Preventable Tragedies

EPPD identify woman killed in Sunday morning 5-car wreck on I-10

September 20, 2021

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso police identified the woman who was killed in a crash involving five vehicles early Sunday morning in East El Paso. Investigators said 27-year-old Kandy Abigail Duarte-Cassiano was killed in the five-car pile up that happened at about 2:00 a.m. on I-10 West, near the Fountains at Farah. Officials said a 24-year-old woman driving a 2007 Focus was traveling west on I-10, lost control and hit the cement barrier.

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Kansas couple killed in crash on Tennessee interstate

September 20, 2021

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Kansas couple was killed in a crash on Interstate 24 in Tennessee on Sunday morning. Nashville police say 62-year-old Scott Whitmore and his wife, 58-year-old Melanie Whitmore of Topeka, traveling in a 2010 Honda Civic lost control and hit a guardrail on the right shoulder. The Honda then went back into the roadway where a 2017 Ford F-250 hit it. The Whitmores died at the scene and were both wearing seatbelts.

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El Paso man, 74, struck and killed in crash after pickup truck breaks down on Spur 601

September 19, 2021

A 74-year-old man was struck and killed Saturday morning after his pickup broke down in a traffic lane on Spur 601 in Northeast El Paso, police said. Martin Telesforo Lopez was driving a 1985 Ford F-150 westbound on the highway when the truck had mechanical problems near Railroad Drive, police said. About 7 a.m., Lopez was outside his truck tying a tow strap when a car crashed into the back of the stalled pickup, police said.

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Man, 64, Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash on 10 Freeway in San Dimas

September 19, 2021

A 64-year-old man was killed Sunday when he and his disabled vehicle were struck on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in San Dimas. A second vehicle that struck the Pomona resident fled the location, the California Highway Patrol reported. The fatal crash occurred a little after 4:45 a.m. on the westbound freeway at Kellogg Drive.The victim, driving a 2013 Toyota Corolla, had been involved in an earlier crash with a 2002 Honda Accord that left his Corolla disabled in the No.

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State Police looking for driver involved in deadly hit-and-run on I-91

September 19, 2021

WETHERSFIELD, CT (WFSB) - State Police are looking for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run early Sunday morning. It happened on I-91 North near the Hartford line. Initially, the Connecticut Department of Transportation stated that it had occurred on the Hartford side. State Police say several people had been standing in the roadway after a collision had occurred earlier in the morning when three of them were struck by an oncoming vehicle.

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3-vehicle crash outside Killdeer leaves 1 dead

September 18, 2021

KILLDEER, N.D. — A crash involving three vehicles at 4:20 p.m., Friday, Sept. 17, left one dead. The crash occurred along Highway 22, at mile post 99, just four miles south of Killdeer. Alisha Bosset, a 24-year-old female from Dickinson, N.D., suffered fatal injuries, according to a report from the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Bosset was traveling northbound in a 2002 Mercury Sable when she crossed the center line and side swiped a 2014 Link Belt Crane, driven by 33-year-old Carl Aberle II, from Center, N.

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One Killed in Pickup Truck Crash on FM 751 in Hunt County, TX

September 18, 2021

Hunt County, TX – September 18, 2021, one person was killed after one pickup truck hit another then fell off a bridge on Farm to Market Road 751 in Hunt County. Authorities say the incident happened shortly before 9:40 a.m. along FM 751 over Lake Tawakoni, roughly 4.5 miles southeast of Quinlan. Preliminary investigation suggests a Chevrolet pickup truck and a GMC pickup were both headed north on the roadway when the Chevy lost a box of food onto the roadway.

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Elijah Verdun Killed in Car Accident on I-20 in Weatherford, TX

September 17, 2021

Weatherford, TX – September 15, 2021, 25-year-old Elijah Verdun was killed in a car accident along Interstate 20 in Weatherford. Authorities say the incident happened around 10:00 p.m. on I-20 near the exit to Brock. Preliminary investigation suggests Verdun was traveling west on the highway when he lost control for unknown reasons. His vehicle left the roadway, hit a guardrail, and rebounded back into the westbound lane where it was disabled and had no lights on.

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One hurt in crash of two 18-wheelers

September 16, 2021

One person was critically injured early Monday morning when two 18-wheelers collided along Interstate 30 in Royse City. The Royse City Police Department reported a call came in at around 12:15 a.m. Monday received a call of the collision on the eastbound interstate just past FM 2642. The accident was reported to have occurred when an 18-wheeler that had suffered some type of engine failure pulled over onto the outside shoulder at approximately the 82 mile marker.

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Man arrested for alleged hit and run in DeSoto Parish that left man seriously injured

September 15, 2021

DESOTO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - One man was seriously injured and another was arrested after an alleged hit and run wreck in DeSoto Parish. Officials with Louisiana State Police say on Tuesday, Sept. 14, a 2008 GMC pickup, being driven by Ed Thorn, 85, of Terrell, Texas, was headed south on I-49 just south of Highway 175 while multiple wreckers and employees were on the shoulder helping a disabled commercial vehicle.

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