Preventable Tragedies
Three different crashes cause major traffic on Houston highways, one fatal
Houston police said around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday that truck carrying a Gooseneck trailer stalled and pulled over to the middle breakdown lane. Police said the truck driver put warning triangles behind the trailer, but that wasn’t enough with cars zooming by at 60 miles per hour. Police say a small red car hit the trailer, ejecting the driver of the red car onto the roadway. The driver of the small car did not survive.
Read MoreUber Driver Providing for 8 Children Struck and Killed by Car on Garden State Parkway
A family is in mourning after a disabled father, who was working as an Uber driver to help provide for his eight children, was killed in a crash on the Garden State Parkway only days before Thanksgiving. Stephen Chiarle, 48, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, was inside his Ford Edge which was stopped on the Garden State Parkway in Little Egg Harbor Township, Sunday morning. The SUV was then hit by another vehicle passing by.
Read MoreUlysses woman hit by semi while stopped on shoulder
A Ulysses woman escaped serious injury after her vehicle, which was stopped on the shoulder of a Kearney County highway, was hit from behind by a semi Sunday evening and sent into a roll. Another vehicle behind her slowed down as McElroy pulled over, but a semi behind that car was unable to slow and, driving onto the shoulder to avoid a collision with the second car, struck McElroy’s 2011 Ford Ranger.
Read MoreDriver killed in hit-and-run on I-75 in Madison County identified
One person was killed following a series of crashes on Interstate 75 in Madison County. Kentucky State Police said two vehicles were involved in separate crashes near the 86-mile marker a little before 4 a.m. on Friday. One of the drivers exited his vehicle to check on something. He was then hit by a third vehicle and killed. The Madison County coroner has identified the victim as 58-year-old Robert Hepler, of Johnson City, Tenn.
Read MoreMother, son killed by unknown driver while changing a tire on SR-82
A mother and son died in a hit-and-run crash on SR-82 near Gregory Avenue in Lee County on Friday morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol, 46-year-old Katherine Cujas and 26-year-old Ronald Cujas were outside their cars on the side of SR-82 between 6 and 7 a.m. when they were struck by what troopers believe is a red Dodge 3500 pickup truck. Officials are asking for the public’s help in finding the person responsible for hitting them.
Read More1 Killed in 2-Car Collision on 80 Freeway near Gilman Street in Berkeley
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal two-car accident that happened on Monday morning in Berkeley. The accident occurred on 80 Freeway east of Gilman Street at around 5:15 a.m., November 18. A disabled black Nissan sedan with its hazard lights was in the fast lane of eastbound 80 Freeway when it was hit by a silver Volkswagen sedan.
Read MoreDriver who stopped to help fellow motorist on Massachusetts highway dies after being struck by another car
A driver was fatally hit on a Massachusetts highway after he got out of his truck to help another motorist, according to police. The tragic accident happened overnight on I-495 in Raynham, a town located approximately 32 miles south of Boston.
Read MoreMedical Examiner IDs man killed in I-35 crash
Gavin Matthew Walence, 35, was killed after his disabled vehicle was hit. The accident happened at the 14600 block of I-35 around 3:15 a.m. Live Oak Police said Walence had struck a concrete barrier and was stopped in the right-hand lane when a second vehicle stopped to assist him. Walence’s car was then hit by a third vehicle. The crash ejected Walence from the vehicle and he was then struck and killed by oncoming traffic, investigators said.
Read MoreMan helping woman with flat tire hit by driver
A semitrailer driver who had pulled over to help a woman with a flat fire is recovering in a hospital after he was hit by another driver on the highway, San Antonio police say. Police say around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the semitrailer driver noticed a woman pulled over at the Eisenhauer Road exit on I-35, trying to change one of her tires after she had a blowout. The driver decided to pull over and help the woman.
Read MoreWoman killed after multi-car crash in Spring
A woman died early Sunday following a multiple-car crash in Spring, police said. Two sedans were involved in a minor crash shortly after 4 a.m. on northbound I-45, said Commander Kevin Deese of the Houston Police Department. Officials said one of the cars pulled over to the right shoulder and another stopped in the left lane of the freeway. The driver and passenger of one of the vehicles got out and walked to the back of the car to assess the damage.
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