Preventable Tragedies

Jim Boeheim was at or near the speed limit when fatal crash occurred, DA says

Boeheim was behind the wheel of a GMC Acadia that struck and killed 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez at 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday after Boeheim swerved to avoid a disabled vehicle on a dark, icy highway after Syracuse’s game against Louisville. Jimenez was one of four people who had been in the disabled car, which had skidded on a patch of ice into a guardrail in the center median. Only one of the four had made it from the disabled 2011 Dodge Charger, which was blocking two lanes of traffic, into the median when the collision occurred.

HPD: Horrific crash that killed two men started as a minor incident on 610 South Loop

Police said two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a Nissan Frontier, were involved in a minor collision in the westbound lanes. The drivers, both men, stopped in a moving lane of traffic and exited their vehicles. That’s when the driver of a larger Chevrolet pickup slammed into the stopped vehicles and drivers. The driver of the Chevrolet pickup told police they were following another vehicle prior to the major collision, and they were not able to see the stopped vehicles.

Bodies identified following fiery crash in Childress County

Officials said around 9:50 p.m. an 18-wheeler, and two sedans were traveling south on U.S. 287 near Kirkland during extremely high winds and very bad visibility. Several vehicles were stopped or moving slowly due to poor visibility. The driver of the 18-wheeler could not see the slow traffic and crashed into a Ford sedan which then crashed into another vehicle. The 18-wheeler and Ford sedan ended up in a ditch where both vehicles caught on fire.

At Least 20 Hurt as 94 Vehicles Pile Up on North Carolina Interstate

Blinding sun, rain and rubbernecking were blamed for a chain of accidents involving almost 100 vehicles along a stretch of interstate in North Carolina on Sunday evening, injuring at least 20 people and delaying travel late into the night. Incredibly, none of the injuries was reported to be serious in the series of wrecks, which the state Transportation Department tabulated at nine, involving 94 vehicles, along a six-mile stretch of freeway where westbound Interstate 40 and southbound Interstate 85 are combined in Alamance County, east of Burlington.

credit: source: yahoo! news url: https://news.yahoo.com/man-dies-being-struck-vehicle-005500187.html date: ‘2022-08-19’ title: “Man dies after being struck by vehicle while trying to help disabled motorist in Virginia Beach” A pedestrian helping a disabled motorist was struck and killed Thursday night in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach police responded to a report of a car crash involving a pedestrian just before 10 p.m. in the 6000 block of Indian River Road. Virginia Beach resident Juan Ocasio Encarnacion, 55, was injured in the crash.

credit: source: ClickOrlando.com url: https://www.clickorlando.com/traffic/2022/08/21/man-who-exited-car-after-crash-gets-struck-killed-on-i-4-in-volusia-county-fhp-says/ date: ‘2022-08-21’ title: “Man struck, killed after exiting car on I-4 in Volusia County, FHP says” VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A 72-year-old Orlando man was hit and killed on Interstate 4 early Sunday morning after he exited his vehicle following a prior crash near mile marker 118 in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the incident began at 1:57 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-4 near State Road 44 after the front left tire of man’s Ford Explorer blew, causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and strike the inside guardrail.

credit: source: Global News url: https://globalnews.ca/news/9074354/rcmp-hit-and-run-truck-hit-ns-highway/ date: ‘2022-08-20’ title: “RCMP investigate hit-and-run after truck hits car pulled over on N.S. highway” Nova Scotia RCMP say they’re investigating a hit-and-run involving a transport truck on a highway in Smith’s Cove. Police say around 10 p.m. on Friday night, on Highway 101, a Dodge Caravan pulled over on the shoulder of the road. The driver opened the door of the caravan to switch seats with a passenger when a transport truck hit the open door.

credit: source: NBC 10 Boston url: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/woman-hit-killed-by-truck-along-route-140-in-new-bedford-das-office/2813682/ date: ‘2022-08-20’ title: “Woman Hit, Killed by Truck Along Route 140 in New Bedford: DA’s Office” A woman was hit and killed by a truck early Saturday morning while standing outside her car by the side of Route 140 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, according authorities. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, when the victim pulled over her Toyota Avalon by the side of Route 140 North, and was apparently outside her car, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.

credit: source: ABC 57 url: https://www.abc57.com/news/77-year-old-man-killed-on-highway-after-blowing-a-tire date: ‘2024-02-23’ Title: “72-year-old woman struck and killed on highway after blowing a tire” ALLENGAN COUNTY, Mich. – A pedestrian was hit and killed on U.S. 131 Thursday night after they stopped on the side of the highway due to a tire issue, Michigan State Police say. At around 7:55 p.m. police were called to the scene just north of Wayland, Mich. where they discovered the driver of a white Buick Lacross was travelling north on the highway when the vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian.

credit: source: FOX 6 Milwaukee url: https://www.fox6now.com/news/crashes-accidents-pileup-winter-weather-friday-022324 date: ‘2024-02-25’ Title: “I-43 crash: Silver Spring ramp pileup due to icy conditions” GLENDALE, Wis. - More than 10 vehicles were involved in an I-43 northbound off-ramp pileup on Friday night, Feb. 23 at Silver Spring Drive. North Shore Fire/Rescue said “extremely icy conditions” were to blame for an initial two-vehicle crash on the ramp. As crews responded to that scene just before 8:30 p.