Preventable Tragedies
After crash, man leaves car and gets hit while walking
Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal collision that happened after another crash early this morning, Jan. 26, on Route 1 between Townsend and Odessa. Esteban Pantoja-Gordillo, 34, of Marydel, was traveling south on Route 1 north of Fieldsboro Road when his car left the road and struck a guardrail in the center median. The car traveled back across southbound Route 1 to the right shoulder. Pantoja-Gordillo exited his car and began walking south on Route 1 in the right lane, police said.
Read MoreMan who stopped to help motorist killed by another driver on Long Island
ISLANDIA, N.Y. (AP) — A man who had stopped to help another driver was killed when they were hit by another oncoming car, Suffolk County police said. Authorities said the first vehicle, driven by an 18-year-old man, had become disabled on Motor Parkway near Veterans Memorial Highway around 6:20 p.m. Saturday. A 57-year-old man from Bay Shore, New York, stopped to help the driver, pulling up behind him. Suffolk County police said the men were walking behind the second man’s car to get some tools when they were hit by another car driven by a 22-year-old woman.
Read MoreOff-duty Martin County deputy hit in secondary crash in serious, stable condition
The off-duty Martin County sheriff’s deputy seriously injured in a secondary crash early Saturday morning has been identified as Shawn Green. Green was assisting the victim of a rollover crash around 1:20 a.m. Saturday — along the Martin Grade Scenic Highway (County Road 714) west of Southwest Allapatah Road (County Road 609) — when he was struck by another vehicle. Green had notified dispatch of the initial crash and a responding deputy found him laying in the roadway.
Read MoreElderly man reported missing from Fircrest found inside crashed car in ravine
A 75-year-old man reported missing from Fircrest was found Thursday morning after crashing his car into a ravine in Silverdale. A Silver Alert was put out Wednesday for James Boyle, who suffers from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. He was last seem about 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Fircrest Golf Club.
Read MoreGood Samaritan suffers broken ribs while saving mom, kids stranded on Platt Bridge
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – A good Samaritan was rushed to the hospital after being struck on the Platt Bridge in Philadelphia just moments after he helped save a stranded mother and her two young kids. Lou Gusbar continues to recover from injuries suffered around 11 p.m. Tuesday as he was standing next to Shauntae Brown’s stalled van when it was hit at a high rate of speed and caught fire. Brown and her sons, ages 4 and 8, had been stuck on the left lane of the bridge for more than 10 minutes after their van stopped working.
Read MoreMichael Robert Keyser Killed Hesperia Car Crash on 15 Freeway
Mr. Robert Keyser stopped his 2015 Mazda 3 on the shoulder of the freeway and went to offer aid to the driver of an overturned big rig. As Keyser stood in the No. 3 lane, an oncoming big rig driven by Michael Hensley of Tennessee, struck him before crashing into the first big rig. The two trucks caught fire after the collision. Michael Keyser and the unidentified driver of the first truck were killed in the accident.
Read MorePerson checking on a flat tire along I-25 struck by a hit-and-run driver, according to police
At about 1:45 p.m. police had surrounded a vehicle on northbound I-25 just north of the Bijou exit. Someone was reportedly outside of a truck when they were hit. The call for the crash came in at about 12:40 p.m. Investigators are reporting a moving truck was traveling northbound on I-25 when the vehicle sustained a flat tire. An employee went to the front of the truck and peered around the driver’s side when he was hit by the side mirror of a passing truck.
Read MoreGood Samaritan struck on freeway while helping occupants of disabled vehicle
A preliminary investigation revealed a Toyota with three occupants was disabled in the right distress lane — and a pickup truck with two occupants stopped at the scene to assist. While the driver of the pickup was standing outside of his vehicle, the driver of a Chevy Malibu coming from the east to the south ramp lost control and struck him.
Read MoreWoman dies after being hit by two cars near 35th Avenue and Bethany Home Road
Phoenix police say the victim, only identified as a 34-year-old woman, was crossing 35th Avenue mid-block when she was struck by two vehicles headed southbound. The woman is believed to have stopped in the roadway when the crash happened. Police say the victim was taken to the hospital but died a short time later. The first driver that hit the victim reportedly saw her and tried to avoid hitting her, and the second driver struck the woman after she had already been hit.
Read More21-year-old dies after at least 1 vehicle hits him on 91 freeway in Long Beach
A motorist, who got out of his sport utility vehicle following a crash on the 91 freeway in Long Beach Tuesday evening, Jan. 21, died at a hospital after at least one other vehicle hit him, authorities said Wednesday. The 21-year-old man’s name was withheld pending notification of his family. The Los Angeles resident was driving a 1998 Honda CR-V that collided with another vehicle about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday on the westbound 91, west of Cherry Avenue, said California Highway Patrol Officer Marcos Iniguez, of the Santa Fe Springs Area office.
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