Preventable Tragedies
4-year-old sustains ‘critical injuries’ after car runs out of gas, causing multi-vehicle crash on I-64 in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A four-year-old sustained critical injuries after a car ran out of gas on I-64, causing a multi-vehicle crash Saturday night. The call came in around 9:40 p.m. for the incident at mile marker 257.2 in Newport News, near Oyster Point Road. A spokesperson with the Virginia State Police said a preliminary investigation revealed a two-vehicle crash resulting in a 4-year-old child suffering critical injuries. A 2006 Honda Accord ran out of gas and was attempting to change lanes to get to the right shoulder when it was struck in the rear by a 2015 Honda CR-V traveling in the westbound lane.
Read MoreMan hit, killed by tractor-trailer on I-70 in Washington County
FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An Ohio man was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer Monday morning on Interstate 70 in Fallowfield Township, Washington County. John Marvin Isenberg III, 33, was on the side of the road working on a disabled vehicle. The accident was reported shortly after 7:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-70.All eastbound lanes of I-70 were closed between Toll 43/Mon–Fayette Expressway and the Speers exit and reopened around 10:15 a.
Read MoreTroopers search for driver who fled after fatal hit-and-run in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A 55-year-old man died Friday after what authorities say was a fatal hit and run. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened near Hiawassee Road and Coral Cove Road just after 11:30 p.m. Troopers said a Ford Fusion was driving south on Hiawassee Road while the man was attempting to cross. The Sedan struck the man, leaving him in the southbound lanes, troopers said.
Read MoreFamily mourns Good Samaritan killed in San Leandro crash
FREMONT, Calif. (KRON) — On Sunday, a family in the East Bay is mourning the loss of a man who was killed while trying to help others. 39-year-old Guadalupe Romero was tragically struck by a driver while helping victims of another accident on I-880 early Saturday morning. CHP says at least six others were injured in this multi-car crash.A makeshift memorial filled with burning candles and flowers honors the life of Guadalupe Romero, the Fremont man is credited with trying to save someone’s life in a horrific crash just moments before losing his own.
Read MoreUPDATE | I-64 back open following early morning crash
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A vehicle crash has closed parts of I-64 in Cabell County, according to West Virginia 511. Cabell County 911 dispatchers say the call came in 9:02 am Sunday for a single vehicle crash. Dispatchers say a vehicle hit a guard rail when, shortly after, a second vehicle hit the first car involved in the crash while it was stopped.No injuries have been reported at this time.
Read MoreWoman fatally struck by car in St. Clair County
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — A 55-year-old woman was struck and killed Saturday evening after she got out of a vehicle on the side of Interstate 64 westbound near the exit for Route 159, Illinois State Police said. Rena Wood, 55, from Hartsville, Tennessee was pronounced dead on the scene. A 49-year-old Collinsville woman with one passenger was driving west just as Wood got out of a car on the shoulder of the highway near milepost 11.
Read MoreWoman killed, another injured while standing outside disabled pickup on I-20
Officials said 43-year-old Maria Rita Rubio died of her injuries at the scene. The other woman was transported to a local hospital with severe injuries. A woman was killed and another woman was injured after a driver struck them while they stood outside their disabled truck on the interstate, authorities said. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. Friday on Interstate 20 between Green Oaks Boulevard and Kelly Elliott Road. The woman who died was identified as 43-year-old Maria Rita Rubio, according to the medical examiner.
Read MoreFamily remembers man killed in hit-and-run while stopping to help stranded motorist
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A deadly double hit-and-run in Memphis the day after Christmas remains unsolved. Willie Lee Sanders, 50, is one of the victims, killed all because he was trying to be a good guy and help someone in trouble. Loved ones held a vigil Friday at the spot where Sanders and his friend lost their lives. They were on Mitchell Road near Redbud Dec. 26. It was about 7 p.
Read MoreGood Samaritan Killed, Six Injured In Horrific Early Saturday Morning 880 Crash
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) — A Good Samaritan, who pulled over on 880 in San Leandro to aid six victims injured in a horrific crash early Saturday, was killed when they were struck by another vehicle, authorities said. The Alameda County Fire Department posted on Twitter that emergency crews and California Highway Patrol officers responded to a crash report on I-880 near the Floresta Blvd overpass just before 1:00 a.m.Arriving officers and emergency personnel immediately upgraded it to a “mass casualty incident with 7 patients.
Read More4 hurt in crash on I-40/85 in Guilford County
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Four people were hurt in a crash on I-40/85 in Guilford County on Wednesday evening, according to highway patrol. The crash happened at the Mount Hope Church Road exit around 5:40 p.m. Troopers said a car merging onto the interstate hit the back of a tractor-trailer that was broken down on the side of the road. After the car hit the tractor-trailer, it spun around into the travel lanes and hit another car.
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