Preventable Tragedies
After two cars crashed, a motorcyclist struck one of the vehicles disabled in the road, police said
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — A Pleasantville man died after his motorcycle hit a car disabled on the roadway. Brian Lewis, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two cars crashed at milepost 55.2 westbound at 2:02 a.m. Sunday. Shortly after, Lewis’s motorcycle hit one of the vehicles. Before Lewis arrived, another Pleasantville resident parked a Volkswagen Jetta on the shoulder, activating the hazard lights. An Egg Harbor Township resident driving a Kia Sportage left the road for an unknown reason and struck the Volkswagen, police said.
Read MoreIntense downpours factor into two deadly NKY crashes
Three people were killed in two separate accidents Monday during intense storms in Boone County. Two people were killed in a multi-car pileup on Interstate 275 on Monday morning near the Indiana-Kentucky border.It happened around 8:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the interstate at the 13.4-mile marker, near the Carroll Cropper Bridge. According to officials with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, it started as a single-vehicle accident involving a Chevrolet Camaro.
Read MoreOne dead, two injured after tanker truck runs off I-64 and overturns into wooded area
A man died and two others were injured Monday after a two-vehicle accident on Interstate-64 in Hampton, according to a news release from Virginia State Police. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Michelle Anaya said in the news release that a man was driving a 2003 Ford Taurus with a female passenger on I-64 when the vehicle broke down. The vehicle was disabled on the right shoulder, west of the Hampton Roads Center Parkway.
Read MoreWoman struck by vehicle on I-94 near Englewood
A preliminary investigation found that the woman was a passenger of a vehicle that was having mechanical issues and the driver of the vehicle pulled over to the left shoulder and partially into the left lane and as she got out of the vehicle, she was struck by a passing vehicle. A 19-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle Sunday on Interstate 94 near Englewood on the South Side, according to preliminary information from Illinois State police.
Read More2 Men Struck, Killed on Palisades; 1 Thought He’d Hit Animal
ALPINE, N.J. (AP) — A Brooklyn man who apparently got out of his minivan because he thought he had hit an animal was struck and killed by a car on a parkway linking New York and New Jersey, police said. The 41-year-old man was hit Thursday on the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, New Jersey, just before the New York state line.
Read MorePedestrian hit by car, killed in early morning crash in Hockley County
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Texas Department of Public Safety is providing information on a fatal crash involving a pedestrian early Thursday morning. According to the report from DPS, 33-year-old Glenn Mark Shirley was transferring items to a waiting vehicle from his 2007 Chevy Silverado that had broken down on the shoulder of eastbound highway 114, about two miles from Opdyke West. The report states Shirley stepped into the roadway and was struck by a 2003 Ford F350 pickup truck.
Read MoreTwo pedestrians die after being struck on shoulder of I-215 Freewey
Two pedestrians who were standing on the right shoulder of the Interstate 215 Freeway died after being struck by a vehicle on June 30, according to the California Highway Patrol. At about 11:45 p.m., a 22-year-old Ontario man driving a 2013 White Ford E350 box truck was traveling on I-215 southbound, south of Palm Avenue in San Bernardino. At the same time, the pedestrians were standing outside two parked vehicles on I-215.
Read MoreMan struck and killed on I-459 when he got out to check damage on his car
BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - Bessemer police are investigating after a man was killed when he got out of his car to check damage after an accident on I-459. The Jefferson County Coroner said 66-year-old Harold Lee Henson was struck Friday morning around 5:00 a.m. in I-459 North in Bessemer. The coroner said the person who hit Henson drove off and Henson pulled his car into the emergency lane on the right shoulder of the road.
Read MoreWinter Haven man dies after pickup hits disabled semi on I-4
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A Winter Haven man died Monday morning after his pickup hit a disabled semi on the outside lanes of Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to troopers, a semi that was heading westbound experienced a mechanical failure and stopped on the outside travel lane, just west of County Line Road. Troopers said the semi had its hazard lights flashing when it was rear-ended by the driver of a pickup.
Read MoreBattle Creek motorcyclist injured in crash, hit-and-run
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Battle Creek man is in critical condition after he was thrown off of his motorcycle and then hit by another vehicle that then fled the scene. It happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Helmer Road and Goguac Street in Springfield, near the Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field. Calhoun County Sheriff deputies say the 31-year-old motorcyclist rear-ended a vehicle that was stopped on the roadway to turn left onto Goguac.
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