Preventable Tragedies
Fatal crash involving a stopped box truck shuts I-95 north near State Road 836
A man was killed and another was injured when the driver of a Volkswagen slammed into a disabled box truck on Interstate 95 Friday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal accident, which happened just after 10 a.m., shut down the northbound lanes of I-95 near State Road 836. According to FHP, the box truck was blocking the left lane when a gray Volkswagen struck it. The Volkswagen then collided into a black Nissan sedan.
Read MoreKey West woman killed in crash on McGregor Boulevard
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Key West woman was hit and killed in a crash on McGregor Boulevard on Thursday morning. The 50-year-old woman’s Ferrari was disabled in the continuous left-turn lane on McGregor Boulevard near Camelot Drive just before 4:45 a.m. The woman’s car was partially blocking the left southbound lane and had no headlights, tail lights or hazards turned on, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The woman was crouched down next to the right of her car in the southbound lane with a portable fuel can.
Read MoreNew Braunfels Police Department searching for driver involved in deadly hit-and-run
The New Braunfels Police Department are searching for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning. It happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of Interstate 35 North at Highway 46 in the northbound lanes. When officers arrived on scene they found the driver of an 18-wheeler pulled over on the shoulder of the highway and was standing near the back left corner of the trailer when he was hit by a car traveling northbound.
Read MoreTeen dies after he was hit by a vehicle while changing a tire on I-40
MT. JULIET, Tenn (WTVF) — Jeizon Arellano, 17, was standing next to a trailer working to change a flat tire when he was hit by a vehicle. He died Thursday night from his injuries. NewsChannel 5 talked with the family earlier in the day before he passed. They said they were praying for a miracle. “I don’t know. It doesn’t seem real, like, I still think he’s gonna be okay,” said Jeizon’s brother Brandon Arellano.
Read More2 Brothers Killed in NH Crash, Father Expected to Survive
Two brothers – one a first grader and the other a high school student – were killed in a crash on Interstate 89 in Bow, New Hampshire, on Friday morning. Bow School Superintendent Dean Cascadden identified the brothers as 11th grader Nicholas Ouellette and first grader Gavin Ouellette of Bow in a statement to the school community. The boys’ father, Tom Ouellette, the Bow school resource officer, suffered serious injuries in the crash, but is expected to survive.
Read More21-year-old dies when car hit by 18-wheeler
TAYLOR COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – A 21-year-old Louisville man was killed Wednesday when his car careened into the path of an 18-wheeler. According to the Kentucky State Police, at about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on KY 210 in Taylor County Preliminary investigations indicate Timothy McAtee, of Louisville, was southbound on KY 210 in a 2019 Nissan Altima, when he lost control, ran off the right shoulder, struck a guardrail, crossed back into the northbound lane into the path of a 2013 Peterbilt driven by 55-year-old Sidney Dosier, of Magnolia, Ky.
Read MoreTrucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.
Read MoreLMPD: Man dies after being struck by car while picking up equipment on I-264
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man is dead after he was struck by a car Wednesday on Interstate 264. According to the Louisville Metro Police Department, the incident was reported just before 5 p.m. on the interstate at Cane Run Road. Investigators learned that a man, James D. Miracle, was in the process of picking up some equipment off the roadway when he was struck. The silver sedan that struck the 50-year-old stopped at the scene until police arrived.
Read MorePedestrian struck and killed on Highway 401 near Whitby while trying to jumpstart car: OPP
TORONTO – Ontario Provincial Police say that a female pedestrian was struck and killed while she was trying to jumpstart a car on Highway 401 near Whitby early Wednesday morning. It happened in the eastbound lanes of the highway near Mill Street in Clarington at approximately 12:10 a.m., OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said in a video posted to Twitter. At that time, a male and female occupant were outside of a disabled Ford Mustang, which was stopped on the left shoulder of the highway, and attempted to boost the vehicle.
Read MoreTroopers seeking semi-truck driver in fatal hit-and-run collision
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Arizona Department of Public Safety is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect driver in a fatal hit-and-run collision that happened on Aug. 21. Officials say at approximately 3:11 a.m., 21-year-old Frederick Alexander was doing a repair service on a car when a passing tractor-trailer drove onto the right emergency shoulder and struck him, causing fatal injuries. The stranded motorist described the suspect’s vehicle as a white semi-truck with an enclosed box trailer.
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