Preventable Tragedies
Gwinnett police investigating early morning crash that shut down I-85 for hours
Gwinnett County police are investigating an early morning vehicle accident on Interstate 85 northbound that closed the roadway down for two hours Monday morning. Police said the accident happened after the driver of a Mercedes passenger car struck a trailer that was parked on the shoulder of the interstate. The trailer had a flat tire and had been left on the side of the roadway. After the Mercedes struck the trailer, it was hit by a semi-truck before it finally came to a stop, police said.
Read MoreHPD: Woman airlifted to hospital in overnight crash on Katy Freeway
Police say the female driver had stopped in a moving lane of the highway after being involved in a minor incident with another vehicle. KATY, Texas — A woman is in critical condition after her vehicle was hit possibly twice early Monday along the Katy Freeway, according the Houston Police Department. It happened shortly after 2 a.m. on the stretch of highway between Barker-Cypress Road and Park Ten Boulevard. Investigators believe the driver was side swiped by another vehicle, and for some reason, decided to stop in a moving lane of traffic.
Read MoreNHP: Driver dies after hitting van, car parked in shoulder on 215 near Buffalo
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – Nevada Highway Patrol investigated a fatal crash in the southwest valley on Monday night. According to NHP’s website, the crash happened about 8:30 p.m. on August 24 on the 215 Beltway westbound at Buffalo Drive. The crash involved three vehicles, according to NHP Trooper Travis Smaka. A contractor was driving to a customer’s home when he ran out of gas and pulled over. Smaka said the customer drove in a Mercedes to bring gas to the contractor and was also pulled off to the shoulder.
Read MoreSAPD: Woman in critical condition after east-side car crash
SAN ANTONIO — A woman is in critical condition after a car crash on the city’s east side, San Antonio Police said. The incident took place just before 1 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 10 near Foster Road. Police said two cars were involved in a crash, but when a family member showed up to help out, someone else hit their car.
Read MoreWoman Pulled From Burning Car Following Crash on I-30 in Garland
A woman was pulled from a burning car and another person was injured in a two-vehicle incident on Interstate 30 early Sunday morning, Garland police say. Officers arrived just before 2 a.m. to eastbound I-30 near the ramp to the President George Bush Turnpike, where the woman was unconscious in the driver seat of the burning black Toyota Camry. A witness told police the driver was in the second from the left lane when she lost control and hit the left side concrete barrier and a light pole then veered back onto the roadway.
Read MoreCurt A. Kruckerberg struck, injured by semi-truck in accident
EDWARDSVILLE, IL, (August 20, 2020) - Curt A. Kruckerberg was seriously injured on Thursday, August 20th when he was struck by a tractor-trailer after exiting his disabled pickup truck on Interstate 55 in Edwardsville.Kruckeberg, 58, was outside of the vehicle at about 1:34 p.m. when a 2018 International truck tractor semi-trailer driven by 53-year-old Guy M. Lang, who also sideswiped the victim’s vehicle, which was pulling a trailer. Kruckerberg was airlifted to a local hospital for serious injuries.
Read MoreSemi, box truck collision shuts down highway
ZEELAND, Mich. — Westbound I-196 was closed near the Zeeland exit after a semi truck and a box truck collided. The crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. A box truck driven by a 61 year-old Illinois man was stopped in the area between the westbound lanes and the exit for Zeeland. It was hit by a semi truck driven by a 66 year-old Byron Center man when the truck drifted over the line.
Read MoreJermaine Whitten tragically killed in Ashland County accident
ASHLAND, OH, (August 17, 2020) - Whitten struck by commerical truck near disabled vehicle on U.S. 30 Jermaine Whitten sadly died on Monday, August 17th in Ashland County after being struck by a commercial vehicle while trying to assist the driver of a disabled SUV. Whitten, 19, was a passenger in the SUV, which was eastbound on U.S. 30 in when it went off the right side of the roadway and struck a guardrail.
Read MoreMan charged with murder in fatal crash that killed father, daughter
A 32-year-old is facing murder charges in connection to an accident on Interstate 85 in April that killed a father and his daughter. The Opelika Police Department worked a traffic crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 85, near the 63 mile-marker, on April 23. David Darnell, 49, and Abigail Darnell, 16, were killed in the crash. The 1997 Ford Mustang they were occupying was stopped on the emergency shoulder of the road where the pair was checking on Abigail’s broken-down vehicle.
Read MoreJakob Aton, 22, sadly is killed after being struck in Killeen
KILLEEN, TX, (August 14, 2020) - Good samaritan struck, killed after he stopped to assist with minor crash on I-14 Jakob Aton, 22, of Science Hill, Ky., was trying to provide traffic control when a vehicle struck and killed him Friday night in Killeen. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Aton stopped his vehicle after he witnessed a minor crash. The good samaritan was hit by a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze at around 8:40 p.
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