Preventable Tragedies
Car rear-ends parked semi on I-70; 2 killed
HANCOCK COUNTY — A Virginia man and his mother were killed Saturday morning when the car he was driving struck a semi-trailer truck illegally parked on the shoulder of an Interstate 70 exit ramp. The crash occurred shortly after 7 a.m. Sept. 19 near the westbound rest stop off the interstate east of Greenfield. Captain Robert Harris with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department told the Daily Reporter in an email that a Freightliner semi driven by Abdirisak Rashid Dekow, 35, Logan, Utah, was parked on the north side shoulder of the exit ramp to the rest park to rest.
Read MoreOne dead following fatal collision near Sahuarita
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - On September 19, 2020, at approximately 8:36 a.m., officers with the Sahuarita Police Department responded to a report of vehicle collision on Nogales Highway just south of Sahuarita Road. Investigators say a black Mercedes was traveling northbound on Nogales Highway when it left the roadway and rear-ended a Jeep that was parked on the shoulder of Nogales Highway. The driver of the Mercedes, 67-year-old Gary Mark, passed away from his injuries sustained in the collision on September 21, 2020 at a hospital in Tucson.
Read MoreDriver dies after being ejected from car on Maryland beltway
BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say a Maryland woman died after it appears a car struck her disabled vehicle along Baltimore’s beltway, ejecting her before she was struck by oncoming traffic. Maryland State Police identified the deceased driver at Danielle Tavakoly of Owings Mills. Police say Tavakoly was driving a Hyundai sedan about 1 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 695 when her car struck a concrete median and became disabled on the shoulder.
Read MorePerson seriously injured in hit-and-run on I-40 in Greensboro; police looking for suspect vehicle
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A person was seriously injured in a hit-and-run on Interstate 40 in Greensboro, according to police. At about 8:15 p.m. Friday, police responded to a crash on Interstate 40 east, at Gallimore Dairy Road. Police say the victim had gotten a flat tire. Part of the tire was in the roadway, so the person went to get it. That’s when they were struck. The victim was seriously injured.
Read MoreMotorcyclist killed, 2 others injured on San Mateo Bridge
A motorcyclist was thrown into the Bay and killed yesterday after he hit a broken down car on the San Mateo Bridge, the CHP reports. The rider and passenger of a second motorcycle suffered major injuries and were rushed to Stanford Hospital. It happened at a few minutes before 10 a.m. when a group of motorcyclists were headed west on the bridge. They came upon a disabled BMW that had stopped in the No.
Read MoreMan walking on I-95 hit by pick-up, vehicle didn’t stop
Police say Fort Lauderdale victim may have been near disabled car north of Pembroke Road HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Florida Highway Patrol is looking for a Chevrolet pick-up truck that they say was involved in a hit and run on Interstate 95 and Pembroke Road on Friday evening. A driver traveling southbound hit the 58-year-old Fort Lauderdale man, whose name has not been released, just after 8:30 p.m., according to investigators. FHP said the man was walking northbound on the inside-emergency lane, north of Pembroke Road.
Read MoreN.J. man killed while standing outside of car stopped on Parkway shoulder
A 60-year-old Monmouth County man was struck and killed Friday night as he stood outside a car stopped on the shoulder of Garden State Parkway in Holmdel, authorities said. John Carroll of Belmar was hit shortly before 10 p.m. in the southbound local lanes near milepost 115.9, according to New Jersey State Police. Troopers said Carroll was standing outside the car, which was stopped and unoccupied on the right shoulder.Another vehicle entered the right shoulder and struck Carroll and the parked car, according to Trooper Charles Marchan.
Read MoreStranded driver, man who stopped to help both killed in crash on I-26
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A stranded driver and a man who stopped to help him have died after being hit by a car on I-26 West. It happened near mile marker 99 just after midnight Thursday. That’s about two miles before the Broad River Road exit in northwest Richland County. The driver of a 2007 Chevy HHR was traveling west on I-26 when he ran off the road and hit a guardrail, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.
Read MoreUPDATE: WF man identified as victim in Sunday crash near Scotland
RCHER COUNTY, Texas (TNN) - UPDATE Texas DPS has identified the victim of a Sunday crash that happened near Scotland as Paul Jones, 46, of Wichita Falls. The crash remains under investigation and no charges have been filed at this time.A pedestrian was killed last Sunday after a pickup truck hit him and his parked car on US 281 near Scotland, according to Texas DPS. The man was reportedly standing at the rear of his car while being illegally parked on the northbound shoulder when a northbound truck veered onto the shoulder and struck him.
Read More1 dead, 2 others injured when van slams into back of box truck in Durham
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) – A Raleigh man is dead and two others were injured when a van slammed into the back of a box truck on Saturday morning. The crash happened around 8:15 a.m. Durham police said a van crashed into the back of a box truck along Guess Road. According to police, the box truck had its hazard lights on and had stopped to make a delivery. Lashawn Daniel Jones, 43, of Raleigh was standing outside of the box truck and was struck by the van.
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