Preventable Tragedies
Man’s body pulled from water after crash on Key Bridge
MDTA police said the situation unfolded around 10 a.m. when a truck hit a disabled vehicle, highlighting the dangers of disabled vehicles on bridges. MDTA officials said they were responding to the disabled vehicle on the Key Bridge, but unfortunately, before they got there, an international truck hit the disabled Honda Sedan, sending the driver who was standing outside of the vehicle over the side and into the water. Marine units from the Coast Guard, Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County searched for the man, officials said.
Read MoreFiery 18-wheeler crash on I-35 leaves one dead
WACO, Texas (KWTX One man is dead after a crash early Thursday involving two 18-wheelers on Interstate 35. Officials identified the victim as 34-year-old Jesus Salas Rodriguez of Grand Prairie. The accident happened on the northbound interstate near Loop 340 next to the Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center campus, the Department of Public Safety said. One 18-wheeler in which two people were riding was stopped on the shoulder of the highway at around 12:45 a.
Read MoreSemi-truck hits two cars, injuring 3 people, including infant
WALKER, TX, (February 13, 2020) - Three people, including a 4-month-old boy, were injured in a crash with a tractor-trailer on Thursday, February 13th in Walker County. The accident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. on Interstate 45. The driver of a car and a pickup truck were stopped near mile marker 130 after a crash. At that time, the barreling semi-truck didn’t see the stopped traffic and slammed into the stopped vehicles.
Read MoreThree people struck by car after crash on I-71 in Strongsville
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (WJW) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is investigating a crash that closed I-71 south in Strongsville Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 6:45 a.m. According to OSHP, two cars were involved in a crash. While people from that accident were out of their vehicles, a third car hit one of them. The impact pushed the disabled car into three people standing outside the vehicle. All three were taken to the hospital.
Read MoreGood Samaritan hit while trying to help people involved in car crash on I-95
A good Samaritan was hit while trying to help people involved in a car crash near the scene of a vehicle fire on Interstate 95 northbound in Foxborough on Monday. A man stopped near exit 8 near the Foxborough/Mansfield line to check on the occupants of two cars involved in a rear-end collision when a third vehicle crashed into one of the cars, state police said. The impact knocked the good Samaritan, who had been standing next to the driver’s side window of one of the vehicles involved in the crash, to the ground.
Read MoreMan, 73, struck by car while helping crash victims
Man, 73, struck by car while helping crash victims NORTH CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - A 73-year-old Good Samaritan man was struck while trying to help the victims of a car crash in North Canton on Friday, according to police. North Canton Police Chief Frank Kemp Jr. said the department received several 911 calls for a two-car crash in the 100 block of Everhard Road SW at 6:37 p.m. The report stated police, fire, and EMS crews arrived on scene just five minutes later.
Read More3 injured when Jeep hits stopped Caltrans truck on SR-78 in San Marcos
SAN MARCOS — A Caltrans worker and two other people were injured, one of them seriously, on Tuesday afternoon when a Jeep crashed into the back of a stopped Caltrans pickup on the shoulder of state Route 78 in San Marcos, authorities said. The crash prompted authorities to issue a traffic alert and shut down parts of east SR-78 at Nordahl Road until about 6:30 p.m., snarling the evening rush-hour commute in parts of North County.
Read MoreSouthwest Missouri woman suffers serious injuries in Camden County crash
A Hollister, Missouri, woman suffered serious injuries when a semi-truck’s trailer hit her vehicle, which had crashed on an icy road Wednesday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Ronda Bethell, 60, was a passenger in a Chevrolet Trailblazer that lost control on an ice-covered Highway 5 outside Camdenton. The vehicle hit a guardrail and was partially blocking a lane when it stopped, according to an online crash report. The driver, Scott Bethell, 63, also of Hollister, suffered minor injuries.
Read MoreN.C. man struck and killed by his own car on highway
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – Troopers say weather was a factor in the death of a Farmville man who was struck and killed by his own car this morning. Kevin Sugg, 46, was involved in a two-car crash on U.S. 264 and Wesley Church Road near Farmville around 7:30 a.m. Sugg’s car was disabled in the median, according to Trooper Noah Miles, and the man got out to speak to a witness.
Read More7 vehicles involved in fatal crash on Florida’s Turnpike
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the fatal crash took place in the Turnpike’s southbound lanes near the State Road 50 exit around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Troopers said at least one person was killed in the crash and four others were taken to a nearby hospital. A total of seven vehicles were involved in the crash, according to the Highway Patrol. FHP said the preliminary investigation shows a vehicle was disabled on the right shoulder.
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