Preventable Tragedies

credit: source: Ocala News url: https://www.ocala-news.com/2024/06/14/minivan-wedged-under-box-truck-after-crash-on-i-75-in-marion-county/ date: ‘2024-06-14’ Title: “Minivan rear-ends box truck on I-75 in Marion County” Two people were hospitalized early Friday morning after a minivan struck a parked box truck on Interstate 75 in Marion County. The accident took place at around 1:10 a.m. on Friday, June 14, near mile marker 348 on I-75 Northbound. According to Ocala Fire Rescue, a passerby reported that a vehicle had veered off the roadway, crashing into a truck that was parked on the shoulder.

credit: source: WLKY url: https://www.wlky.com/article/man-dies-rear-ending-semi-i-65n/61109576 date: ‘2024-06-14’ Title: “Man dies after hitting stopped semi on I-65 near Shepherdsville, police say” SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. — A man has died after rear-ending a stopped semi in Shepherdsville, police said. Shepherdsville Police Department said the crash happened around 2 a.m. on Friday on Interstate 65. Police said a semi had stopped on the shoulder of a ramp from I-65 North to exit 117. That’s when the car rear-ended the semi.

Man killed, woman injured after multi-car crash involving big rig on 10 Freeway in West Covina

A man was killed and a woman was injured during a multi-car crash on the 10 Freeway in West Covina early Saturday morning. It happened at around 4 a.m. on eastbound lanes of the freeway near Citrus Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. Investigators say that a 2011 Toyota Camry being driven by a 20-year-old man from Pomona crashed into the rear of a 2012 Honda Civic in the fast lane.

Woman killed after hit by multiple vehicles on I-24 near county line

A pedestrian was struck by multiple vehicles and killed early Sunday morning on Interstate 24 West, Nashville police said. The medical examiner’s office is working with the victim’s family to make a positive identification. According to preliminary reports, the victim had been driving her Nissan Versa east on I-24 near the Davidson-Rutherford County line prior to being struck. Her car reportedly had lost the driver’s side tire, and she was driving on the rim “quite some time,” police said.

Woman 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.