Preventable Tragedies
Rael Verduzco and daughter killed in Stanislaus County truck accident
STANISLAUS, CA - A mother and her 9-year-old daughter tragically lost their lives on Wednesday, Feb. 3 when the vehicle they were passengers in was hit by a box truck along Interstate 5. The victims were identified by the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office as Rael Verduzco, 30, and her daughter Erika Tineo-Verduczo. Both were Ontario residents.According to the California Highway Patrol, 25-year-old Daniel Vega was behind the wheel of a Toyota sedan.
Read MoreMan, 23, dies in I-95 hit-and-run crash in West Palm Beach; was pushing disabled car off roadway
Authorities are looking for the vehicle that struck a 23-year-old Virginia man as he lay on the pavement near 45th Street following an earlier wreck. WEST PALM BEACH — A 23-year-old Northern Virginia man died early Tuesday in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95 that began when he tried to push his disabled vehicle off the roadway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators are looking for a vehicle that struck the man as he lay on the pavement in the northbound lanes near 45th Street.
Read MoreTwo people hospitalized after multi-vehicle crash on I-464 in Chesapeake
State police said a tractor trailer rear-ended a dump truck. Two people were hurt, but they’re expected to recover. CHESAPEAKE, Va. — State police investigated a crash that shut down a portion of I-464 near the I-64 interchange Tuesday morning and sent two people to the hospital. Troopers were called to the scene just before 9:45 a.m. Initially, police said “several dump trucks and other vehicles” were involved. Both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-464 were shut down and traffic was rerouted to Military Highway.
Read MoreDriver fatally struck after she gets out of car on highway
WINSLOW, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia woman was struck and killed on a major highway in southern New Jersey after her car ended up in an embankment and she got out of the vehicle, authorities said. Natalia Cordova, 32, was hit around 1:35 a.m. Saturday in the eastbound left lane of the Atlantic City Expressway, near milepost 40 in Winslow. She was pronounced dead a short time later. New Jersey state police say Cordova’s car was found along an embankment in the center median, but it’s not yet known how the vehicle ended up there.
Read MorePolice identify 25-year-old who died after stepping into path of semi on I-65N in Scott County
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Indiana State Police is investigating after a man was struck and killed by a semi-truck on I-65N in Scott County, Indiana, early Monday after he stepped out of his vehicle following a crash. According to a news release from ISP, 911 calls reporting the crash started coming in just before 3 a.m. about the accident near mile marker 34, not far from Austin. When officers from the Austin, Indiana Police Department and Indiana State Troopers arrived at the scene, they found the victim, 25-year-old Stefan Porch of Matteson, Illinois.
Read MorePatrol identifies man struck and killed while changing tire
SISSETON, S.D. — Authorities have identified a man who was struck and killed while changing a tire on Interstate 29 near Sisseton. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says 78-year-old Gerald Bartell, of Herman, Minnesota, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Tuesday afternoon crash. The patrol says Bartell had pulled over to the shoulder and was kneeling near the pickup on the driver’s side when a man driving a semi-trailer struck both the vehicle and Bartell.
Read More17-year-old girl dead, another hurt after being hit while fixing flat tire in Raleigh, troopers say
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) – A 17-year-old girl has died after being hit by a hit-and-run driver in Raleigh Friday night, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The incident happened along the 1500 block of Old Milburnie Road just before 7:30 p.m.Troopers said a vehicle carrying five people was stopped on the side of the road. Four of the people in the car were standing in the road, as the group tried to fix a flat tire on the vehicle.
Read MoreOne dead after being hit by car on I-5 near Maytown Road in Thurston County
A 68-year-old Lynnwood man died after being struck by a car on Interstate 5 in Thurston County on Friday night. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:21 p.m., a Washington State Patrol press memo said. A disabled vehicle was stopped and blocking traffic in the left lane of I-5 near Maytown Road, south of Olympia, WSP Trooper Ryan Burke said.The driver got out of the car, before a car driving in the left lane struck the disabled vehicle and the driver, a State Patrol news memo said.
Read More29-year-old man dies after fiery crash involving semi in Bellevue
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A 29-year-old Nashville man was killed in a fiery crash involving a semi tractor trailer in Bellevue early Friday morning. Metro police said the semi driver was traveling south on Old Hickory Boulevard at Tolbert Road around 12:15 a.m., when he slowed to a stop to make a U-turn and activated his hazard lights.Bradley Sage was driving southbound in a Nissan Rogue, when he struck the side of the tractor trailer at the rear axles, according to investigators.
Read MoreA38 lorry driver never saw broken-down car before fatal crash, court told
A lorry driver who crashed into a car and killed a Plymouth mother on the A38 has told a jury he never saw the broken-down vehicle. But Jack McIntyre, aged 36, said he did nothing wrong before the accident which left Briony Elliott dead. His Scania articulated lorry struck a silver Audi A4 on the inside of the eastbound dual carriageway near the Leigham interchange – where there is no hard shoulder.
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