash
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A vehicle crash has closed parts of I-64 in Cabell County, according to West Virginia 511. Cabell County 911 dispatchers say the call came in 9:02 am Sunday for a single vehicle crash. Dispatchers say a vehicle hit a guard rail when, shortly after, a second vehicle hit the first car involved in the crash while it was stopped.No injuries have been reported at this time.
Read MoreWoman fatally struck by car in St. Clair County
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — A 55-year-old woman was struck and killed Saturday evening after she got out of a vehicle on the side of Interstate 64 westbound near the exit for Route 159, Illinois State Police said. Rena Wood, 55, from Hartsville, Tennessee was pronounced dead on the scene. A 49-year-old Collinsville woman with one passenger was driving west just as Wood got out of a car on the shoulder of the highway near milepost 11.
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