Preventable Tragedies
Car hits ice on I-25 causing a chain reaction of crashes
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A chain reaction of car crashes happened on I-25 in Colorado Springs Monday night, after a car hit a patch of ice and lost control. CSPD said they responded to a crash Monday night around 11:00pm, on southbound I-25 near Exit 148, just north of Garden of the Gods Rd. According to police, a Hyundai sedan hit a patch of ice, lost control, and crashed into a guardrail.
Read MoreMosinee man gets 1-year jail, probation in death of Good Samaratian
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) -The 55-year-old Mosinee man convicted of hitting and killing a semi driver that stopped to help a stranded motorist will spend 1 year in jail and 5 years on probation. Scott Searing was sentenced Tuesday in Marathon County Circuit Court. In November, he pleaded no contest to homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle. Court documents state on Sept. 4, 2018 a man pulling a camper stopped on the shoulder to change a tire on his camper on I-39 near Rothschild.
Read MoreTwo injured in Bismarck Expressway Bridge collision Sunday night
An Arizona couple was injured in a two-car collision on Bismarck Expressway Bridge Sunday night. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Anderson and Grace Begay of Ganado, Arizona, were traveling west over the bridge around 9:42 p.m., when their vehicle broke down, stopping them on the bridge deck. Moments later, a vehicle driven by Alexis Albers, 22, Mandan, rear-ended the stalled vehicle, leaving both vehicles blocking traffic and forcing the westbound lanes of the Expressway Bridge to be shut down for about an hour.
Read MoreUPDATED: Interstate reopens after fatal crash
VENICE — A 46-year-old Port Charlotte man was killed and two other people were seriously injured in a Monday morning crash involving six vehicles on southbound Interstate 75 near Laurel Road exit in Venice. The Port Charlotte man was not identified. He was the driver of a tractor-trailer carrying concrete, according to a news release from Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened at about 8:30 a.m. when traffic had been backed up due to a crash on the interstate at Jacaranda Boulevard, the FHP stated.
Read MoreFour dead following multiple crashes on I-95 in Port St. Lucie
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Four people are dead after separate crashes that occurred on I-95 South in Port St. Lucie early Sunday morning, causing the southbound lanes to be shut down for several hours. The crashes happened around 4:30 a.m. just south of Gatlin Boulevard.According to Florida Highway Patrol, for unknown reasons, a van with three people inside was stopped in between the right and middle southbound lanes of I-95 when a pickup trucked crashed into its right side.
Read MoreGood Samaritan critically injured helping women in Southfield collision
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A Good Samaritan risked his life to save a stranger’s. RJ was critically injured in a crash when he stopped Tuesday to help two women on the side of Northwestern Highway. Doctors said he will have to learn how to walk again. “I saw him laying there, legs broken, a lot of pain,” said his fiancée, Tiara Kendrick. Kendrick had rushed from work and found RJ lying on the shoulder of Northwestern Highway.
Read MoreGood Samaritan killed while checking on another crash victim in KCK early Sunday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman was killed in Kansas City, Kansas while checking on another crash victim early Sunday morning. KCK police were called to the 5900 block of Nogard on an injury accident just after 3:00 a.m. Upon arrival, officers discovered two separate crashes involving three vehicles and one death. The initial investigation indicates an SUV traveling southbound on 59th at Nogard was hit by a sedan traveling north.
Read MorePedestrian hit, killed on I-15 south of Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A pedestrian was struck and killed on Interstate 15 south of the Las Vegas valley on Sunday, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. NHP got a report of a crash just after 10:45 a.m. on northbound I-15 near mile marker 7, Trooper Ashlee Wellman said.A blue Kia Soul was stopped in the left shoulder of southbound I-15, Wellman said. One of the passengers left the car and went into the northbound side of the interstate to retrieve some belongings.
Read MorePennDOT, PSP concerned by increase in pedestrian crashes
CUMBERLAND, Pa. (WHTM) — PennDOT and State Police are putting out a grim warning following a recent trend of pedestrians getting seriously injured or killed along the interstates, especially I-81. These aren’t people making the unwise decision to walk along the side of the highway — we’re talking about drivers who pulled over because their car broke down and then they were struck. In the past couple months, PennDOT officials say four people have been killed or seriously injured in crashes just like these.
Read MoreNearly three live lane breakdowns every day on M1 smart motorway in January
There were nearly three breakdowns every day in live lanes on a 10-mile stretch of M1 smart motorway in January, “shocking” new figures reveal. Live lane breakdowns occurred 81 times in January between Junction 32 and Junction 35A in South Yorkshire, according to Department for Transport statistics obtained by Rotherham MP Sarah Champion . Since March 2017, when the section became a “smart motorway” with no hard shoulder, there have been an average of 68 incidents per month where vehicles have broken down in live lanes.
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