Preventable Tragedies
Boys & Girls Club mourns loss of two employees who were hit and killed along I-5 this weekend
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – A Portland man is facing charges after police say he hit and killed two people along Interstate 5 over the weekend. Around 2:20 a.m. Saturday morning, Portland police say an SUV broke down on the side of I-5 southbound near the I-405 interchange. Police say two women who were inside got out, and another car stopped to help in the center of the freeway split. The women tried to cross the highway to get to that car but were hit and killed by a driver.
Read MoreMother fatally struck by vehicle in front of her children
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – An Oakville woman in her 40s died Friday morning after being struck by a passing vehicle; her three children witnessed the tragedy. The accident happened around 8:20 a.m. at the intersection of Telegraph Road and Greymonte Estates Drive, according to a spokesperson for the St. Louis County Police Department. Gary Schick, who lives near the intersection, watched as police arrived at the scene. “All of the sudden, I seen them put a sheet over somebody and said, ‘This can’t be good; this can’t be good,’” he said.
Read MoreBishop Heelan graduate dies in Cedar Falls traffic accident
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – 2020 Bishop Heelan Catholic High School graduate Isaac Roerig, a music education major at the University of Northern Iowa, died after being hit by a semi truck in Cedar Falls. According to a Facebook post written by Bishop Heelan President John Flanery, Roerig was pronounced dead at the hospital. Roerig’s father, Todd, is a staff member at Heelan and a cross country coach. “This news is truly devastating.
Read MoreTwo people killed by hit-and-run drivers in Aiken County
AIKEN COUNTY, SC (WFXG) - Two people are dead in unrelated hit-and-run incidents along the highways. According to the Aiken County Corner’s Office, Irma V. Soto and her fiancé were driving along Edgefield Hwy. on Friday, Oct. 9, when at about 10:59 p.m. they got off their truck at the 1400 block, near Sassafras Rd, to move an item that had fallen off their vehicle. It was then that a southbound sedan hit Soto and kept going without stopping.
Read MoreWoman on suburban Dallas highway killed as motorist hits disabled vehicles, police say
On Thursday night, a woman was outside on Interstate 30 trying to repair a tow strap and died when a car struck two disabled vehicles near where she was standing, police said.Two vehicles were in the eastbound lanes of traffic, near MacArthur Boulevard. The drivers of both disabled vehicles were standing, at about 8 p.m.,outside, attempting to repair the strap as a third person remained inside one of the vehicles.
Read More20-year-old driver dies after striking delivery truck, emergency vehicle in Aurora
AURORA, Ohio — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Aurora Friday morning. Around 10:21 a.m., a 2020 Freightliner box truck was traveling south on state Route 43. The truck stopped in the right lane with its hazard lights flashing, waiting to pull into a driveway to make a delivery, according to troopers. At the same time, a 2015 Ford F-250 owned by the city of Aurora and assigned to the fire department was traveling north in the left lane of SR 43 with its emergency lights on and sirens activated responding to an emergency call, troopers said.
Read MoreOHP Says Man Dies After He Was Struck By Tractor Trailer
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla. - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a man died after he was struck by a tractor trailer early Friday morning. The accident happened just before 6:30 a.m. on the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near the Earlsboro exit in Pottawatomie County. Initially, 57-year-old Robert Scott of Prague was involved in an accident that caused his vehicle to depart the I-40 westbound lanes, strike a guardrail and land on the interstate’s grass shoulder.
Read MoreWestville woman ID’d as victim in I-74 pedestrian collision
A 44-year-old Westville woman has been identified as the victim of a pedestrian crash Wednesday night on Interstate 74 east of Danville. Vermillion County, Indiana, Sheriff Mike Phelps reported Friday morning that Meghan J. Nigra of Westville died in the collision after she apparently got out of her vehicle, which was stopped in the emergency lane, and was walking on the highway. Authorities continue to seek the public’s help with the investigation into the incident that occurred on I-74 near the Indiana 63 interchange.
Read MoreGood Samaritan dies in Coryell County crash
GATESVILLE - A driver who stopped to help someone with apparent car trouble was struck and killed Wednesday morning near Gatesville. Kary Sue Poorman, 58, of Purmela was pronounced dead at the scene. A male occupant of a vehicle with car trouble was flown to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple. The driver of a 2014 Subaru Forester SUV, Joan Ann Werner, 76, of Canyon Lake, was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Read MoreN.J. man, 30, struck and killed by tractor-trailer in Virginia.
A 30-year-old New Jersey man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in Virginia on Monday after pulling over when his vehicle became disabled, authorities said. Richard J. Zadroga, of Bayonne, was hit along Route 130 near Buffalo Springs Turnpike in Amherst County, according to the Virginia State Police.“As a tractor-trailer passed by, the driver of the disabled vehicle suddenly ran into the travel lane,” a Virginia State Police spokeswoman wrote in an email.
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