Preventable Tragedies
3 killed in I-75 crash involving concrete mixer, several cars
SARASOTA, Fla. — Update: Florida Highway Patrol has identified the people killed in the crash. Joseph Lydic, 50, of Sarasota, was driving the cement truck. Joseph Pontillo, 24, of Sarasota, was driving a Dodge Dakota. Jose Leal, 56, of Cape Coral, was one of the men changing a flat tire. Mario Mendoza, 53, of Cape Coral, is in critical condition. He was the other man changing a tire.
Read MoreDane Co. good Samaritan struck by car while helping push SUV off the road
SPRINGFIELD, Wis. (WMTV) – A good Samaritan was struck by a vehicle after stopping to help someone push their car to the side of the road, the Dane Co. Sheriff’s Office said. The man, who was identified as Jeremy Brenner, reportedly stopped at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 at Baltes Road, in Springfield, to help the other driver. Investigators say the 39-year-old, of Lone Rock, was pushing the Subaru Forester when he was struck by an eastbound 2006 Chevrolet Impala.
Read More1 Dead, 2 Recovering After Crash On I-40 Near Penn
One person is dead and two others are recovering after a deadly crash on Interstate 40 near Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday night. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers said 52-year-old Elizabeth Copeland was traveling westbound on I-40 when she hit the center barrier and stopped in the inside lane of the highway. A second vehicle then crashed into the first car. Copeland was pronounced dead at the scene, Troopers said. Two passengers were taken to OU Medical Center to be treated for their injuries.
Read MoreCoroner: SC woman hit and killed while helping injured deer
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - A woman who authorities say stopped to help an injured deer on a South Carolina road was struck and killed by a vehicle. Andrea Leigh Owens, 39, was with her husband in Anderson County early Sunday when they stopped their car to help the deer that had been hit and hurt, news outlets reported, citing a coroner’s office news release. Another vehicle struck Owens while she was rendering aid to the animal, Anderson County Deputy Coroner Brent Simpson said.
Read MoreGood Samaritans pull driver from wreckage of fatal I-75 crash
FLORENCE, Ky. (FOX19) - Several Good Samaritans stopped at the scene of a fatal crash on I-75 early Monday, helping police rescue a girl and comforting the crash’s victims as well as its self-confessed culprit. The crash happened around 8:35 a.m. Police say a tractor-trailer and utility pick-up stopped on the right shoulder of I-75 South in Florence after they were involved in a minor crash. While the two drivers were standing outside on the shoulder, a tractor-trailer traveling crashed into them.
Read MoreLoved ones celebrate life of woman hit, killed while helping driver who struck horses
According to the Highway Patrol report, a Toyota 4Runner was traveling south on U.S. 301 about 6:45 p.m. Feb. 27 when it hit two horses standing in the southbound lanes of the highway. The horses died from their injuries. Nault was driving her Hyundai Genesis behind the Toyota and saw the crash. She stopped to help, got out of her car and started to walk over to the other driver. But at the same moment, troopers said, a red Kia Forte that was also headed south on U.
Read MoreMan killed after being hit by car on I-26 in Newberry County identified
POMARIA, S.C. (WIS) - A man who died in the hospital days after being hit on I-26 West on Sunday has been identified. The collision happened March 1 near mile marker 83, which is near the exit for SC Highway 773, around 2:15 a.m. According to officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 1997 Chevy SUV pulling a trailer was disabled in the roadway when a 2014 Ford Mustang was traveling west on I-26.
Read MoreLocal FDL Woman Killed In Illinois Crash
A Fond du Lac woman was killed, and 3 other people were injured, in an accident on I-55 in Illinois Monday afternoon. Robin L. Francis, age 82, was pronounced dead at the scene. Francis was a passenger in a vehicle that was northbound on I-55, when it struck another vehicle that had stopped in the left lane, due to a wheel being in the roadway. The vehicle Francis was in, then hit a semi that was on the shoulder of the road.
Read MoreMan Killed Along I-275 After Getting Out Of His Vehicle
FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) - Michigan State Police say a man who was struck and killed by a passing vehicle along I-275 in Farmington Hills was apparently driving erratically before the fatal crash. Lt. Mike Shaw said police started receiving 911 calls around 4 a.m. Tuesday about a Buick that was driving erratically along southbound I-275 near 8 Mile Road. The driver ultimately struck the median fencing along the left side of the freeway, which left his vehicle partially blocking the left lane.
Read MoreTeen Who Pulled Woman From Fiery Car Crash Recognized For Heroic Actions
DECATUR, Ind. (CBS Local) — An Indiana teenager is being hailed as a hero after saving a woman’s life following a fiery car crash. Jeb Richey, 16, said he was riding in a car with his mom and some friends on U.S. 27 in Adams County on Aug. 3 when it screeched to a halt to avoid a driver stopped in the left lane. “We were in the fast lane and they [the driver] were just stopped, not pulled off to the shoulder or into grass.
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