Preventable Tragedies
Man in critical condition after being struck by vehicle on south side of Indy
Around 6:45 p.m. Monday, emergency personnel was called to the ramp from I-65 northbound to I-465 eastbound in response to a pedestrian struck. They arrived to find a critically injured 59-year-old Centerville man lying in the road. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Investigators believe the man pulled his vehicle over to the road’s shoulder for a possible tire issue. When he got out to check on the problem, the man was struck by a passing vehicle.
Read MoreMan Killed After Being Ejected From Vehicle in I-294 Crash
According to authorities, a Chevrolet sedan became disabled and pulled over to the shoulder of the highway. A short time later, a Nissan Maxima driven by 21-year-old Darrion Talley crossed over several lanes of traffic and struck the disabled vehicle. Talley was ejected from the car, and was pronounced dead at the scene
Read MoreDisabled vehicle struck by semi-truck, I-24 shut down for two hours
On Dec. 9 at approximately 4 p.m., Joanna Stewart, of Paducah was operating a 2000 Chevrolet truck on I-24 eastbound crossing the I-24 Ohio River bridge. For an unknown reason, Stewart’s vehicle stopped working, and she coasted to a stop approximately three fourths of the way across the bridge into Kentucky. As Stewart’s vehicle came to a stop, Matthew Beddall of Lebanon, Tennessee, operating a 2020 Freightliner semi-truck and enclosed trailer, was approaching in the same lane behind Stewart’s disabled vehicle.
Read MoreOnline fundraiser set up for Johnson County father killed in seven-vehicle crash
Jesse Miller, 31, died Tuesday after his van struck the back of a disabled semi-truck on Interstate 35, causing a chain reaction of collisions, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The wreck, which involved seven vehicles, was reported in the northbound lanes of the interstate, south of the 67th Street exit in Merriam. Two other drivers were seriously injured.
Read MoreGoFundMe set up for funeral for boy killed in I-94 crash in St. Clair Shores
According to a GoFundMe page set up by the grandmother of the little boy, his mother was en route to drop him off to be watched while she went to her second day of work when she experienced a blown-out tire on the freeway. She was awaiting help when the van, driven by a 37-year-old man from Toledo, struck her disabled vehicle while traveling
Read More31-year-old man killed in 7-vehicle crash involving disabled semi on I-35 in Merriam
The Kansas Highway Patrol says an Edgerton man was killed after his van struck the back of a disabled semi-truck, causing a chain reaction of collisions Tuesday morning on Interstate 35. The wreck, which involved seven vehicles, was reported about 10:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-35, south of the 67th Street exit in Merriam.
Read MoreHinds Co. transport van involved in crash
Officials say the van was pulled over on the left shoulder with their hazard lights on because of a flat tire. The van was rear ended by a car that was in the lef The driver of the car said that all of a sudden traffic ahead of them stopped and they darted over to the shoulder, but didn’t know that the van was stopped there.
Read MoreWasilla man hit by car while helping another driver in ditch
A 57-year-old man is recovering after being hit by a car as he was trying to help another driver who was in a ditch. “Initial investigation determined that Scott Quist, 57 of Wasilla, was out of his vehicle assisting motorist that was in the ditch when a 2002 green Chevy Trailblazer, driven by Virginia Fagerstrom, 48 of Wasilla, struck Quist,” troopers wrote.
Read MoreDriver ejected, good Samaritan hit after rollover on I-8 in Mission Valley
A driver was ejected following a rollover crash on Interstate 8 and a motorist who stopped was hit by an oncoming during a rainy Wednesday morning commute. The driver of an SUV stopped to help, but as the good Samaritan went to check on the ejected motorist, he was struck by another car.
Read MoreTragic fatal DUI crash in Fresno inspires support for newlywed couple from Merced
More than $40,000 was raised in just one day through a GoFundme account to help out a Merced woman who was struck by a suspected drunken driver on Sunday morning on Highway 99 in Fresno. Jennifer Ramos, 28, and her husband Joshua Eisen, 28, were returning to Merced from San Luis Obispo. The couple had just been involved in a single-car crash on northbound Highway 99 and were standing next to their car on the right shoulder when they were struck.
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