Preventable Tragedies
Boy, 7, dies after family vehicle struck on I-83 in Baltimore County
A 7-year-old boy is dead after his family’s vehicle was struck by another car while pulled over on I-83 on Saturday morning, Maryland State Police said. The victim was identified as Brian Smith III, of New York state.Police said their preliminary investigation determined the family of five was traveling southbound on I-83, north of Belfast Road, around 6:15 a.m. when their vehicle pulled to the shoulder so the father could tend to a child in the backseat.
Read MoreCar overturns in triple-car collision near Davidson County line, 1 killed
One person is dead after a three-car collision Thursday night on Interstate 85 near the line between Davidson and Rowan counties, according to the highway patrol. Ebony Josephine Evans, 31, of Lexington, was driving south on Interstate 85 near Highway 150 when her car broke down, said Trooper Ned Moultrie with the highway patrol. Evans pulled over to the right shoulder. Around 10: 30 p.m, Michael Allen Moore, 42, of Ashland, Virginia, was driving a tractor trailer with a load that extended over the right side of the truck.
Read MoreMother stranded with flat tire killed in I-85 crash; 1-year-old daughter survives
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — A mother who had pulled off the side of the interstate with a flat tire was killed in a crash minutes later Thursday evening in Rowan County, according to state troopers. The Highway Patrol told Channel 9 that the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 85, near the Davidson County line.Ebony Evans-Kindle, 31, was able to pull off onto the shoulder of I-85 after one of her tires went flat, investigators said.
Read MoreCrash on Toll Road takes one life
SHIPSHEWANA — A Michigan man was killed Wednesday afternoon when the truck he was riding in struck the trailer of a disabled semi parked along the side of the Indiana Toll Road. The accident happed at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at approximately the 115-mile marker on the Toll Road. According to an accident report issued by an Indiana State Police trooper, 16-year-old Patrick Denison, of Gaylord, Michigan, was driving west on the Toll Road when for reasons unknown, his truck veered to the right onto the road’s shoulder, crashing into the rear of a disabled semi-trailer.
Read MoreGoFundMe launched after fatal Highway 8 crash
Fundraising efforts are underway for the family of Beyne Gebremichael. The Kitchener man was killed in this week’s devastating collision on Highway 8. He was 57. The crash happened Tuesday night near Weber Street. Gebremichael was struck and killed while standing outside of his broken down vehicle in a westbound lane. A GoFundMe has launched to help raise money for funeral costs. So far, it has garnered over $2,500.
Read MoreTHP releases details in fatal Decatur County I-40 crash
DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released information on Wednesday morning’s fatal crash involving two tractor trailers.THP says the crash occurred around 6:45 a.m. on Interstate 40 in Decatur County near Mile Marker 123. The crash report says one truck was disabled on the shoulder when it was struck by another semi traveling eastbound. The report says the second semi-truck traveled another 300 yards and then caught on fire.
Read More3 killed in crash involving SUV, tractor-trailer on I-75 in Marietta
Three people were killed in Marietta on Tuesday morning after the SUV they were in was hit by a tractor-trailer on I-75, police said. The crash happened about 5:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the interstate near the entrance ramp from North Marietta Parkway, the police department said in a statement. A 2009 Nissan Rogue was stopped in the middle of the road, according to Marietta police spokesman Officer Joshua Madison.
Read MoreDriver ejected, critically injured during crash with tractor-trailer on I-85
An early Monday morning crash left a driver in critical condition, Gwinnett County police said. About 3 a.m., a Mercedes was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer, causing the Mercedes’ driver to be ejected along I-85 North, police said in a news release. The incident shut down the interstate near Jimmy Carter Boulevard for about two hours.Investigators believe the Mercedes was driven into the tractor-trailer, which was parked on the interstate’s shoulder due to a flat tire, the release said.
Read MoreGwinnett police investigating early morning crash that shut down I-85 for hours
Gwinnett County police are investigating an early morning vehicle accident on Interstate 85 northbound that closed the roadway down for two hours Monday morning. Police said the accident happened after the driver of a Mercedes passenger car struck a trailer that was parked on the shoulder of the interstate. The trailer had a flat tire and had been left on the side of the roadway. After the Mercedes struck the trailer, it was hit by a semi-truck before it finally came to a stop, police said.
Read MoreHPD: Woman airlifted to hospital in overnight crash on Katy Freeway
Police say the female driver had stopped in a moving lane of the highway after being involved in a minor incident with another vehicle. KATY, Texas — A woman is in critical condition after her vehicle was hit possibly twice early Monday along the Katy Freeway, according the Houston Police Department. It happened shortly after 2 a.m. on the stretch of highway between Barker-Cypress Road and Park Ten Boulevard. Investigators believe the driver was side swiped by another vehicle, and for some reason, decided to stop in a moving lane of traffic.
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